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Monthly updates for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): May 2022

24 May

Generally available: Subnet per node pool

NOW AVAILABLE

You can expand your AKS clusters across multiple subnets in the same virtual network.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Public preview: Windows Server 2022 host support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now use Windows Server 2022 with AKS and benefit from its many performance-related improvements.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Public preview: Draft extension for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

IN PREVIEW

Use Draft through the Azure CLI, Azure Portal, and Visual Studio Code to create a Dockerfile for your application and the necessary Kubernetes manifests.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Open Source
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Public preview: Web application routing add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

IN PREVIEW

Enable an ingress controller with SSL termination to quickly and securely access your applications in AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Public preview: KEDA add-on for AKS

IN PREVIEW

Quickly and easily deploy clusters with KEDA enabled, or enable KEDA on existing AKS clusters.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Open Source
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Public preview: Azure Disk CSI driver v2 in AKS

IN PREVIEW

Improve scalability and reduce pod failover latency by using Azure Disk CSI driver v2 in AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Generally available: AKS cluster extensions

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now leverage a rich set of first party solutions on AKS via an Azure Resource Manager driven experience.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Public preview: ARM64 agent node support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now create AKS clusters with mixed architecture nodes made up of Intel and ARM chips.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Generally available: Alias minor version support in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

You no longer need to specify the exact patch number in your AKS setup.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

CIS benchmark for Linux containers

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now attest to the state of CIS compliance for their AKS Ubuntu worker nodes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Compliance
  • Microsoft Build
24 May

Draft 2: An open-source project for developers building apps on Kubernetes

NOW AVAILABLE

Create a Dockerfile for your application and the necessary Kubernetes manifests needed.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Open Source
  • Microsoft Build
24 May

Generally available: Custom node configuration on AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

Configure your operating system (OS) settings or the kubelet parameters to match the needs of the workloads.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
24 May

Generally available: Dynamic IP allocation and enhanced subnet support in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now deploy AKS clusters in a more IP efficient manner while still having pods with VNet IPs.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
17 May

Public preview: Container Storage Interface extensible API for AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now disable and enable any of the AKS supported CSI drivers using this API.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
17 May

Public preview: AKS Private Link Service integration

IN PREVIEW

You can now have AKS take care of creating the Private Link Service association to the Kubernetes service identified by the frontend IP configuration of an internal Azure Load Balancer.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
17 May

Public preview: Key Management System integration

You can now store secrets in BYOK encrypted etcd using Key Management System (KMS).

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
17 May

Generally available: Open Service Mesh extension for Azure Arc

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use a managed service mesh for Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
17 May

Public preview: HostProcess Containers

IN PREVIEW

You can now package and distribute management operations and functionalities that require host access while retaining versioning and deployment methods provided by containers.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

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