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Microsoft just upstreamed support for running Linux as the Hyper-V equivalent of Dom0, so no Windows required.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Improves-Hyper-V

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That is still a very long way until Azure Host OS gets replaced.
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Guessing some of Azure networking (or storage controllers) might even be BSD based ?
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