Now more than ever, customers are accelerating their move to Azure to increase efficiency, improve security, optimize costs, and to innovate. Customers like Molina Healthcare and Forever 21 are using Windows Server on Azure and are able to scale capacity during surges related to the COVID-19 pandemic or seasonal retail sales. Today, we are sharing more unique capabilities that continue to make Azure the best place to run Windows Server.

Simplify and optimize IT management with Azure Automanage

We often hear from customers that they are looking for ways to efficiently run business-critical applications. Last fall, we introduced the preview of Azure Automanage, an Azure service that helps customers significantly reduce day-to-day management by automating frequent, error-prone, and time-consuming tasks across the entire lifecycle of virtual machines.

On top of that, customers such as Molina Healthcare have experienced an upsurge in security threats over the past year and aim to stay ahead of evolving threats to protect sensitive customer data. Today, we are introducing unique capabilities in Azure Automanage for Windows Server that help customers enable rebootless security patching for new Windows Server virtual machines. These new enhancements enable the deployment of security patches in seconds, helping protect servers against critical security threats. With Azure Automanage for Windows Server, companies can spend less time worrying about patching vulnerabilities and direct organizational resources towards supporting critical member services and customer support.

For customers who want to Automanage other workloads, we are expanding Azure Automanage to Linux Virtual Machines. With this preview, Azure Automanage will support CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, and SLES with more Linux distributions planned in the future. Try Azure Automanage today.

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