- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server. Organizations of all sizes across every industry can benefit from this consistent, intelligent operating foundation. It serves as a unified environment for modern IT infrastructure, bare-metal servers, virtual machines, containers, and enterprise hybrid cloud deployments.
- Convert2RHEL automated tooling. Move from CentOS Linux, Oracle Linux, Alma Linux, or Rocky Linux to a fully supported Linux with Red Hat Enterprise Linux using an automated, enterprise-ready utility. The Convert2RHEL tool preserves your existing customizations, configurations, preferences, and software packages, drastically reducing manual intervention and eliminating the need for complex, error-prone machine redeployments.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Support Add-On. Keep your active environments protected and running smoothly. This offering provides up to 4 years of continuous access to critical security patches, bug fixes, and maintenance updates, granting your organization an extended runway to align your broader IT modernization timelines without sacrificing security.
- High-availability capabilities. Deploy managed, highly resilient clusters of Microsoft Azure resources running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. High-availability features provide maximum uptime, scalability, and smooth failover capabilities for your critical production services and databases.
Availability note: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Third Party Linux Migration with Extended Life Cycle Support is available to both existing and new Red Hat customers. You can purchase it directly from the Microsoft Marketplace or by contacting an authorized Red Hat representative or certified partner. It is offered at a significantly reduced price compared to standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux offerings to provide a cost-effective migration pathway, though it is not eligible for specific add-ons like Extended Update Support. Similar offerings are also available for on-premise deployments.
Access the interoperable power of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Microsoft Azure
When you deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, you unlock a coengineered ecosystem that is designed for enterprise efficiency. This combination delivers optimal value through several core pillars:
- Unmatched deployment flexibility: Scale workloads up or down across hybrid cloud environments, matching resources perfectly to fluctuating business demands.
- Integrated support: Benefit from a unified support experience. Red Hat and Microsoft share a joint engineering team and support infrastructure, providing a single point of contact backed by cross-platform expertise.
- Proactive management services: Access advanced analytics and predictive management tools like Red Hat Lightspeed. These services identify security risks, compliance deviations, and performance bottlenecks before they degrade business operations.
- Rigorous security certifications: Take advantage of intentionally designed security tools, automated compliance policies, and security certifications (such as FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria) to safeguard sensitive corporate data.
- Extensive developer resources: Accelerate your application development lifecycles with immediate access to updated developer tools, containers, and native integrations with Azure DevOps services.
Maintain operational continuity during and after your migration
Operating system migrations require meticulous planning, testing, and execution. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Third Party Linux Migration framework simplifies this journey so your day-to-day operations remain uninterrupted.
Preserving institutional knowledge and skillsets
Because enterprise open source solutions share foundational architectural roots with community-driven no-cost Linux distributions, your internal engineering and administrative teams can continue using their existing skills, command-line techniques, and scripts. Your teams can simply pick up where they left off with virtually no retraining required.
Application compatibility and certification
Custom internal applications typically transition without structural code changes. Furthermore, the vast majority of major third-party enterprise software vendors explicitly test and certify their applications for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This means you will likely not need to undergo costly or time-consuming application requalification post-migration.
Minimizing downtime with in-place conversion
The inclusion of the Convert2RHEL tool directly addresses the risk of operational downtime. By converting your no-cost Linux systems in place within your Microsoft Azure cloud environment, the tool maintains your existing system state, storage volumes, and application stacks. There is no need to tear down infrastructure, reconfigure networks, or manually rebuild systems from scratch, leaving the path open for a smooth transition.
