EFLOW makes the open source OS a full partner of Windows at the far reaches of the cloud
Microsoft is rolling out the latest iteration of a tool that lets anyone using a Windows IoT device in Azure to also run containerized Linux workloads.
The Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows 1.4 LTS branch, now generally available, includes the latest features that came with version 1.4 of Azure IoT Edge, which wasin August, as well as exposing hardware capabilities on the host device to the Linux workloads and storage for sharing files and folders across both Windows and Linux.
Microsoft will support EFLOW 1.4 LTS until November 12, 2024, and those now running version 1.1 LTS can update without having to reinstall the tool, Martin Tuip, senior product marketing manager for Azure edge devices, Internet of Things security, and robotics, wrote in aAzure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows makes the open-source OS more of a full partner with Windows in Microsoft's cloud.
With the bidirectional communication, users can leverage Windows processes for user interfaces or hardware proxies for the Linux container workloads. The Linux VM is based on the CBL-Mariner Linux distribution and is built for hosting IoT Edge workloads, according to the giant software maker. At the same time, organizations can use Windows management tools like PowerShell modules for scripting deployments and sample scripts for provisioning EFLOW installations via Intune and Arc for Server.
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