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To learn more about LTS versions of Ubuntu read this article.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Noble Numbat

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Jammy Jellyfish

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Interim releases

To learn more about the difference between LTS releases and interim releases, see this page.

Ubuntu 25.10 - Questing Quokka

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Ubuntu 25.04 - Plucky Puffin

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Canonical:ubuntu-25_04:server:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-25_04:server-gen1:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-25_04:server-arm64:latest

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Ubuntu Pro Offers

To learn more about Ubuntu Pro on Azure: Ubuntu Pro for Azure

Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS - Noble Numbat

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-gen1:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-arm64:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-minimal:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-minimal-gen1:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-minimal-arm64:latest

Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS - Jammy Jellyfish

Quick start: Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS on Azure

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:ubuntu-pro:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-arm64:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-minimal-gen1:latest

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-minimal-arm64:latest

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS - Focal Fossa

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Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-pro-minimal-focal:pro-minimal-20_04-lts-gen2:latest

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Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-pro-minimal-focal:pro-minimal-20_04-lts-arm64:latest

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS - Bionic Beaver

Quick start: Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS on Azure

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Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-pro-bionic:pro-18_04-lts:latest

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Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-pro-bionic:pro-18_04-lts-arm64:latest

Confidential compute capable offer

To learn more about Confidential Compute: Azure confidential computing

Note

While confidential VMs safeguard your workload from external threats, internal vulnerabilities within their boundaries can still pose risks. This is where Ubuntu Pro proves invaluable, ensuring your guest CVM software stack is continuously patched and up-to-date.

Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS (Confidential Compute) - Noble Numbat

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-cvm:latest

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Confidential Compute) - Noble Numbat

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:cvm:latest

Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS (Confidential Compute) - Jammy Jellyfish

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-cvm:latest

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Confidential Compute) - Jammy Jellyfish

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:cvm:latest

FIPS compliant offers

To learn more about FIPS: FIPS for Ubuntu

Note

Starting with Ubuntu Pro FIPS 22.04 LTS, images are based on the fips-updates Ubuntu Pro service, which provides ongoing security updates to the FIPS-140-3-certified modules included in the image. Ubuntu Pro FIPS images corresponding to earlier Ubuntu releases are based on the fips Ubuntu Pro service, which provides FIPS-140-2-certified modules, but no ongoing security updates.

The difference reflects FedRAMP’s move to more permissive guidelines and rectifies the inherent insecurity of the images corresponding to earlier Ubuntu releases. See this Canonical blog post to learn more about why this change was made and how fips-updates is more secure for your cloud environment.

Ubuntu Pro FIPS 22.04 LTS - Jammy Jellyfish

Quick start: Ubuntu Pro FIPS 22.04 LTS on Azure

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-fips:latest

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Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS - Focal Fossa

Quick start: Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS on Azure

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Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-pro-focal-fips:pro-fips-20_04:latest

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Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS - Bionic Beaver

Quick start: Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS on Azure

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CIS Hardened offer

To learn more about CIS compliance: CIS compliance with Ubuntu LTS

Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS Minimal with CIS Hardening - Jammy Jellyfish

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Canonical:ubuntu-22_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-minimal-cis-level-2-gen1:latest

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS Minimal with CIS Hardening - Focal Fossa

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The images under this offer are hardened against the CIS Level 2 Benchmark.

Quick start: Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS Minimal with CIS Hardening on Azure

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Specialized-hardware-compatible offers

These images are optimized for use in virtual machines running on NVIDIA GB200 hardware.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (GB200-Compatible) - Noble Numbat

Quick start: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (GB200-Compatible) on Azure

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Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS (GB200-Compatible) - Noble Numbat

Quick start: Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS (GB200-Compatible) on Azure

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Canonical:ubuntu-24_04-lts:ubuntu-pro-specialized-hardware:latest

List all images published by Canonical

Canonical publishes Ubuntu images under the Canonical publisher ID. You can find all our images using this az command:

az vm image list -p Canonical --all -o table

Via the portal, make sure to look for Canonical rather than Ubuntu to find the official Ubuntu images. Also, always make sure the offer is published by Canonical. Non-Pro LTS offers are always FREE.