Azure Updates - Latest from Azure Charts

Application Insights Auto-instrumentation for Azure Kubernetes Service apps

Mon, 18 May 2026 18:00:18 Z

Azure Monitor Application Insights auto-instrumentation for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) apps is now generally available, making it easier to monitor your applications without modifying source code. With just a few configuration steps, you can automatic
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Services, Management, Open Source

Getting Started with OpenSearch on AKS with AKS AVM and Helm

Mon, 18 May 2026 08:27:00 Z

A starter blueprint for running OpenSearch on Azure Kubernetes Service using an AVM-based baseline, separate Helm releases for manager and data tiers, internal-only Dashboards, and keyless snapshots ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

NVIDIA Dynamo on AKS - Autoscaling LLM Inference

Wed, 13 May 2026 18:09:00 Z

Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly moving from experimentation to production. While training often gets the spotlight, inference at scale is where real-world complexity emerges—especially when ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Foundry, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Arc AKS Explained: Run Kubernetes Beyond Azure Cloud

Tue, 12 May 2026 02:57:00 Z

Modern enterprises are no longer running workloads only inside a centralized cloud environment. Applications today operate across: On-premises datacenters Remote branch offices Manufacturing ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Apply Copy Fail and DirtyFrag CVE mitigations at-scale using Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 Z

See how to apply mitigations for CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail) and CVE-2026-43284 / CVE-2026-43500 (DirtyFrag) across AKS clusters using Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager with a DaemonSet and node image upgrades.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories:

Introducing cert-manager for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes: now in Public Preview

Wed, 06 May 2026 15:30:00 Z

Today we’re releasing a public preview of cert-manager for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes. It’s an Arc extension that automates TLS certificate and trust bundle management for edge Kubernetes clusters....
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on + AKS Automatic

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:30:03 Z

We previously announced the availability of Application Gateway for Containers and the Application Gateway for Containers AKS Add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). At that time, one limitation was that Application Gateway for Containers could not be
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Running Diffusion Models at Scale on AKS

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:38:00 Z

Diffusion workloads are simple at prototype scale and unforgiving in production. A single demo can run on one GPU-backed VM, but a real platform has to handle bursty demand, long-running jobs, model ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Building an Enterprise-Grade SQL Platform on Kubernetes using Crossplane and Azure PostgreSQL

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:58:00 Z

Strategic Overview Build a Kubernetes-native SQL platform using Crossplane-based database operator to provision Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Active–Passive, multi-region database architect...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories:

Container Network Insights Agent

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:30:30 Z

Troubleshooting Kubernetes networking issues is often slowed by logs and metrics scattered across multiple tools, requiring engineers to manually correlate signals during incidents. The Container Network Insights Agent provides a lightweight, web‑based in
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Istio-Based Weighted Traffic Management on AKS for Enterprise Workloads

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:23:00 Z

Istio‑Based Weighted Traffic Management Pre-Requisites: AKS containers (internal pods, no Envoy sidecar) Istio Installed and Configured at AKS Cluster (Ingress Gateway–based traffic manageme...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Management

WireGuard In‑Transit Encryption for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:15:17 Z

WireGuard in‑transit encryption is now generally available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters using Azure CNI powered by Cilium and Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS). This capability enables transparent, node‑level encryption for inte
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:45:55 Z

Azure Monitor provides a complete set of services for monitoring the health and performance of different layers of your Kubernetes infrastructure and the applications that depend on it.Azure Monitor support for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Azure Arc, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Securing Argo CD with Microsoft Entra ID: A Step-by-Step Guide

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how to secure the Argo CD extension for AKS with Microsoft Entra ID using Terraform, workload identity, OIDC, RBAC, and policy-based access control.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Microsoft Entra ID, Categories:

AKS App Routing's Next Chapter: Gateway API with Istio

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:25:00 Z

If you've been following my previous posts on the Ingress NGINX retirement, you'll know the story so far. The community Ingress NGINX project was retired in March 2026, and Microsoft's extended suppo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Autonomous AKS Incident Response with Azure SRE Agent: From Alert to Verified Recovery in Minutes

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:31:00 Z

When a Sev1 alert fires on an AKS cluster, detection is rarely the hard part. The hard part is what comes next: proving what broke, why it broke, and fixing it without widening the blast radius, all ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, SRE Agent, Categories:

Configure AKS backup using a single Azure CLI command

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:15:04 Z

Azure Backup now provides a simplified experience to configure backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters using a single Azure CLI command.Enabling backup for AKS clusters through CLI requires multiple manual steps, including installation of the B
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Backup, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Control AI spend with per-application token rate limiting using Application Network and agentgateway

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 Z

Use Application Network identity and agentgateway to enforce per-application token rate limiting and control shared AI service spend on AKS.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Introducing the Container Network Insights Agent for AKS: Now in Public Preview

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:05:00 Z

We are thrilled to announce public preview of Container Network Insights Agent - Agentic AI network troubleshooting for your workloads running in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The C...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Kubernetes Service support for Ubuntu 22.04

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:30:13 Z

On June 30, 2027, we'll retire Ubuntu 22.04 on Azure Kubernetes Service. To avoid disruptions, transition to Ubuntu 24.04 or later by that date. Newer supported versions include kernel updates and security improvements. Until June 30, 2027, you can cont
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services, Retirements

Announcing One-Command Backup Configuration for AKS with Azure Backup

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:50:00 Z

Running production workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is becoming the norm for platform teams building cloud‑native applications at scale. As these environments increasingly host stateful wo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Backup, Categories:

Monitor AKS applications with OpenTelemetry and Azure Monitor

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:45:02 Z

Azure Monitor now supports monitoring applications that run on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) by using OpenTelemetry for instrumentation and data collection.Leverage autoinstrumentation to deploy the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry distro to workloads or use
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Management, Open Source

