We are excited to announce the first major release of Retina - a significant milestone for the project. This version brings along many new features, enhancements and bug fixes. The Retina maintaine...

Why Adopt NodeLocal DNSCache? The primary drivers for adoption are usually: Eliminating Conntrack Pressure: In high-QPS UDP DNS scenarios, conntrack contention and UDP tracking can cause interm...

Event-driven architectures tout scalability, loose coupling, and eventual consistency. The architectural patterns are sound, the theory is compelling, and the blog posts make it look straightforward....

At Microsoft, we believe that meaningful open source participation is driven by people, not corporations. But companies can - and should - create the conditions that empower individuals to contribute...

AI agents are everywhere now. Powering chat interfaces, answering questions, helping with code. We've gotten remarkably good at this conversational paradigm. But while the world has been focused on c...

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA took place in Atlanta, Georgia, from 10-13 November, and continued to highlight the ongoing growth of the open source, cloud-native community. Microsoft participated throu...

Microsoft is advancing cloud and AI innovation with a clear focus on security, quality, and responsible practices. At Ignite 2025, Azure Linux reflects that commitment. As Microsoft’s ubiquitous Linu...

Security is more important than ever. The industry-standard for secure machine configuration is the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks. These benchmarks provide consensus-based prescriptiv...

The Linux Systems Group (LSG) at Microsoft is the team building OS innovations in Azure enabling secure and high-performance platforms that power millions of workloads worldwide. From providing the O...

Microsoft Ignite 2025 is almost here, and we’re heading back to San Francisco from November 17-21 with a full digital experience for those joining online. Every year, Ignite brings together IT pros, ...