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Private 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.
September 2023
GA: Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS
Use Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS to improve cost-efficiency, and cluster utilization for your workloads
GA: AKS image cleaner
You can now automate the removal of all the unused, vulnerable images from your AKS nodes.
GA: Dedicated table support for AKS diagnostics logs
It is now easier and faster to query your logs.
Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.28
Take advantage of the latest features in Kubernetes version 1.28 with AKS.
GA: Node OS patching - NodeImage feature in AKS
You can have a flexible and customized strategy for node-level OS security updates.
Retirement: HTTP application routing add-on (preview) for AKS will retire 03/03/2025
Target retirement date: March 03, 2025
Transition your ingresses to Web Application routing add-on before 3/3/2025 to avoid service disruptions.
Public Preview: Azure Container Storage Updates: Expanded regions and performance options
Azure Container Storage (in preview) offers volume management built natively for containers. With the latest updates you can now deploy in 26 regions, use volume resize & cloning and choose from an expanded list of Disk SKUs.
August 2023
Generally Available: Auto-upgrade scheduled maintenance for AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now have dedicated maintenance for weekly AKS releases, auto upgrades and Node OS patching.
Retirement: Kubernetes 1.24 support in AKS
Target retirement date: August 16, 2023
Migrate to Kubernetes 1.25 or higher in AKS.
Generally Available: Kubernetes 1.27 support in AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now take advantage of Kubernetes release 1.27 enhancements in production.
Generally Available: Private Link service integration
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now directly create a Private Link Service (PLS) for Kubernetes services via annotations in the service manifest file.
July 2023
Public preview: Bring your own key on Ephemeral OS disk for AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now use your own keys to encrypt your ephemeral OS disks.
Public preview: Network observability add-on for AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now get complete observability into the network health and connectivity of your AKS cluster.
Generally available: Event Grid upgrade enhancements for AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now receive and programmatically handle AKS generated upgrade events in Event Grid
June 2023
Public Preview: Network Observability add-on on AKS
Enable network observability add-on on AKS clusters to gain insights into how your cluster operate and to identify potential problems before they cause outages or performance degradation.
Public preview: Add-on and node image in AKS release tracker
More accurate information about specific add-ons and node images
General Availability: Isovalent Cilium Enterprise through Azure Marketplace
Target availability: Q2 2023
Isovalent Cilium Enterprise is now generally available through Azure Marketplace.
May 2023
General availability: Azure CNI powered by Cilium
Target availability: Q2 2023
Leverage next generation eBPF dataplane for pod networking, Kubernetes network policies and service load balancing.
General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is now Generally Available.
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