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Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for 5K Node limit by default for standard tier clusters
You can now scale your AKS cluster to larger than 1000 nodes without having to request any special limit increases or whitelisting.
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping for Prometheus instance served with TLS. To enable TLS and mTLS based scraping, you can configure the TLS settings in the ConfigMap.
February 2024
Public preview: Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKS
You can now try out Kubernetes 1.29 preview version with AKS and get ready for Kubernetes 1.29 GA in your production environment.
Public preview: OS SKU in-place migration for Linux nodes
You can now migrate nodes from one Linux OS to another without having to create new nodes.
Generally Available: AKS support for node soak duration for upgrades
You can now stagger AKS node upgrades and minimize application downtime.
Generally Available: Capacity Reservations support in AKS
You can now better manage your changing workload demands by using capacity reservation groups.
GA: Istio-based service mesh add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service
You can deploy an officially supported Istio addon for AKS
Public preview: Disable network policy in AKS for migration
You can now temporarily disable your network policy engines to perform a migration.
Public Preview: Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
Customers can now utilize Azure Backup for AKS to recover their containerized applications and data during a regional disaster scenario.
Public preview: AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus
You can now monitor the health, load and performance of the API server and etcd in the control plane of your AKS clusters
January 2024
Public preview: Istio add-on for AKS now supports plug-in certificate authority (CA)
You can now bring your own certificates and keys to use with Istio add-on for signing workload certificates for improved security.
Public preview: Upgrade support in Istio add-on for AKS
You can now upgrade to new Istio revisions as they are made available in the Istio add-on for AKS.
Visual Studio Code extension update for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
You can use VS Code extension update for AKS to interact with a new create cluster experience, abort/reconcile cluster, and more.
Public preview: Node OS API options feature for AKS
You can now get Node IP for tasks such as troubleshooting, without needing kubectl access
Public preview: Disable Secure Shell (SSH) support in AKS
You can now disable SSH for AKS to reduce the attach surface on your cluster.
Generally Available: Outbound type migration in AKS
You can now update the outbound type of existing clusters without having to rebuild the cluster
Public preview: Kube-reserved resource optimization in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
You will see AKS reserve up to 20% less memorry on nodes.
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink
Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)
December 2023
Generally Available: Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
Target availability: Q4 2023
Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights is designed to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis. This feature allows you to seamlessly collect and store multiple lines of log data within a single log entry, enhancing the ease with which you can view and analyze logs from your containerized applications.
Generally Available: AKS support for API breaking change detection
AKS now alerts you on API breaking changes on minor version change cluster upgrades.
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