Azure Container Linux (ACL) now generally available on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Microsoft announced general availability of this Azure Linux and Linux Virtual Machines update in June 2026.
Launched1 version
Facts
- Microsoft id
564537- Status
- Launched
- Products
- Azure Linux, Linux Virtual Machines
- Update type
- Microsoft Build, Open Source, Services
- Product categories
- Compute
- General availability
- June 2026
- First captured by us
- (from our first import of this list)
- Microsoft last modified
- Source
- Azure Updates · open the original at Microsoft
Microsoft says
Azure Container Linux is a container-optimized, immutable operating system for AKS node pools — derived from Flatcar Container Linux and built on Azure Linux
What Microsoft changed
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- Status
- Launched
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