StandardV2 NAT Gateway as an outbound type for AKS

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:00:36 Z

AKS now supports managed and user-assigned StandardV2 NAT Gateway as an outbound type for your AKS managed or BYO VNets. This unlocks zone-redundant outbound connectivity, up to 100 Gbps outbound throughput, and IPv6 outbound support for AKS clusters.Lear
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Service Mesh-Aware Request Tracing in AKS with Istio and Application Insights

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:37:00 Z

Introduction As platforms evolve toward microservice‑based architectures, observability becomes more complex than ever. In Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), teams often rely on Istio to manage servic...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories:

AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Generative AI using Triton and TensorRT‑LLM

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 Z

Run local edge generative AI by deploying Triton with the TensorRT-LLM backend on AKS enabled by Azure Arc to serve Qwen2.5 7B Instruct with GPU acceleration.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Observability in AKS Namespace and Workload Views

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:30:02 Z

AKS now surfaces observability data powered by Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus directly within Namespace and Workload views, making it easier to:Monitor cluster and workload healthTroubleshoot pending or failed podsAnalyze resource utilizatio
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features, Management

Turn your agents into AKS experts: Agent Skills for AKS

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 Z

Announcing agent skills for AKS, easily pluggable into any agent to enhance them with built-in AKS expertise, safer workflows, and reduced developer overhead.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Container Storage v2.1.0: Now GA with Elastic SAN

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 Z

Explore what’s new in Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 with Elastic SAN integration, modular on-demand installation, and enhanced node selector support.
Update Type: GA, Services: Container Storage, Kubernetes Service, Azure Elastic SAN, Categories:

Disable HTTP proxy in AKS

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:45:41 Z

Organizations that use HTTP proxies to control outbound traffic often need to change or remove those settings as network requirements evolve, which can be disruptive in running clusters. Azure Kubernetes Service allows administrators to disable HTTP proxy
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Pod CIDR expansion in AKS

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:00:23 Z

When clusters exhaust available pod IP addresses, teams have historically been forced to rebuild environments to restore capacity, creating operational disruption. Pod CIDR expansion allows overlay‑based AKS clusters to increase their pod IP range in plac
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Predictive AI using Triton and ResNet-50

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:01:03 Z

Run predictive AI at the edge by deploying Triton with the ONNX backend on AKS enabled by Azure Arc for local ResNet 50 GPU inference without cloud dependency.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Generative AI with Open‑Source LLM Server

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:01:02 Z

Run generative AI at the edge with Ollama and vLLM on AKS enabled by Azure Arc, enabling local LLM inference on GPU hardware without dependency or data egress.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Series Introduction and Scope

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:01:01 Z

Scenario driven series for generative and predictive AI inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc, across CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs in on-premises and edge environments.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Bringing AI to the Edge and On‑Premises

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:01:00 Z

Learn how to bring AI inference closer to your data with AKS enabled by Azure Arc, with practical hybrid and edge scenarios for secure, low-latency workloads.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Secure HTTP-Only AKS Ingress with Azure Front Door Premium, Firewall DNAT, and Private AGIC

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:15:00 Z

Reference architecture and runbook (Part 1: HTTP-only) for Hub-Spoke networking with private Application Gateway (AGIC), Azure Firewall DNAT, and Azure Front Door Premium (WAF) 0. When and Why ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, Categories:

DevSecOps on AKS: Governance Gates That Actually Prevent Incidents

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:46:00 Z

This article is for AKS platform/infra engineers, SREs, and security teams who want a practical, enforceable model for stopping common Kubernetes misconfigurations before they become incidents—withou...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

AKS cluster with AGIC hits the Azure Application Gateway backend pool limit (100)

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:34:00 Z

I’m writing this article to document a real-world scaling issue we hit while exposing many applications from an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AG...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories:

Optimizing RDMA performance for AI workloads on AKS with DRANET

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 Z

Use DRANET and DRA on AKS to boost RDMA performance with topology-aware scheduling, GPU/NIC alignment, and fast placement for AI training and inferencing.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Deprecation of sidecar for remote-write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:30:50 Z

On March 31, 2027 Azure Monitor will be deprecating the sidecar for remote-write of Prometheus metrics to Azure Monitor Workspace. This is as part of our ongoing efforts to improve reliability and reduce complexity.We recommend configuring your self-hoste
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Services, Management, Retirements

Control where your pods land on AKS with NAP

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 Z

Combine taints, affinity, and topology spread constraints with AKS Node Auto-Provisioning to control where your pods land.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

AKS Control Plane Enhancements

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how AKS improves control plane scalability and stability through a new set of control plane enhancements
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Blue-green agent pool upgrade in AKS

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:00:39 Z

In‑place node pool upgrades can introduce risk by applying changes directly to running environments. Blue‑green agent pool upgrades create a parallel node pool with the new configuration, allowing validation before workloads are shifted and providing a cl
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Container network metrics filtering for AKS

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:00:18 Z

Network observability can generate large volumes of metrics, making it difficult for teams to focus on data that is operationally relevant. Container network metrics filtering in Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) allows operators to control which
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

AI Agent for container networking troubleshooting

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:45:26 Z

Troubleshooting Kubernetes networking issues is often slowed by logs and metrics scattered across multiple tools, forcing engineers to manually correlate signals during incidents. The container networking agent provides a lightweight, web‑based interface
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

AKS managed GPU metrics in Azure Monitor

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:30:36 Z

Teams running GPU‑backed workloads often lack integrated visibility into GPU utilization alongside Kubernetes metrics. AKS managed GPU metrics automatically expose performance and utilization data from NVIDIA GPU‑enabled node pools into managed Prometheus
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features, Services

Cross-cluster networking in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:30:36 Z

Organizations running applications across multiple Kubernetes clusters often face challenges with performance, global service discovery, and observability due to the complexity of distributed microservice environments. Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now p
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 now with Elastic SAN integration and on demand installation

