At Microsoft, we’ve experienced firsthand the benefits of Microsoft Dev Box for the developer experience, and we’re not alone. Take a look at the benchmark report Assessing Microsoft Dev Box Cloud-Based Developer Workstations, conducted by GigaOm.

Today we are announcing the general availability of Azure VM Image Builder service, a managed service for you to build custom Linux or Windows VM images with ease, and be compliant with your company’s security policy across Azure and Azure Stack.

Customize virtual machine (VM) images to meet security and compliance requirements and achieve faster deployment is a strong need for many enterprises.

In May 2018, we launched the limited preview of Shared Image Gallery. We observed very encouraging adoption levels and we have further improved Shared Image Gallery based on your feedback.