# Running Photon OS on Microsoft Azure You can use Photon OS as a run-time environment for Linux containers on Microsoft Azure. You can set up and run the cloud-ready version of Photon OS as an instance of a virtual machine in the Azure cloud. Once Photon OS is running, you can deploy a containerized application in Docker. **Note:** These instructions apply to Photon OS 2.0 and 3.0. There is no Photon OS 1.0 distribution image for Microsoft Azure. - [Prerequisites](photon-os-azure-prerequisites.md) - [Set Up Azure Storage and Uploading the VHD](setting-up-azure-storage-and-uploading-the-vhd.md) - [Remove Photon OS From Azure](remove-photon-os-from-azure.md)