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:15:48 Z

Containerized workloads often require higher and more consistent storage performance without managing large numbers of individual disks. Azure Container Storage integration with Elastic SAN allows Kubernetes clusters to consume storage from a shared pool
Update Type: GA, Services: Container Storage, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Container network logs in AKS

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:15:48 Z

Networking issues in Kubernetes environments can be difficult to diagnose due to limited visibility into traffic flows and insufficient context around failures. Container network logs in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), now generally available, provide con
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Monitor Prometheus community recommended alerts for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:30:29 Z

Azure Monitor now offers one-click enablement of Prometheus recommended alerts directly in the Azure Portal for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. These alerts, based on enhanced Prometheus community rules, provide comprehensive coverage across cluste
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Azure Arc, Categories: Features, Management

Application routing with meshless Istio in AKS

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:30:29 Z

Following the deprecation of ingress‑nginx, Kubernetes operators need a supported, standards‑aligned migration path for ingress without the complexity of a full service mesh. Application Routing with Meshless Istio enables adoption of the Kubernetes Gatew
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Application Network

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:30:29 Z

As Kubernetes environments scale across regions and clusters, IP‑based networking becomes difficult to manage and provides limited application‑level visibility and security controls. Azure Kubernetes Application Network introduces application‑layer abstra
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Announcing Public Preview of Argo CD extension on AKS and Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:00:00 Z

We are excited to announce public preview of the Argo CD extension for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. As GitOps becomes the standard for deploying and ope...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Announcing public preview: Cilium mTLS encryption for Azure Kubernetes Service

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:50:00 Z

We are thrilled to announce the public preview of Cilium mTLS encryption in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), delivered as part of Advanced Container Networking Services and powered by the Azure CNI da...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:15:54 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service support for Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview) will be retired on 8 June 2026, transition to a supported alternative by that date. From now to 7 June 2026, you can continue to use Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview) w
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services, Retirements

Scaling multi-node LLM inference with NVIDIA Dynamo and NVIDIA GPUs on AKS (Part 3)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how NVIDIA Dynamo's KV Router optimizes multi-worker LLM inference on AKS with H100 GPUs, achieving 25% lower p99 latency through intelligent routing.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Announcing the General Availability of the Azure Arc Gateway for Arc-enabled Kubernetes!

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:12:00 Z

We’re excited to announce the General Availability of Arc gateway for Arc‑enabled Kubernetes. Arc gateway dramatically simplifies the network configuration required to use Azure Arc by consolidating ...
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing Add-on Retiring November 2026

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:45:03 Z

The upstream Ingress-NGINX project is being deprecated and will stop receiving updates after March 2026. Microsoft will continue providing critical security patches through 30 November 2026, after which the NGINX ingress controller will no longer be suppo
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Services, Open Source, Retirements

Windows Server Annual Channel (preview)

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:17 Z

Windows Server Annual Channel (Preview) on AKS will be retired on May 15, 2026, please transition to Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) by that date. We encourage you to transition to Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) prior to the retirement date to exp
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Seamless Migrations From Self Hosted Nginx Ingress To The AKS App Routing Add-On

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:37:00 Z

The Kubernetes Steering Committee has announced that the Nginx Ingress controller will be retired in March 2026. That' not far away, and once this happens Nginx Ingress will not receive any further u...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Unified tooling in the AKS MCP server

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:00:55 Z

Managing AKS MCP servers can be affected by the number of tools and the amount of context required, which can increase latency and cost. The unified tooling for the AKS MCP Server introduces two new tools in public preview, call_az and call_kubectl, that
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Cluster mode for the agentic CLI for AKS

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:00:55 Z

Users often face security and manageability challenges when diagnostic agents inherit broad user permissions, such as cluster-admin rights, and when each user must deploy their own instance. Cluster mode for the agentic CLI for AKS, now in public preview,
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Node auto-provisioning support in Azure government and private cloud

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:15:17 Z

Node auto‑provisioning removes the need for teams to manually size and manage compute resources for Kubernetes workloads. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now provides general availability support for node auto‑provisioning in Azure Government and private c
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters in AKS now support LocalDNS

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:45:58 Z

Customers previously could not enable LocalDNS on clusters that used Node auto‑provisioning in AKS, limiting their ability to use this feature in those environments. LocalDNS is now generally available for AKS clusters with Node auto‑provisioning, providi
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Encryption at host & disk encryption sets support in node auto-provisioning

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:30:06 Z

Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters previously did not have support for Encryption at Host and disk encryption sets. This limited users with certain security requirements for their cluster to not be able to use node auto-provisioning. Node auto-pro
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.34

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:30:15 Z

Kubernetes version 1.34 is now generally available for AKS. This release introduces 58 upstream enhancements, including 23 Stable features, 22 Beta features, and 13 Alpha features. These enhancements help technical practitioners improve cluster operatio
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Beyond iptables: Scaling AKS Networking with nftables and Project Calico

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:29:00 Z

Author : Reza Ramezanpour Senior Developer Advocate @ Tigera For most of Kubernetes’ life, service networking has relied on iptables. It was practical, widely available on all Linux distributions, ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Application Gateway for Containers - AKS managed add-on

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:45:45 Z

We're announcing public preview of an AKS managed add-on that simplifies the deployment and lifecycle management of Application Gateway for Containers and its ALB Controller. With the managed AKS add-on, you can enable Application Gateway for Containers
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security

AKS Tenant Migration: Considerations and Approach

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 03:11:00 Z

Introduction: When an Azure subscription is shifted between directories (Azure AD tenants), the Azure Container Registry (ACR) cannot be directly transferred in its current state. This blog outline...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Container Registry, Categories:

Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 now with Elastic SAN integration and on demand installation

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:30:31 Z

Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 is now generally available. This release adds native Elastic SAN support and introduces a lightweight, on-demand installation model to simplify deployment and operations for Kubernetes workloads on Azure. Elastic SAN Storage
Update Type: GA, Services: Container Storage, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager namespace-scoped resource placement

