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In Development - Availability Zones (AZ) support for AKS
Achieve higher reliability and resiliency by using Availability Zones (AZ).
In Development - Multiple node pools for your AKS workloads
Multiple node pools enable you to have different VM size per node pool to accommodate custom resource needs
In Development - Authorized IP Ranges for Kubernetes API server
Restrict access to the Kubernetes API server to specific IP addresses or IP ranges.
In Development - AKS pod security policy
Control sensitive pod specifications by setting up policies to validate requests to pods.
In Development - AKS cluster autoscaling
Scale more efficiently and run applications without downtime.
Public Preview: AKS Network Policy
Enables better security controls with user-defined network policy.
Public preview: Azure Monitor for containers support for AKS-engine
Azure Monitor for containers support for AKS-engine is available in public preview.
Azure Monitor for containers: January updates
We're updating the Azure Monitor for containers agent to enhance reliability and performance for the agent.
December 2018
Azure Kubernetes Service December Update
Azure Kubernetes Service made a series of updates and improvements over the past few weeks.
Azure Monitor for Containers agent updates
Updates to the Azure Monitor for Containers agent include the auto-upgrade feature, along with enhancements and bug fixes.
Azure Monitor for containers is now available
Azure Monitor for containers is now generally available. Azure Monitor for containers monitors the health and performance of Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in East Asia
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available in East Asia.
Azure Container Service Will Retire on January 31, 2020
Target retirement date: January 31, 2020
The Azure Container Service (ACS) will retire on January 31, 2020. Customers should begin transitioning to the Azure Kubernetes Service or other options now.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node is in preview
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node allows developers to elastically provision additional pods inside Container Instances that start in seconds.
AKS clusters patched for Kubernetes vulnerability
The Kubernetes community announced a serious security vulnerability that affects some recent releases. In preparation for this announcement, Azure Kubernetes Service has patched all affected clusters.
November 2018
Private preview: Azure Kubernetes Service in Azure China
Azure Kubernetes Service is now available in private preview in the China East 2 region, the first Azure China region for the service.
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in South India
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available in South India.
Kubernetes on Azure Stack in preview
We now support Kubernetes cluster deployment on Azure Stack, a certified Kubernetes Cloud Provider. Install Kubernetes using Azure Resource Manager templates generated by ACS-Engine on Azure Stack.
October 2018
Azure Container Instances custom Virtual Network support is in preview
With Virtual Network support, Azure Container Instances now supports deploying containers to new or existing Azure virtual networks. Azure Container Instances containers can have secure communication with other resources, such as Azure Kubernetes Service clusters, residing in the same virtual network.
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in UK West
Azure Kubernetes Service is now generally available in the UK West region, bringing the number of regions for the service to 14.
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