Support for Updates/One time Updates/Periodic assessments and Scheduled patching

Applies to: ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ On-premises environment ✔️ Azure Arc-enabled servers ✔️ Azure VMs.

This article details the Windows and Linux operating systems supported and system requirements for machines or servers managed by Azure Update Manager

Azure virtual machines

Azure Marketplace/PIR images

The Azure Marketplace image has the following attributes:

  • Publisher: The organization that creates the image. Examples are Canonical and MicrosoftWindowsServer.
  • Offer: The name of the group of related images created by the publisher. Examples are UbuntuServer and WindowsServer.
  • SKU: An instance of an offer, such as a major release of a distribution. Examples are 18.04LTS and 2019-Datacenter.
  • Version: The version number of an image SKU.

Update Manager supports the following operating system versions on VMs for all operations except automatic VM guest patching. You might experience failures if there are any configuration changes on the VMs, such as package or repository.

Following is the list of supported images and no other marketplace images released by any other publisher are supported for use with Azure Update Manager.

Supported Windows OS versions

Publisher - Center for Internet Security Inc

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-windows-server-2012-r2-v2-2-1-l1 cis-ws2012-r2-l1
cis-windows-server-2012-r2-v2-2-1-l2 cis-ws2012-r2-l2
cis-windows-server-2016-v1-0-0-l1 cis-ws2016-l1
cis-windows-server-2016-v1-0-0-l2 cis-ws2016-l2
cis-windows-server-2019-v1-0-0-l1 cis-ws2019-l1
cis-windows-server-2019-v1-0-0-l2 cis-ws2019-l2
cis-windows-server-2022-l1 *
cis-windows-server-2022-l2 *
cis-windows-server cis-windows-server2016-l*
cis-windows-server2019-l*
cis-windows-server2022-l
cis-windows-server2019-stig-gen1
cis-windows-server-l*-azure-observability
cis-win-2016-stig cis-win-2016-stig
cis-win-2019-stig cis-win-2019-stig

Publisher - cloud-infrastructure-services

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
hpc2019-windows-server-2019 hpc2019-windows-server-2019

Publisher - microsoftsqlserver

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
sql2016sp1-ws2016 standard
sql2016sp2-ws2016 standard
sql2017-ws2016 enterprise
sql2017-ws2016 standard
sql2019-ws2019 enterprise
sql2019-ws2019 sqldev
sql2019-ws2019 standard
sql2019-ws2019 standard-gen2

Publisher - cognosys

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
sql-server-2016-sp2-std-win2016-debug-utilities sql-server-2016-sp2-std-win2016-debug-utilities

Publisher - filemagellc

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
filemage-gateway-vm-win-001
filemage-gateway-vm-win-002

Publisher - github

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
github-enterprise github-enterprise

Publisher - matillion

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
matillion matillion-etl-for-snowflake

Publisher - microsoft-ads

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
windows-data-science-vm windows2016
windows2016byol

Publisher - microsoft-dsvm

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
ubuntu-1804 1804-gen2
dsvm-windows
dsvm-win-2019
dsvm-win-2022
*
*
*

Publisher - microsoftazuresiterecovery

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
process-server windows-2012-r2-datacenter

Publisher - microsoftbiztalkserver

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
biztalk-server *

Publisher - microsoftdynamicsax

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
dynamics *

Publisher - microsoftpowerbi

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
* *

Publisher - microsoftsharepoint

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
microsoftsharepointserver *

Publisher - Visualstudio

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
Visualstudio* *-ws2012r2
*-ws2016-ws2019
*-ws2022

Publisher - microsoftwindowsserver

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
windows server windowsserver 2008
windows-cvm *
windowsserver-gen2preview *
windowsserverdotnet *
microsoftwindowsserver windowsserverupgrade *
microsoftwindowsserverhpcpack windowsserverhpcpack *

Publisher - microsoftwindowsserver

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
netapp netapp-oncommand-cloud-manager occm-byol

Supported Linux OS versions

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
ad-dc-2016 ad-dc-2016
ad-dc-2019 ad-dc-2019
ad-dc-2022 ad-dc-2022
Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
almalinux-hpc 8_6-hpc, 8_6-hpc-gen2
Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v9 aviatrix-companion-gateway-v9
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v10 aviatrix-companion-gateway-v10,
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v10u
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v12 aviatrix-companion-gateway-v12
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v13 aviatrix-companion-gateway-v13,
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v13u
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v14 aviatrix-companion-gateway-v14,
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v14u
aviatrix-companion-gateway-v16 aviatrix-companion-gateway-v16
aviatrix-copilot avx-cplt-byol-01, avx-cplt-byol-02
Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
centos-ci 7-ci
centos-hpc 7.1, 7.3, 7.4
centos-lvm 7-lvm-gen2
centos-lvm 7-lvm, 8-lvm