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:30:31 Z

Namespace-scoped resource placement, now in preview for Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager, delivers fine‑grained control over selection and propagation of individual namespace‑scoped resources across multiple clusters. This new capability means it is now p
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories:

Reference Architecture for Highly Available Multi-Region Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:53:00 Z

Introduction Cloud-native applications often support critical business functions and are expected to stay available even when parts of the platform fail. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) already prov...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Autoscale KAITO inference workloads on AKS using KEDA

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how to autoscale KAITO inference workloads on AKS with KEDA to handle varying requests and optimize GPU utilization for AI models at scale.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Navigating Capacity Challenges on AKS with Node Auto Provisioning or Virtual Machine Node Pools

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how Node auto provisioning and virtual machine node pools can address common capacity constraints when scaling an AKS cluster. Also learn best practices for compute scaling in AKS.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Command Launcher for Java

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:00:07 Z

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, we announced the Public Preview of the Azure Command Launcher for Java, a new JVM launcher optimized specifically for Azure. This tool provides better default ergonomics for Java applications running in containers and virtual mac
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, App Service, Container Instances, Container Apps, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories: Services

Deployment safeguards – pod security standard support in AKS

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:30:50 Z

Organizations deploying workloads on Kubernetes often need a consistent way to enforce pod security configurations across clusters. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports Pod Security Standards within Deployment Safeguards, enabling centralized manag
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Security, Services

Scaling multi-node LLM inference with NVIDIA Dynamo and NVIDIA GPUs on AKS (Part 2)

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how to scale multi-node LLM inference on Kubernetes using NVIDIA Dynamo, H100 GPUs, and Dynamo Planner tools to optimize throughput and latency.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Ubuntu 24.04 support in AKS

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:00:07 Z

Customers upgrading AKS clusters often need a clear and flexible path to adopt new OS versions without disrupting workloads. Ubuntu 24.04 is now generally available on AKS starting with Kubernetes version 1.32, with containerd 2.0 enabled by default. It
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Automated Java Performance Diagnostics in Kubernetes using Azure SRE Agent

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:38:00 Z

Azure Performance Diagnostics Tool for Java is now available for preview, currently supporting Java workloads deployed to AKS clusters.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, SRE Agent, Categories:

Parallel AKS Node Pool Creation with Crossplane: A Version Compatibility Journey

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:43:00 Z

When managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters at scale, the ability to create multiple node pools in parallel can significantly reduce provisioning time. In this article, I'll share my journe...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Ubuntu 24.04 support in AKS

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:45:12 Z

Ubuntu 24.04 is now generally available on AKS in Kubernetes version 1.32 and above. Containerd 2.0 is enabled by default. Ubuntu 24.04 is default with `Ubuntu` OS Sku in kubernetes version 1.35 and above. There are two ways that Ubuntu 24.04 can be enabl
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Static Egress Gateway in AKS: The Native Way to Control Multiple Outbound IPs

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:22:00 Z

Introduction Back in late 2023, I published a blog post outlining how to provision multiple egress IP addresses in AKS, using multiple node pools running in multiple subnets to achieve this outcome...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories:

Identity Bindings: A Cleaner Model for Multi‑Cluster Identity in AKS

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:42:00 Z

AKS has supported assigning Azure Managed Identities to pods for some time, first through Pod Identity and then later through Workload Identity. Using these tools it is possible to give a pod an Azur...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Deploy Apps to AKS Automatic with Terraform and the Helm Provider

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how to deploy AKS Automatic with the AzApi provider for Terraform and configure the Helm provider for Azure RBAC token-based authentication.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Cloud-native apps on Kubernetes pricing calculator scenario

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:00:35 Z

The new cloud-native apps on Kubernetes pricing calculator scenario allows teams to estimate the total cost of ownership for a production-ready AKS cluster with other key Azure services, including Azure Container Registry, Azure Monitoring, Microsoft Defe
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Container Registry, Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor, Categories: Services, Pricing & Offerings

AI Conformant Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 Z

Learn about the Kubernetes AI Conformance Program, why it matters for AI/ML workloads, and how to create AI-conformant AKS clusters.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Announcing AKS Automatic managed system node pools (preview) and the Pod readiness SLA

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

Learn how AKS Automatic now offers managed system node pools to ship apps faster. The Pod readiness SLA guarantees your apps are serving users, beyond a healthy control plane.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Container network metrics filtering in Advanced Container Networking Services for (ACNS) for AKS

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:00:10 Z

Container network metrics filtering in Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) is now available in public preview. In containerized environments, the ingestion of excessive network metrics can lead to inflated storage costs and cluttered dashboards, ma
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

MCP support for AI toolchain operator add-on in AKS

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:45:04 Z

MCP support for AI toolchain operator add-on is now Generally Available. The AI Toolchain Operator add-on now supports KAITO inference workspaces with integrated tool calling and Model Context Protocol (MCP), addressing key challenges around dynamic mo
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Cluster-wide Cilium network policy with Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:30:02 Z

Cluster-wide Cilium network policy for AKS clusters using Azure CNI powered by Cilium is now Generally Available. Managing consistent network policies across Kubernetes namespaces has long been a challenge for platform teams, especially in multi-tenant
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Local redirect policy in Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:30:02 Z

Local redirect policy with Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS is now generally available. Customers running high-scale AKS workloads often experience latency and performance bottlenecks due to cross-node traffic routing. The new local redirect policy add
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Layer 7 policy with Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:15:25 Z

To address the growing need for granular traffic control in microservices architectures, Azure Container Networking Services now offers Layer 7 Policy as a generally available feature. This capability empowers customers to enforce fine-grained traffic con
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:00:32 Z

Azure Monitor provides a complete set of services for monitoring the health and performance of different layers of your Kubernetes infrastructure and the applications that depend on it.Azure Monitor now supports Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Azure Arc, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories: Services, Management

Recommendations for container and security optimized OS options on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

Discover best practices and actionable guidance to help you select a container or security optimized OS for your AKS deployments.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Security, Services

