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Select a Red Hat product to learn how to use it on Microsoft Azure—in a way that fits your needs.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

Three ways to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server on Microsoft Azure

Use Red Hat gold images

Deploy pre-built, certified Red Hat gold images directly from your Azure CLI or console.

Red Hat offers specific gold images for Generation 2 VMs. Learn more

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Build and upload images

Build or migrate your own custom images into Microsoft Azure using Red Hat Image Builder with RHEL 8 or your own manual processes.

Purchase hourly images from Microsoft Azure

Microsoft offers pay-as-you-go, on-demand images at flat, hourly rates.

Microsoft Azure provides support for Red Hat products purchased on-demand from Microsoft. Learn more

These instances do not consume Red Hat Subscriptions, and they should not be registered with Red Hat Subscription Management or Red Hat Satellite.

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How many entitlements should I enable for Cloud Access?

Deploying a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server subscription on Microsoft Azure entitles two virtual nodes. See subscription eligibility and entitlement unit conversion for Cloud Access to learn more.

Explore Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server on Azure in the Ecosystem Catalog

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions

Three ways to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions on Microsoft Azure

Use Red Hat gold images

Deploy pre-built, certified Red Hat gold images directly from your Azure CLI or console.

Red Hat offers specific gold images for Generation 2 VMs. Learn more

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Build and upload images

Build or migrate your own custom images into Microsoft Azure using Red Hat Image Builder with RHEL 8 or your own manual processes.

Purchase hourly images from Microsoft Azure

Microsoft offers pay-as-you-go, on-demand images at flat, hourly rates.

Microsoft Azure provides support for Red Hat products purchased on-demand from Microsoft. Learn more

This image is named Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP with HA and US.

These instances do not consume Red Hat Subscriptions, and they should not be registered with Red Hat Subscription Management or Red Hat Satellite.

Explore the Azure Marketplace

If you are using Red Hat Cloud Access to deploy, note that there is no official ISO for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions. You can use a Red Hat gold image or an image you build yourself as a base, but you'll need to enable SAP-specific repositories. See this guide on getting started with SAP Solutions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for more information.

How many entitlements should I enable for Cloud Access?

Deploying a Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription on Microsoft Azure entitles two virtual nodes. See subscription eligibility and entitlement unit conversion for Cloud Access to learn more.

Explore Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions on Azure in the Ecosystem Catalog

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications

Two ways to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications on Microsoft Azure

Use Red Hat gold images

Deploy pre-built, certified Red Hat gold images directly from your Azure CLI or console.

Red Hat offers specific gold images for Generation 2 VMs. Learn more

Get started
Build and upload images

Build or migrate your own custom images into Microsoft Azure using Red Hat Image Builder with RHEL 8 or your own manual processes.

There is no official ISO for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications. You can use a Red Hat gold image or an image you build yourself as a base, but you'll need to enable SAP-specific repositories. See this overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for more information.

How many entitlements should I enable for Cloud Access?

Deploying a Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications subscription on Microsoft Azure entitles two virtual nodes. See subscription eligibility and entitlement unit conversion for Cloud Access to learn more.

Explore Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications on Azure in the Ecosystem Catalog

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Two ways to use Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on Microsoft Azure

Build and upload images

Build or migrate your own custom images into Microsoft Azure using Red Hat Image Builder with RHEL 8 or your own manual processes.

  • Use your Red Hat subscriptions.
  • Get support from Red Hat.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Fully managed OpenShift service, jointly operated with Microsoft Azure

Maintain regulatory compliance and focus on your application development, while your master, infrastructure, and application nodes are patched, updated, and monitored by Microsoft and Red Hat.

This offering is billed through Microsoft Azure and does not consume Red Hat subscriptions.

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How many entitlements should I enable for Cloud Access?

Deploying a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform subscription on Microsoft Azure entitles two virtual nodes. See subscription eligibility and entitlement unit conversion for Cloud Access to learn more.

Explore Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on Azure in the Ecosystem Catalog

Red Hat Middleware

Build and upload images of Red Hat Middleware

Build or migrate your own custom images into Microsoft Azure using Red Hat Image Builder with RHEL 8 or your own manual processes.

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How many entitlements should I enable for Cloud Access?

Deploying a JBoss Middleware subscription on Azure entitles one virtual core up to the maximum number of cores in the core band, except for Azure instance sizing that is determined based on physical hardware specifications, in which case the cloud “unit” shall be one physical core. See subscription eligibility and entitlement unit conversion for Cloud Access to learn more.

Explore Red Hat Middleware on Azure in the Ecosystem Catalog

Red Hat Gluster Storage

Build and upload images of Red Hat Gluster Storage

Build or migrate your own custom images into Microsoft Azure using Red Hat Image Builder with RHEL 8 or your own manual processes.

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How many entitlements should I enable for Cloud Access?

Deploying a Red Hat Gluster Storage for Public Cloud subscription on Azure entitles one virtual guest. See subscription eligibility and entitlement unit conversion for Cloud Access to learn more.

Explore Red Hat Gluster Storage in the Ecosystem Catalog

Red Hat Satellite

Build and upload images of Red Hat Satellite on Microsoft Azure

Build or migrate your own custom images into Microsoft Azure using Red Hat Image Builder with RHEL 8 or your own manual processes.

How many entitlements should I enable for Cloud Access?

Deploying a Red Hat Satellite subscription on Azure entitles two virtual nodes. See subscription eligibility and entitlement unit conversion for Cloud Access to learn more.

Explore Red Hat Satellite on Azure in the Ecosystem Catalog

Support

There are two primary support methods for an Azure-hosted system.

Cloud Access-enabled subscriptions purchased from Red Hat

Red Hat provides first-line support for customers running Cloud Access-enabled Standard or Premium subscriptions on Microsoft Azure.

Red Hat Support works closely with Microsoft Support when necessary to resolve customer issues.

On-demand images purchased through Microsoft Azure

Customers can purchase support from Azure when they run on-demand images.

Microsoft Azure Support collaborates with Red Hat Support on your behalf when necessary to resolve the issue.

Are Red Hat solutions supported on Azure VMware Solution?

Microsoft and Red Hat share an integrated, co-located support team that provides a unified contact point for Red Hat ecosystems running on the Azure platform. Like other Azure platform services that work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) falls under the Cloud Access and integrated support umbrella, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux is supported for running on top of AVS within Azure.