Publisher - center-for-internet-security-inc

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-oracle-linux-8-l1 cis-oracle8-l1

Publisher - cis-rhel

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-redhat7-l1-gen1
cis-redhat8-l1-gen1
cis-redhat8-l2-gen1
cis-redhat9-l1-gen1
cis-redhat9-l1-gen2

Publisher - cis-rhel-7-l2

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-rhel7-l2

Publisher - cis-rhel-8-l2

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-rhel8-l2

Publisher - cis-rhel9-l1

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-rhel9-l1
cis-rhel9-l1-gen2

Publisher - center-for-internet-security-inc

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-ubuntu cis-ubuntu1804-l1
cis-ubuntulinux2004-l1-gen1
cis-ubuntulinux2204-l1-gen1
cis-ubuntulinux2204-l1-gen2
Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-ubuntu-linux-1804-l1 cis-ubuntu1804-l1
Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-ubuntu-linux-2004-l1 cis-ubuntu2004-l1
cis-ubuntu-linux-2204-l1-gen2

Publisher - center-for-internet-security-inc

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cis-ubuntu-linux-2004-l1 cis-ubuntu2004-l1
cis-ubuntu-linux-2204-l1 cis-ubuntu-linux-2204-l1
cis-ubuntu-linux-2204-l1-gen2
debian-10-daily 10, 10-gen2,
10-backports,
10-backports-gen2
debian-11 11, 11-gen2,
11-backports,
11-backports-gen2
debian-11-daily 11, 11-gen2,
11-backports,
11-backports-gen2
dns-ubuntu-2004 dns-ubuntu-2004
oracle-database oracle_db_21
oracle-database-19-3 oracle-database-19-0904
rhel-ha 9_2, 9_2-gen2
rhel-sap-apps 9_0, 90sapapps-gen2, 9_2, 92sapapps-gen2
rhel-sap-ha 9_2, 92sapha-gen2
servercore-2019 servercore-2019
sftp-2016 sftp-2016
sle-hpc-15-sp4 gen1, gen2
sle-hpc-15-sp4-byos gen1, gen2
sle-hpc-15-sp5 gen1, gen 2
sle-hpc-15-sp5-byos gen1, gen 2
sles-15-sp1-sapcal gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp2-basic gen2
sles-15-sp2-hpc gen2
sles-15-sp3-sapcal gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp4 gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp4-byos gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp4-chost-byos gen1, gen 2
sles-15-sp4-hardened-byos gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp5 gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp5-basic gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp5-byos gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp5-hardened-byos gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp5-sapcal gen1, gen2
sles-byos 12-sp4, 12-sp4-gen2
sles-sap 12-sp4, 12-sp4-gen2
sles-sap-15-sp4-byos gen1, gen2
sles-sap-15-sp4-hardened-byos gen1, gen2
sles-sap-15-sp5-byos gen1, gen2
sles-sap-15-sp5-hardened-byos gen1, gen2
sles-sap-byos 12-sp4, 12-sp4-gen2, gen2-12-sp4
sles-sapcal 12-sp3
sles-standard 12-sp4-gen2
sles 12-sp4-gen2
squid-ubuntu-2004 squid-ubuntu-2004
ubuntu-2004 2004, 2004-gen2
ubuntu-hpc 1804, 2004-preview-ndv5, 2004, 2204, 2204-preview-ndv5

Publisher - sles-15-sp5-chost-byos

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
gen1, gen2

Publisher - almalinux

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
almalinux
8-gen1, 8-gen2, 9-gen1, 9-gen2
almalinux-x86_64 8-gen1, 8-gen2, 8_7-gen2, 9-gen1, 9-gen2

Publisher - aviatrix-systems

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
aviatrix-bundle-payg aviatrix-enterprise-bundle-byol

Publisher - belindaczsro1588885355210

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
belvmsrv01 belvmsrv003

Publisher - canonical

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
*

Publisher - cloud-infrastructure-services

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
rds-farm-2019 rds-farm-2019

Publisher - cloudera

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cloudera-centos-os 7_5

Publisher - cncf-upstream

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
capi ubuntu-1804-gen1, ubuntu-2004-gen1, ubuntu-2204-gen1

Publisher - credativ

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
debian 9, 9-backports

Publisher - debian

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
debian-10 10, 10-gen2,
10-backports,
10-backports-gen2

Publisher - esri

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
arcgis-enterprise-107 byol-1071
pro-byol pro-byol-29
arcgis-enterprise byol-108
byol-109
byol-111
byol-1081
byol-1091
esri arcgis-enterprise-106 byol-1061