Recommended alerts for Azure Monitor Workspace

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:45:05 Z

Azure Monitor now offers one-click enablement of recommended alerts directly in the Azure Portal for Azure Monitor Managed service for Prometheus customers. These alerts enable you to monitor the ingestion limits for Azure Monitor Workspace and avoid metr
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features, Services, Management

AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Powering AI Applications from Cloud to Edge [Ignite 2025]

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:36:00 Z

A New Era for Hybrid Kubernetes and AI Microsoft Ignite 2025 continues to accelerate Azure’s hybrid vision, extending cloud-native innovation into datacenters, factories, retail sites, and remote, ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Preview: nftables support for kube-proxy in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

Learn about how to use the nftables mode of kube-proxy on AKS.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Announcing Kubernetes Center (Preview) On Azure Portal

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:45:00 Z

Today, we’re excited to introduce the Kubernetes Center in the Azure portal, a new experience to simplify how customers manage, monitor, and optimize Azure Kubernetes Services environments at scale. ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Announcing Advanced Kubernetes Troubleshooting Agent Capabilities (preview) in Azure Copilot

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:20:00 Z

What’s new? Today, we're announcing Kubernetes troubleshooting agent capabilities in Azure Copilot, offering an intuitive, guided agentic experience that helps users detect, triage, and resolve...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Network Watcher Topology – Agentless Connection Troubleshoot

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) visualization in Network Watcher Topology (Public Preview) delivers end-to-end visibility of AKS clusters directly within the Azure networking experience. Customers can now explore their Kubernetes environments, including th
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Network Watcher, Categories: Services, Management

Azure Network Watcher Topology – AKS Visualization

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service desktop

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

AKS desktop delivers a modern, application-centric experience for deploying and managing workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service. Built on supported AKS features, best practices, and the open-source Headlamp project, it offers a guided, self-service interfa
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Pod sandboxing on AKS

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Running containerized workloads in shared environments can raise concerns around security and workload isolation. To address this, AKS now supports pod sandboxing, enabling customers to run containers in per-workload pod VMs. Each pod VM is isolated from
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Managed namespaces on AKS

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Managing namespace configurations across AKS clusters has traditionally required manual setup and ongoing maintenance, creating complexity and potential for misconfiguration. With the general availability of Managed Namespaces, AKS now enables users to ea
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager for Arc-enabled clusters

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Managing Kubernetes clusters across hybrid and multi-cloud environments can be complex and fragmented. To simplify this, Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now supports Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes, enabling organizations to seamlessly manage any CNCF-complia
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories: Services

Windows Server 2025 on AKS

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Organizations running Windows-based workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) face increasing pressure to modernize as support timelines for older Windows Server versions approach retirement. To help customers prepare, AKS now offers preview support for
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

AKS Automatic pod readiness SLA

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Automatic clusters now come with a pod readiness SLA, guaranteeing that eligible pods meet readiness criteria within five minutes at the 99.9th percentile. This empowers customers to confidently deploy mission critical workl
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

AKS Automatic managed system node pools

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Provisioning and maintaining system node pools in AKS requires ongoing effort to ensure proper scaling, patching, and availability, tasks that can divert resources from application development and delivery. Managed system node pools in AKS Automatic remov
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Application Gateway for Containers – Slow start

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Slow start is now generally available as a load balancing algorithm in Application Gateway for Containers. This feature improves stability and performance during backend scale-up by gradually increasing traffic to new pods over a configurable time window.
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Services

Application Gateway for Containers Istio Service Mesh integration

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Application Gateway for Containers now supports integration with Istio service mesh through an optional service mesh extension. This feature simplifies secure north-south communication between external clients and services within the service mesh. Single
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Services

Simplify Application Monitoring for AKS with Azure Monitor (Public Preview)

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:12:00 Z

As cloud-native workloads scale, customers increasingly expect application and infrastructure observability to be unified, automated, and devops-friendly. Azure Monitor is advancing this vision with ...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories:

Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:16 Z

Azure Monitor now offers a unified, single-click onboarding experience for both Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters and virtual machines (VMs). This new experience simplifies setup by automatically deploying the latest Azure Monitor capabilities with
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Management

Workload Identity support for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters now Generally Available!

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:00 Z

We’re excited to announce that Workload Identity support for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes is now Generally Available (GA)! This milestone brings a secure way for applications running on Arc-connected...
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Fully Managed GPU workloads with Azure Linux on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

Learn about how managed NVIDIA GPU nodes with Azure Linux OS deliver efficiency and streamlined operations for high-performance computing workloads on AKS.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Windows Server 2019 Retirement on AKS enabled by Azure Arc

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:18:00 Z

Action Required: Migrate to Windows Server 2022 by April 2026 As previously announced, Microsoft is retiring Windows Server 2019 support on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) enabled by Azure Arc (form...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Delve into Dynamic Resource Allocation, devices, and drivers on Kubernetes

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

An interactive and 'digestible' way to learn about DRA, followed up with a practical example utilizing NVIDIA's DRA drivers
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Windows Server 2022 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:00:13 Z

Announcing the retirement of Windows Server 2022 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc in October 2026.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories: Services, Retirements

Pod CIDR expansion in Azure CNI Overlay for AKS

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:30:37 Z

Pod CIDR expansion in Azure CNI Overlay for AKS is now available in public preview. To meet the growing demands of dynamic and large-scale Kubernetes workloads, Azure Kubernetes Service now offers Pod CIDR Expansion in public preview for clusters using Az
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

eBPF host routing in Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:00:47 Z

eBPF host routing in ACNS for AKS is now available in public preview. As containerized applications scale across distributed environments, traditional networking approaches can introduce latency and reduce throughput. To address this, Azure CNI powered by
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Update on the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Application Routing add-on, the Ingress API, and Ingress-NGINX

