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April 2023

10 Apr

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus has updated our AKS add-on to support Windows nodes

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus has updated our AKS metrics add-on to support Prometheus metric collection from the Windows nodes in your AKS clusters.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Managed Prometheus
  • Features

March 2023

29 Mar

Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.26 release

IN PREVIEW

You can now try out Kubernetes v1.26 features with Azure Kubernetes Service

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
24 Mar

Docker container runtime retirement for Windows node pools effective May 1, 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Migrate to containers before May 1, 2023

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Retirements
24 Mar

AKS will stop support for Windows Server 2019 on March 1 2026

IN DEVELOPMENT

Transition your Kubernetes workloads on Windows Server 2019 to Windows Server 2022 by March 1 2026.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Retirements
16 Mar

Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine tuned to run on edge devices with constrained resources.

  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Windows for IoT
  • Services
  • Operating System
  • Pricing & Offerings
15 Mar

Public Preview - Backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

IN PREVIEW

Azure Backup is announcing public preview of Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
1 Mar

Disclosure: In-tree disk and file drivers will no longer be supported starting in Kubernetes v1.26

IN PREVIEW

Migrate your existing in-tree disk and file volumes to CSI drivers using provided guidance.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
1 Mar

GA: Online live resize of persistent volumes

NOW AVAILABLE

Scale up persistent volumes without taking the application offline.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
1 Mar

Public preview: Pod sandboxing in AKS

IN PREVIEW

AKS now allows you to isolate workloads at the kernel level.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
1 Mar

Public preview: AKS NodeOSUpgrade channel

IN PREVIEW

You now have more flexible options for managing your upgrades.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

February 2023

22 Feb

Public preview: Azure Managed Lustre

IN PREVIEW

Accelerate HPC and AI workloads with a managed parallel file system

  • Azure HPC Cache
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Pricing & Offerings
15 Feb

Public preview: Upgrade scheduler

Use the upgrade scheduler feature instead of the planned maintenance feature for more flexibility.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
1 Feb

Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service introduces two pricing tiers: Free and Standard

NOW AVAILABLE

Identify and use the most appropriate AKS tier for your projects.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings

November 2022

30 Nov

Generally available: Azure Blob CSI driver support in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

You no longer need to deal with manual installation as well as lifecycle management of the open-source Azure Blob CSI driver with AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
9 Nov

Public preview: Rotate SSH keys on existing AKS nodepools

IN PREVIEW

You can now update SSH keys on existing AKS nodepools post deployment.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features

October 2022

26 Oct

Public preview: Azure CNI Powered by Cilium

IN PREVIEW

Leverage next generation eBPF dataplane for pod networking, Kubernetes network policies and service load balancing.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
26 Oct

Public preview: Mariner container optimized OS

IN PREVIEW

Get reliability and consistency from cloud to edge across the AKS using the Mariner container optimized OS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
26 Oct

Public preview: K8s 1.25 support

IN PREVIEW

You can now benefit from the latest features in Kubernetes version 1.25.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
26 Oct

Generally available: CSI Extensible API for AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

The CSI Extensible API is now generally available in AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
26 Oct

Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes now support Dapr v1.9.0

NOW AVAILABLE

Take advantage of the latest features in Dapr v1.9.0 with Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Open Source

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