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| Publisher | OS Offer | Sku |
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------|
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 18.04-LTS |
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 18_04-LTS-Gen2 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-LTS |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-LTS-Gen2 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-LTS-arm64 |
| Canonical | ubuntu-24_04-lts | server-arm64 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy | 22_04-LTS |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy | 22_04-LTS-arm64 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy | 22_04-LTS-Gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | cbl-mariner-1 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | 1-Gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | cbl-mariner-2
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-pro-microsoft | pro-fips-20_04-Gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | cbl-mariner-2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | cbl-mariner-2-arm64 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | cbl-mariner-2-Gen2 |
| MicrosoftSqlServer | Sql2017-ws2019| enterprise |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | cbl-mariner-2-fips |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Cbl-Mariner | cbl-mariner-2-Gen2-fips |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Azure-Linux | azure-linux-Gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Azure-Linux | azure-linux-3 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | Azure-Linux | azure-linux-arm64 |
| MicrosoftSqlServer | SQL2017-ws2019| enterprise |
| MicrosoftSqlServer | SQL2019-ws2022| enterprise |
| MicrosoftSqlServer | SQL2022-ws2022| enterprise-Gen2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2012-R2-Datacenter |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2016-Datacenter |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2016-Datacenter-gensecond |
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| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2016-Datacenter-with-containers-gs |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-Datacenter |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-Datacenter-Core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-Datacenter-Core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-Datacenter-Core-with-Containers |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-Datacenter-gensecond |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-Datacenter-gs |
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| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-Datacenter-with-Containers-gs |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-smalldisk-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-azure-edition |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-azure-edition-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-azure-edition-core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-smalldisk-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | Datacenter-core-20h2-with-containers-smalldisk-gs |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-azure-edition |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-Datacenter-azure-edition-smalldisk |
| Mirantis | Windows_with_Mirantis_Container_Runtime_2019 | win_2019_mcr_23_0 |
| Mirantis | Windows_with_Mirantis_Container_Runtime_2019 | win_2019_mcr_23_0_gen2 |


## Requirements for configuring automatic OS image upgrade

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| Publisher | OS Offer | Sku |
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------|
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition-core-smalldisk |

| MicrosoftWindowsServer | MicrosoftServerOperatingSystems-previews | windows-server-2025-azure-edition-hotpatch |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | MicrosoftServerOperatingSystems-previews | windows-server-2022-azure-edition-core-preview |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServerHotpatch-previews | windows-server-2022-azure-edition-hotpatch |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch-smalldisk |

### Supported Windows Images (non-Hotpatchable)

| Publisher | OS Offer | Sku |
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------|
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-windows-server-2019-v1-0-0-l2 | cis-ws2019-l2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-windows-server | cis-windows-server2019-l1-gen1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-windows-server | cis-windows-server2022-l1-gen1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-windows-server | cis-windows-server2022-l1-gen2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-windows-server | cis-windows-server2022-l2-gen2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-windows-server-2022-l2 | cis-windows-server-2022-l2-gen2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2008-R2-SP1 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2012-R2-Datacenter |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2012-R2-Datacenter-gensecond |
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| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-datacenter-smalldisk-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2019-datacenter-with-containers |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-smalldisk-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-hotpatch-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-core-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-azure-edition |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2022-datacenter-smalldisk-g2 |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServerHotpatch-previews | windows-server-2022-azure-edition-hotpatch |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition-core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-azure-edition-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-core |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-core-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | WindowsServer | 2025-datacenter-smalldisk |
| MicrosoftWindowsServer | MicrosoftServerOperatingSystems-previews | windows-server-2025-azure-edition-hotpatch |