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

Microsoft's commitment to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) customers using the Application Routing add-on with Ingress-NGINX and guidance on migrating to modern Gateway API solutions.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Scheduler profile configuration for AKS

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:00:15 Z

Organizations running complex workloads on Kubernetes often face challenges in optimizing pod placement for performance, cost, or resource efficiency. To address this, Azure Kubernetes Service now offers scheduler profile configuration with in-tree plugin
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Agentic CLI for AKS

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:30:22 Z

Diagnosing and resolving issues in Kubernetes clusters can be complex and time-consuming, especially when navigating logs, telemetry, and diagnostics manually. To simplify this experience, Azure Kubernetes Service is introducing a new agentic AI-powered C
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure AI Foundry, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

LocalDNS for AKS

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:45:46 Z

LocalDNS for AKS is now generally available. Large-scale Kubernetes clusters often face DNS resolution delays and reliability issues, especially during upstream outages or high query volumes. To address this, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now offers Lo
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Azure Linux OS Guard for AKS

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:00:09 Z

Cloud-native workloads face increasingly sophisticated threats—from rootkits and container escapes to unauthorized code execution—that demand stronger security guarantees. To address these challenges, Microsoft has introduced Azure Linux with OS Guard, no
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Flatcar Container Linux for AKS

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:00:09 Z

Maintaining consistent and secure node configurations in Kubernetes environments can be challenging due to issues like configuration drift, manual changes, and complex upgrade paths. These challenges often lead to unpredictable behavior and increased oper
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Agentic Power for AKS: Introducing the Agentic CLI in Public Preview

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:50:00 Z

We are excited to announce the agentic CLI for AKS, available now in public preview directly through the Azure CLI. A huge thank you to all our private preview customers who took the time to try ou...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Application Gateway for Containers with Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:00:17 Z

Announcing Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) support for Azure Application Gateway for Containers is now generally available. Application Gateway for Containers is the next evolution of Application Gateway + Application Gateway Ingress Controller. With
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Security, Services

Building Enterprise-Grade Shared AKS Clusters: A Guide to Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Architecture

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:45:00 Z

1. Overview of Shared AKS Architecture 1.1 Goals Accelerate application delivery by providing a hardened shared Kubernetes platform per environment (prod / test / dev). Enable safe multi-tena...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

PostgreSQL + CloudNativePG guidance for AKS

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 Z

Learn how to set up an AKS cluster, deploy PostgreSQL, and explore CloudNativePG running on AKS.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories:

Simplify container network metrics filtering in Azure Container Networking Services for AKS

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 04:16:00 Z

We’re excited to introduce container network metrics filtering in Azure Container Networking Services for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now in public preview! This capability transforms how you m...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Cut the Noise & Cost with Container Network Metrics Filtering in ACNS for AKS

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 04:16:00 Z

We’re excited to introduce Container Network Metrics Filtering in Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now in Public Preview! This capability transforms ho...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Layer 7 Network Policies for AKS: Now Generally Available for Production Security and Observability!

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 03:12:00 Z

We are thrilled to announce that Layer 7 (L7) Network Policies for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), powered by Cilium and Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS), has reached General Availabilit...
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Security, Services

Open Source: Announcing the DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:00:17 Z

Now you can use the open-source DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator to run DocumentDB on Kubernetes. DocumentDB is a Mongo-DB–compatible, open-source document database built on PostgreSQL. The operator extends Kubernetes with custom resource definitions (CRDs)
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Cosmos DB, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories: Open Source

Zero-Trust Kubernetes: Enforcing Security & Multi-Tenancy with Custom Admission Webhooks

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:22:00 Z

Admission controllers act as Kubernetes’ built-in gatekeepers that intercept API requests after authentication/authorization but before they're persisted to etcd. They can validate or mutate incoming...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Security

Scaling multi-node LLM inference with NVIDIA Dynamo and ND GB200 NVL72 GPUs on AKS

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 Z

Learn how optimizing routing, planning, and system setup boosts the efficiency and reliability of multi-node LLM inference on AKS with OSS Dynamo and ND GB200-v6 GPUs.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Confidential Containers preview on AKS is Closing Down

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:15:32 Z

The public preview of Confidential Containers on AKS will be shutting down.This feature has been available in preview since 2023, and as part of our commitment to delivering secure and reliable services, we are streamlining our confidential computing offe
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services, Retirements

Leveraging Low Priority Pods for Rapid Scaling in AKS

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:46:00 Z

If you're running workloads in Kubernetes, you'll know that scalability is key to keeping things available and responsive. But there's a problem: when your cluster runs out of resources, the node aut...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Windows nodes on AKS to Be Retired by September 30, 2026

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:30:21 Z

On September 30, 2026, we’ll end support for Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) on Windows nodes in AKS. To ensure your setup continues to receive support, security updates, and deployment compatibility, please explore alternative options, such as using N
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services, Retirements

AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) for AKS

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:00:49 Z

The AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) is now generally available on AKS, streamlining the deployment of AI inference and fine-tuning workflows using popular open-source frameworks. With vLLM as the default inference engine, this addon reduces managemen
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and basic load balancer on AKS

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:45:25 Z

Availability Sets and the basic load balancer are being deprecated on September 30 2025. AKS now supports, a simple Azure CLI command that will automatically migrate your AKS cluster from Availability Sets to the new Virtual Machines node pool and upgrade
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Choosing the Right Azure Containerisation Strategy: AKS, App Service, or Container Apps?

