--- title: Azure Linux 3.0 Enables Core Scheduling, More Tracing... description: Microsoft released Azure Linux 3.0.20260304, the March 2026 monthly update to their in-house Linux platform. Key changes include OpenSSL FIPS provider... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/azure-linux-3-0-enables-core-scheduling-more-tracing-capabilities-ry8zje3t5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Azure Linux 3.0 Enables Core Scheduling, More Tracing Capabilities | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft released Azure Linux 3.0.20260304, the March 2026 monthly update to their in-house Linux platform. Key changes include OpenSSL FIPS provider... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/azure-linux-3-0-enables-core-scheduling-more-tracing-capabilities-ry8zje3t5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ry8ZjE3t5.png og:image:alt: Azure Linux 3.0 Enables Core Scheduling, More Tracing Capabilities og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Azure Linux 3.0 Enables Core Scheduling, More Tracing Capabilities **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft released Azure Linux 3.0.20260304, the March 2026 monthly update to their in-house Linux platform. Key changes include OpenSSL FIPS provider integration, additional tracing options in the MSHV virtualization kernel config, enabling SCHED_CORE for CPU core scheduling, the LWTUNNEL_BPF kernel option, and initial FIPS boot support for the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel. The update also includes dozens of package updates addressing CVEs, a newer Linux 6.12 LTS point release, and updates to Erlang, Golang, Nginx, PostgreSQL, Valkey, Vim, Zlib, and other open-source packages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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