Publisher - erockyenterprisesoftwarefoundationinc1653071250513

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
rockylinux free
rockylinux-9 rockylinux-9

Publisher - microsoft-aks

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
aks aks-engine-ubuntu-1804-202112

Publisher - microsoft-dsvm

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
aml-workstation ubuntu-20, ubuntu-20-gen2
aml-workstation ubuntu

Publisher - microsoftcblmariner

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
cbl-mariner cbl-mariner-1
1-gen2
cbl-mariner-2
cbl-mariner-2-gen2.
cbl-mariner-1,1-gen2, cbl-mariner-2, cbl-mariner-2-gen2

Publisher - microsoftsqlserver

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
* * Offers: sql2019-sles*
sql2019-rhel7
sql2017-rhel 7

Example
Publisher:
microsoftsqlserver
Offer: sql2019-sles12sp5
sku:webARM

Publisher: microsoftsqlserver
Offer: sql2019-rhel7
sku: web-ARM
* * Offers: sql2019-sles*
sql2019-rhel7
sql2017-rhel7

Publisher - nginxinc

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
nginx-plus-ent-v1 nginx-plus-ent-centos7

Publisher ntegralinc1586961136942

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
ntg_oracle_8_7 ntg_oracle_8_7

Publisher - openlogic

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
centos 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7_8, 7_9, 7_9-gen2

Publisher - oracle | Offer | Plan|Unsupported image(s) | |--- | --- | ---| |oracle-linux | 7*, ol7*, ol8*, ol9*, ol9-lvm*, 8, 8-ci, 81, 81-ci, 81-gen2 |


Publisher - procomputers

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
almalinux-8-7 almalinux-8-7
rhel-8-2 rhel-8-2

Publisher - redhat

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
rhel 8.1
rhel 89-gen2
rhel-sap 7.4
rhel-sap 7.7
rhel 8_9
rhel-byos rhel-lvm79
rhel-lvm79-gen2
rhel-lvm8
rhel-lvm82-gen2
rhel-lvm83
rhel-lvm84
rhel-lvm84-gen2
rhel-lvm85-gen2
rhel-lvm86
rhel-lvm86-gen2
rhel-lvm87-gen2
rhel-raw76
rhel-byos rhel-lvm88
rhel-lvm88-gent2
rhel-lvm92
rhel-lvm92-gen2
rhel-ha 8* 81_gen2
rhel-raw 7*,8*,9*
redhat rhel-sap 7*
rhel-sap-apps 90sapapps-gen2
rhel-sap-ha 90sapha-gen2
rhel-sap-ha 7*, 8*
rhel-sap* 9_0
rhel 7*,8*,9*
sap-apps 7*, 8*

Publisher - southrivertech1586314123192

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
tn-ent-payg Tnentpayg
tn-sftp-payg Tnsftppayg

Publisher - suse

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
opensuse-leap-15-* gen*
sles-12-sp5 gen1, gen2
sles-12-sp5-* gen*
sles-15-sp2 gen1, gen2
sles-15-sp5 gen2
sles-sap-12-sp5* gen*
sles-sap-15-* gen*
Offer: sles-sap-15-*-byos

Sku: gen*
Example
Publisher: suse
Offer: sles-sap-15-sp3-byos
sku: gen1-ARM
sles-sap-15-sp2-byos gen2

Publisher - talend

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
talend_re_image tlnd_re

Publisher - thorntechnologiesllc

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
sftpgateway Sftpgateway

Publisher - veeam

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
office365backup veeamoffice365backup
veeam-backup-replication veeam-backup-replication-v11

Publisher - zscaler

Offer Plan Unsupported image(s)
zscaler-private-access zpa-con-azure

Custom images

Custom images (including images uploaded to Azure Compute gallery) which are created from below listed operating systems are supported for all Azure Update Manager operations except automatic VM guest patching. For instructions on how to use Azure Update Manager to manage updates on VMs created from custom images, see Manage updates for custom images.

Windows operating systems
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012

Azure Arc-enabled servers

The following table lists the operating systems supported on Azure Arc-enabled servers.

Operating system
Alma Linux 9
Amazon Linux 2 (x64)
Amazon Linux 2023
Debian 10 and 11
Oracle 7.x, 8.x
Oracle Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 8, 9 (x64)
Rocky Linux 8, 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and 15 (x64)
Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 LTS
Windows Server 2012 R2 and higher (including Server Core)

Windows IoT Enterprise on Arc enabled servers (preview)

  • Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021
  • Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019
  • Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, version 23H2
  • Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024

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