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Announcing the GA of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows

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95twr
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Jun 23, 2021
Starting today, Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) allows you to run cloud native Linux workloads on Windows IoT in production deployments. You can now leverage the best of both platforms ra...
Updated Jun 24, 2021
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RickRockwell86
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Aug 02, 2021

I am using WAC v1.3.2105.24004 and the IoT Edge extension v1.61.0 on Win10 Enterprise on two physical machines in two different environments and I am seeing the same confusing behavior in both:

1) Why I am still seeing "(preview)" if it is GA? 

2) Until recently, I was always able to see the 'hostname-EFLOW' Linux VM in Hyper-V Manager.  Why is this no longer the case?  Note:  I am able to find the virtual disk C:\Program Files\Azure IoT Edge\AzureIoTEdgeForLinux-v1-EFLOW.vhdx with today's date and it is in use.

 

Thanks