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March 26, 2026 2:20 pm

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From System Admin to Game Dev: Cockpit as the Ultimate Canvas for Custom Linux Tooling

The Modern Face of Linux Management In the world of SUSE, we often talk about "Zero-Touch" and "Infrastructure-as-Code." But behind every automated cluster is a human who occasionally needs to see exactly what is happening on a specific node, or make adjustments. This is about pets, not cattle. For many of our […]

Categories: Configuration Management, Server, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Base Container Images, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE Linux Micro, Technical Solutions

By: rschweikert@suse.com

November 17, 2025 9:07 pm

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SLE 16 And The Public Cloud

On November 4th the SLE 16 family of products (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications) was released and Public Cloud images started rolling out that day. The major product changes such as the switch from wicked to NetworkManager and other changes are captured in the Release Notes and the […]

Categories: Announcements, CSP, Server, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

By: Sebastian Martinez

October 29, 2025 8:50 am

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What is new in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

We are thrilled to announce the general availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (SLES 16.0) in 4th November 2025. As the successor to the highly successful SLES 15 family, SLES 16.0 is a modernized, traditional Linux operating system designed to meet the next generation of IT challenges. This major release focuses […]

Categories: Announcements, SLES on Azure, SUSE Blog, SUSE Linux Enterprise Base Container Images, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Micro

By: Sebastian Martinez

June 17, 2025 2:00 pm

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SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 – Your Safe Harbor for Decade-Long IT Investments, Available Today!

SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 7 (SP7) family, including the next iteration of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 7 (SLES 15 SP7), is available today. This release offers a critical 'safe harbor' for your long-term IT projects. SP7 consolidates the experience, certification, and validation from its seven previous service packs, delivering an […]

Categories: Announcements, Digital Transformation, Expert Views, Featured Content, Server, SLES on Azure, SUSE Blog, SUSE Linux Enterprise Base Container Images, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

By: Grant Marcroft

May 7, 2025 1:03 am

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azure-events-az: The Scheduled Events processor for use across Azure Availability Zones

Redevelopment of the original azure-events resource agent Not everyone is crazy enough to go line-by-line through someone else's code when it's poorly documented and, thus, is difficult to support. Me: Enters stage left Hi! My name is Grant and I support Microsoft's Azure Customer Service and Support (CSS) team directly so they can support their […]

Categories: Alliance Partners, Cloud-native Transformation, CSP, Expert Views, Microsoft, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, Technical Solutions

By: Miguel Pérez Colino

February 27, 2025 3:35 pm

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The Evolution of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, 25 years of Enterprise Linux

Since the launch in 2000 of the first SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), or as we referred to it then: “SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390”, it has been the cornerstone of business critical enterprise-grade Linux distributions. Its reputation for stability, security, performance, and innovation has been well earned. Over the years, SLES […]

Categories: Desktop, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Server, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

By: Ralf Unger

January 13, 2025 9:24 am

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Automating SAP workloads on Azure: A success story

In today’s competitive IT landscape, automation and optimization of critical workloads are essential for enterprises aiming to maintain an edge. This success story highlights the collaboration between Microsoft Azure and SUSE Quality Engineering (QE) Department in automating testing for SAP workloads on Azure—an initiative that not only enhanced customer satisfaction but also paved […]

Categories: CSP, Microsoft, SAP, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, Technical Solutions

By: James Mason

October 18, 2024 8:00 am

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Updates over IPv6 in the public clouds

SUSE provides an update infrastructure, enabling timely updates for SUSE instances in Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Platform, and Microsoft Azure. We have recently completed upgrades to this infrastructure to support IPv6. All update servers globally will now respond to both IPv6 and IPv4 requests. Since cloud-regionsrv-client v9.2.0, released way back in […]

Categories: Announcements, AWS, Cloud Computing, Cloud-native Transformation, CSP, Interoperability, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE Linux Micro

By: Robert Schweikert

September 26, 2024 11:28 am

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Long Term Service Pack Support for PAYG Instances Simplified

Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) is an add-on product for SUSE Linux Enterprise distributions that affords the extension of support for Service Packs (SPs) for up to 3 years. Until now getting an add-on product such as LTSS and applying it to Pay As You Go (PAYG) instances was only possible with some business […]

Categories: Announcements, AWS, Expert Views, Microsoft, Server, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, Technical Solutions