### Supported Linux Images

| Publisher | OS Offer | Sku |
|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------|
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8-hpc-gen2 |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_5-hpc |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_5-hpc-gen2 |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_6-hpc |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_6-hpc-gen2 |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_7-hpc-gen1 |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_7-hpc-gen2 |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_10-hpc-gen1 |
| AlmaLinux | almalinux-hpc | 8_10-hpc-gen2 |
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 16.04-LTS |
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 16.04.0-LTS |
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 18.04-LTS |
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 18.04-LTS-gen2 |
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 18_04-LTS-arm64 |
| Canonical | UbuntuServer | 18_04-LTS-gen2 |
| Canonical | ubuntu-24_04-lts | cvm |
| Canonical | ubuntu-24_04-lts | server |
| Canonical | ubuntu-24_04-lts | server-arm64 |
| Canonical | ubuntu-24_04-lts | server-gen1 |
| Canonical | ubuntu-24_04-lts | ubuntu-pro |
| Canonical | ubuntu-24_04-lts | ubuntu-pro-cvm |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-confidential-vm-focal | 20_04-lts-cvm |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-confidential-vm-jammy | 22_04-lts-cvm |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-pro-bionic | pro-18_04-lts |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-lts |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-lts-gen2 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-pro-focal | pro-20_04-lts |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-pro-focal | pro-20_04-lts-gen2 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-pro-jammy | pro-22_04-lts-gen2 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-lts |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-lts-arm64 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal | 20_04-lts-gen2 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy | 22_04-lts |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy | 22_04-lts-arm64 |
| Canonical | 0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy | 22_04-lts-gen2 |
| microsoftcblmariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-1 |
| microsoftcblmariner | cbl-mariner | 1-gen2 |
| microsoftcblmariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-2 |
| microsoftcblmariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-2-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7_9, 7-RAW, 7-LVM |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8, 8.1, 81gen2, 8.2, 82gen2, 8_3, 83-gen2, 8_4, 84-gen2, 8_5, 85-gen2, 8_6, 86-gen2, 8_7, 8_8, 8-lvm, 8-lvm-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9_0, 9_1, 9-lvm, 9-lvm-gen2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-rhel-7-v2-2-0-l1 | cis-redhat7-l1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-rhel | cis-redhat7-l2-gen1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-rhel | cis-redhat8-l1-gen1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-rhel | cis-redhat8-l1-gen2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-rhel | cis-redhat8-l2-gen1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-rhel | cis-redhat9-l1-gen2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-rhel | cis-redhat9-l2-gen2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-ubuntu-linux-2004-l1 | cis-ubuntu-linux-2004-l1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-ubuntu-linux-2204-l1 | cis-ubuntu-linux-2204-l1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-ubuntu | cis-ubuntulinux2004-l1-gen1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-ubuntu | cis-ubuntulinux2204-l1-gen2 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-ubuntu | cis-ubuntulinux2404-l1-gen1 |
| Center-for-Internet-Security-Inc | cis-ubuntu | cis-ubuntulinux2404-l1-gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | azure-linux-3 | azure-linux-3-gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-1 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | cbl-mariner | 1-gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-2-arm64 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-2-gen2 |
| MicrosoftCblMariner | cbl-mariner | cbl-mariner-2-gen2-fips |
| Microsoft-AKS | aks | aks-engine-ubuntu-1804-202112 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | aml-workstation | ubuntu-20 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | aml-workstation | ubuntu-20-gen2 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | ubuntu-hpc | 1804 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | ubuntu-hpc | 1804-ncv4 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | ubuntu-hpc | 2004 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | ubuntu-hpc | 2004-preview-ndv5 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | ubuntu-hpc | 2204 |
| Microsoft-DSVM | ubuntu-hpc | 2204-preview-ndv5 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.3 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.4 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.5 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.6 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.7 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7.8 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7_9 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7-lvm |
| Redhat | RHEL | 7-raw |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8.1 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 81gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8.2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 82gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8_3 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 83-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8_4 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 84-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8_5 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 85-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8_6 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 86-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8_7 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8_8 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8_10 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8-lvm |
| Redhat | RHEL | 8-lvm-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL-RAW | 8-raw |
| Redhat | RHEL-RAW | 8-raw-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9_0 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9_1 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9_2 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9_3 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9_4 |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9-lvm |
| Redhat | RHEL | 9-lvm-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL-ARM64 | 8_6-arm64 |
| Redhat | RHEL-ARM64 | 9_0-arm64 |
| Redhat | RHEL-ARM64 | 9_1-arm64 |
| Redhat | RHEL-SAP-APPS | 86sapapps-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL-SAP-APPS | 88sapapps-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL-SAP-HA | 86sapha-gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL-SAP-HA | 88sapha-gen2 |
| SUSE | sles-12-sp5 | gen1 |
| SUSE | sles-12-sp5 | gen2 |
| SUSE | sles-15-sp2 | gen1 |
| SUSE | sles-15-sp2 | gen2 |
| SUSE | sles-sap-15-sp4 | gen2 |
| SUSE | sles-sap-15-sp5 | gen2 |
| Redhat | RHEL-RAW | 8-raw, 8-raw-gen2 |
| SUSE | sles-12-sp5 | gen1, gen2 |
| SUSE | sles-15-sp2 | gen1, gen2 |
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