If you cannot connect to an Azure VM using RDP, ensure that you are using the correct credentials, and then follow the solutions provided here.

Microsoft is peeling back the covers, at long last, of its Windows Azure spring update, with new Linux VM and hosting framework support.

Microsoft is preparing to launch a new persistent virtual machine feature on its Azure cloud platform, enabling customers to host Linux, SharePoint and SQL Server there.

A platform-wide update now allows Windows and Linux VMs on Azure to reach networking throughput speeds of up to 25 Gbps, and Accelerated Networking hits GA for Windows, public preview for Linux.

Microsoft has new guidance for those put at risk by recent Azure vulnerabilities. That guidance involves asking users to do the patching themselves.