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:06:00 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) What is it? AKS is Microsoft’s managed Kubernetes offering, providing full access to the Kubernetes API and control plane. It’s designed for teams that want to run ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Container Apps, Categories:

Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Linux nodes on AKS to Be Retired by September 30, 2028

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:15:18 Z

On September 30, 2028, we’ll end support for Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) on Linux nodes in AKS. To avoid disruptions, migrate AKS clusters running Linux nodes from NPM to Cilium Network Policy by that date.      Transitioning to Cilium Network Poli
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services, Retirements

Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:45:02 Z

Beginning on September 30th 2025, Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes will be retired, and customers will no longer be able to install the extension.To continue to host your application workloads, we request you migrate to other solutions su
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Logic Apps, Kubernetes Service, App Service, Azure Arc, Container Apps, Categories: Features, Services, Retirements

The Insights blade in AKS is now called Monitor

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:02 Z

The Insights blade in AKS has been renamed to Monitor and relocated from the Monitoring section to the top level of the table of contents for increased visibility. You’ll continue to have access to the same monitoring data and features—there are no change
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Management, Retirements

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager – auto-upgrade target Kubernetes version channel

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:30:11 Z

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager has a new auto-upgrade channel that allows you to set a target Kubernetes minor version. Using this channel means clusters on the target Kubernetes minor continue to receive only patch updates until the minor reaches the end
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Managed Service for Prometheus now includes native Grafana dashboards within the Azure portal

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:00:39 Z

Announcing the Azure Managed Service for Prometheus now includes native Grafana dashboards within the Azure portal at no additional cost. This integration marks a major milestone in our mission to simplify observability reducing the administrative overhea
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features, Services, Management

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager – update run approval gates

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:30:18 Z

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager update runs now support approval gates. Gates can be placed before and after update groups and stages and provide additional control over the flow of the update run. Gates allow you to either manually approve the update run
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories: Features, Services

Introducing WireGuard In-Transit Encryption for AKS (Public Preview)

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:39:00 Z

As organizations continue to scale containerized workloads in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), the need to secure network traffic between applications and services has never been more critical especia...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware will be retired on March 16, 2026 - Replace with Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:45:51 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware (preview) will be retired on March 16, 2026. Please transition to a supported Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local by that date if needed. We encourage you to transition to Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local befo
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories: Services, Retirements

AKS Automatic

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:30:21 Z

Kubernetes is a game-changer for modern apps, but it’s often slowed by operational complexity and a steep learning curve. Many teams spend too much time managing clusters, tuning infrastructure, and troubleshooting security or reliability risks when they’
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Container Storage v2.0.0 now with NVMe performance boost, open source, and no service fees

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:30:41 Z

Azure Container Storage (ACStor) v2.0.0 is now generally available. This release delivers up to 7× higher IOPS and 4× lower latency on local NVMe compared to v1.3.1, making Container Storage v2.0.0 the fastest storage available for Azure Kubernetes Servic
Update Type: GA, Services: Container Storage, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories: Features, Services, Open Source

Azure Linux 2.0 on AKS

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:45:52 Z

Azure Linux 2.0 on AKS will be retired on November 30, 2025, please transition to Azure Linux 3.0 by that date. Azure Linux 2.0 has been replaced by the newer supported version Azure Linux 3.0. We encourage you to transition to Azure Linux 3.0 prior to
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services, Retirements

Securing Cloud Shell Access to AKS

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:13:00 Z

Azure Cloud Shell is an online shell hosted by Microsoft that provides instant access to a command-line interface, enabling users to manage Azure resources without needing local installations. Cloud ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Enterprise AKS Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) vLLM Deployment Guide

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:14:00 Z

Note: This document uses placeholder values like , ai-gpu-aks-rg , and ai-h100-cluster . Replace these with your organization's naming conventions and preferred Azure regions. ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Container Networking with Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC): Overlay vs. Flat AKS

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:28:00 Z

Architecture at a glance Diagram: “AGC with AKS Networking Models (Overlay & Flat)” – attached below. Left: internet ↦ AGC Frontend (Public/Private) Middle: AGC (Gateway) ↦ AGC Subnet (/...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Application Gateway, Categories:

Hybrid Logic Apps deployment on Rancher K3s Kubernetes cluster

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:22:00 Z

K3s is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution, certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and originally developed by Rancher. It is optimized for on-premises environments with limited ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Logic Apps, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure Bastion now supports connectivity to private AKS clusters via tunneling

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:45:19 Z

With this release, you can now establish a secure tunnel from your local machine—via Azure Bastion—directly to your AKS API server using your standard Kubernetes tooling. This enables seamless access to both private clusters and public clusters with API s
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Bastion, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Deploying OpenAI’s First Open-Source Model on Azure AKS with KAITO

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:55:00 Z

Special Thanks Thanks to Andrew Thomas, Kurt Niebuhr, and Sachi Desai for their invaluable support, insightful discussions, and for providing the compute resources that made testing this deployment ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Private Pod Subnets in AKS Without Overlay Networking

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:36:00 Z

When deploying AKS clusters, a common concern is the amount of IP address space required. If you are deploying your AKS cluster into your corporate network, the size of the IP address space you can o...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories:

Simplifying Outbound Connectivity Troubleshooting in AKS with Connectivity Analysis (Preview)

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:14:00 Z

Announce the Connectivity Analysis feature for AKS, now available in Public Preview and available through the AKS Portal. You can use the Connectivity Analysis (Preview) feature to quickly verify whe...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

AKS support for Advanced Container Networking: L7 Policies

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 04:00:09 Z

AKS now supports Layer 7 (L7) network policies in Advanced Container Networking Services + Cilium clusters, enabling fine-grained control over application traffic. With L7 policies, customers can define security rules based on application-layer attributes
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Private Preview: Agentic experience for AKS in the Azure CLI

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

The Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) team is introducing a new agentic AI-powered CLI experience through the “az aks agent” command. This feature brings the intelligence of agentic reasoning directly into the Azure CLI, enabling developers and operators to
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure AI Foundry, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Managed Namespaces in AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Managed namespaces for AKS allows users to get a list of namespaces they have access to across a subscription, resource group, and cluster, and then retrieve credentials that will give them the ability to deploy to those namespaces. Users can configure ma
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

