Microsoft introduces Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) a Linux distro

Microsoft has developed a gnu/linux operating system to be use as a switch for the communication of Azure’s infrastructure. Faced with the reality of managing the infrastructure behind Azure, Microsoft’s cloud, they are realized that the offer of communication products is in a healthy field of competition, They found that the wide variety of products did not allow to synchronize switch operations by the different software that contain what makes it difficult to achieve total management of the network

«ACS allows us to debug, fix, and test software bugs much faster. It also allows us the flexibility to scale down the software and develop features that are required for our datacenter and our networking needs.»

18 Sep 2015 Microsoft has developed its own Linux. Repeat. Microsoft has developed its own Linux

September 17, 2015 Microsoft showcases the Azure Cloud Switch (ACS)