Azure services run on [customized] Hyper-V, thus Windows Server.
Azure networking is Linux.
EDIT: Marvel at the NT4 style Task Manager [0].
[0] https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsosplatform/a...
Microsoft just upstreamed support for running Linux as the Hyper-V equivalent of Dom0, so no Windows required.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Improves-Hyper-V
Microsoft just upstreamed support for running Linux as the Hyper-V equivalent of Dom0, so no Windows required.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Improves-Hyper-V