diff --git a/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml b/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml
index 61d54da..37fe6bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   configure:
     name: Configure Github Pages Publishing
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     outputs:
       enable_publish: ${{ steps.check.outputs.isfork == 'NO' }}
     steps:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     needs: configure
     name: Build Documentation
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to github pages
         id: deployment
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index d92c76f..8e3e246 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build_and_test_24:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ctest --output-on-failure -j $(nproc) -C ${{matrix.build_type}}
 
   quality_checks_pass:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout target branch
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build -t ci-quality
 
   sanitize:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -277,18 +277,16 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/cpm-cache
           key: ${{runner.os}}-${{env.cache-name}}-${{ hashFiles('**/CMakeLists.txt', 'cmake/**') }}
 
-      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/9524
-      - name: Fix kernel mmap rnd bits
-        # Asan in llvm 14 provided in ubuntu 22.04 is incompatible with
-        # high-entropy ASLR in much newer kernels that GitHub runners are
-        # using leading to random crashes: https://reviews.llvm.org/D148280
-        run: sudo sysctl vm.mmap_rnd_bits=28
+      - name: Fix kernel ASLR entropy
+        run: |
+          sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_rnd_bits=28
+          sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_rnd_compat_bits=8
 
       - name: Build Unit Tests
         run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build -t unit_tests
 
   valgrind:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
@@ -359,7 +357,7 @@ jobs:
           test $FAILSIZE = "0"
 
   mutate:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
@@ -408,7 +406,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build -t mull_tests
 
   merge_ok:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [build_and_test_24, mutate, quality_checks_pass, sanitize, valgrind]
     if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/usage_test.yml b/.github/workflows/usage_test.yml
index cc451c9..271734c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/usage_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/usage_test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   usage_test:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'intel' && 'intel-azure-' || '' }}ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: