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Generally available: Bring your own Container Network Interface plugin
Use third-party open source or commercial Container Network Interface (CNI) plugins with AKS.
June 2022
Public preview: AKS release tracker
AKS release tracker allows you to see the status of AKS releases across Azure regions.
Public preview: Custom certificate authorities
You can now add custom certificate authorities to your AKS cluster(s).
Public preview: Kubernetes release 1.24 support in AKS
Benefit from the latest features in Kubernetes release 1.24.
Generally available: HTTP proxy support for AKS clusters
You can now use HTTP proxy feature with all AKS add-ons.
General availability: Azure GitOps with Flux v2
Target availability: Q2 2022
Announcing the general availability of GitOps with Flux v2 in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes (Arc K8s).
May 2022
Generally available: Subnet per node pool
You can expand your AKS clusters across multiple subnets in the same virtual network.
Public preview: Windows Server 2022 host support in AKS
You can now use Windows Server 2022 with AKS and benefit from its many performance-related improvements.
Public preview: Draft extension for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Use Draft through the Azure CLI, Azure Portal, and Visual Studio Code to create a Dockerfile for your application and the necessary Kubernetes manifests.
Public preview: Web application routing add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Enable an ingress controller with SSL termination to quickly and securely access your applications in AKS.
Public preview: KEDA add-on for AKS
Quickly and easily deploy clusters with KEDA enabled, or enable KEDA on existing AKS clusters.
Public preview: Azure Disk CSI driver v2 in AKS
Improve scalability and reduce pod failover latency by using Azure Disk CSI driver v2 in AKS.
Generally available: AKS cluster extensions
You can now leverage a rich set of first party solutions on AKS via an Azure Resource Manager driven experience.
Public preview: ARM64 agent node support in AKS
You can now create AKS clusters with mixed architecture nodes made up of Intel and ARM chips.
Generally available: Alias minor version support in AKS
You no longer need to specify the exact patch number in your AKS setup.
CIS benchmark for Linux containers
You can now attest to the state of CIS compliance for their AKS Ubuntu worker nodes.
Draft 2: An open-source project for developers building apps on Kubernetes
Create a Dockerfile for your application and the necessary Kubernetes manifests needed.
Generally available: Custom node configuration on AKS
Configure your operating system (OS) settings or the kubelet parameters to match the needs of the workloads.
Generally available: Dynamic IP allocation and enhanced subnet support in AKS
You can now deploy AKS clusters in a more IP efficient manner while still having pods with VNet IPs.
Public preview: Container Storage Interface extensible API for AKS
You can now disable and enable any of the AKS supported CSI drivers using this API.
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