AKS Security Dashboard

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

The AKS Security Dashboard provides a centralized view of security posture and runtime threat protection for your AKS cluster within the Azure Portal. It highlights software vulnerabilities, critical security issues, compliance gaps, and active threats, h
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Azure Virtual Network Verifier for AKS (VNV) for AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Virtual Network Verifier for AKS, now in public preview and available through the Azure Portal, is a tool which allows you to detect and troubleshoot outbound connectivity issues in your AKS cluster. You can use the Virtual Network Verifier featur
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Multiple Standard Load Balancers support in AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

AKS now supports multiple Standard Load Balancers (SLBs) per cluster in public preview. This feature allows customers to scale beyond the 300 inbound rule limit per node NIC and isolate traffic by assigning different SLBs to different agent pools and work
Update Type: Preview, Services: Load Balancer, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Static egress gateway public prefix support in AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Static egress gateway public prefix support in AKS is now generally available. This feature allows AKS customers to create a dedicated gateway node pool that routes outbound traffic from annotated pods through a static public IP prefix (/28 to /31). It en
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

LocalDNS for AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

LocalDNS for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now available in public preview.With LocalDNS, a DNS proxy is deployed on each node, which enables faster, more reliable DNS resolution. It removes DNS bottlenecks in large clusters, lowers query latency via
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Public Preview : Azure Bastion integration with AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Bastion integration for AKS is now available in public preview. This integration enables continuous secure access to private AKS clusters and also applies to AKS public clusters with API server authorized IP ranges. This integration introduces a sea
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Bastion, Categories: Features, Services

AKS Model Context Protocol (MCP) server

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AKS is now available as an open source release. This foundational component enables AI agents to interact with AKS clusters and simplifies cluster management. AKS MCP server offers a standardized interface to orche
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Control Plane Improvements in AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

We are making improvements to API server resiliency per Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal (KEP) 5116 – Streaming Encoding for LIST Responses. This enhancement significantly reduces API server memory usage by approximately 10x during large LIST calls to the
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway for Containers

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Application Gateway for Containers now supports Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy in public preview. Using WAF’s Default Ruleset, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) administrators and developers can protect their workloads against malicious attacks and ex
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Services

Deployment safeguards in AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Misconfigurations during Kubernetes development can lead to bugs and deployment issues. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now offers generally available deployment safeguards to help prevent these problems by enforcing Kubernetes best practices. These safe
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Encryption in Transit for Azure Files NFS shares in AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports Encryption in Transit (EiT) for Azure Files NFS v4.1 volumes via the Azure File CSI driver. This builds on the recent General Availability (GA) of EiT for Azure Files NFS shares in June, which introduced TLS 1.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Confidential VMs for Ubuntu 24.04 in AKS

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Confidential Virtual Machines (CVM) offer strong security and confidentiality for tenants. Now generally available, CVM for Ubuntu 24.04 in AKS enables node pools with CVM to target the migration of highly sensitive container workloads to AKS without any
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Confidential VMs for Azure Linux

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Confidential Virtual Machines (CVM) offer strong security and confidentiality for tenants. CVM for Azure Linux in AKS is now in public preview and enables node pools with CVM to target the migration of highly sensitive container workloads to AKS without a
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Disable HTTP proxy

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

The HTTP proxy feature adds HTTP proxy support to AKS clusters, exposing a straightforward interface that you can use to secure AKS-required network traffic in proxy-dependent environments. With this feature, both AKS nodes and pods are configured to use
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Provide a Flat Network Scaling Solution to AKS - Azure CNI Pod Subnet - Static Block Allocation

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:46:00 Z

We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure CNI Pod Subnet - Static Block Allocation – a networking solution that transforms how you scale Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters! T...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories:

Azure CNI static block allocation for pod subnet

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:00:59 Z

Kubernetes network solutions are challenging to plan due to rapidly evolving business needs. AKS users often face difficulties balancing simplicity, security, and scalability, while environmental changes further increase management costs. Many AKS users n
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Virtual Network, Categories: Features, Services

Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway for Containers

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:45 Z

Application Gateway for Containers, Azure’s application (layer 7) load balancing and dynamic traffic management solution for workloads running in a Kubernetes cluster, now supports Web Application Firewall (WAF) in public preview. Application Gateway for
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, App Service, Application Gateway, Categories: Features, Security, Services

EOL of Azure Linux 2.0 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:56:00 Z

Azure Linux 2.0 will reach its End of Life (EOL) in July 2025 Azure Linux 2.0 (formerly CBL-Mariner) will reach its official End of Life (EOL) on July 31, 2025. After this date, it will no longer r...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories:

Customising Node-Level Configuration in AKS

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:17:00 Z

When you deploy AKS, you deploy the control plan, which is managed by Microsoft, and one or more node pools, which contain the worker nodes used to run your Kubernetes workloads. These node pools are...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and Basic load balancer on AKS

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:00:35 Z

Availability Sets and the Basic load balancer are being deprecated on September 30 2025. AKS now supports, in public preview, a simple Azure CLI command that will automatically migrate your AKS cluster from Availability Sets to the new Virtual Machines no
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Virtual Machines node pools support in AKS

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:00:35 Z

Virtual Machines node pools support in AKS is now generally available. With Virtual Machines node pools, Azure Kubernetes Services directly manages the provisioning and bootstrapping of every single node. When deploying a workload onto Azure Kubernetes
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Max blocked nodes allowed support in AKS

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:00:35 Z

The max blocked nodes allowed feature for AKS lets you specify how many nodes that fail to drain (blocked nodes) can be tolerated during upgrades or similar operations. This feature only works if the undrainable node behavior property is set; otherwise, t
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Cluster Extension Manager move to AKS control plane

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:00:35 Z

Extension Manager, the core component responsible for managing the lifecycle of AKS cluster extensions, has been moved from customer worker nodes to the AKS control plane. This transition enhances security, simplifies networking, and reduces operational o
Update Type: GA, Services: Container Storage, Kubernetes Service, Azure Backup, Categories: Features, Services

Node auto-provisioning support in AKS

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:00:17 Z

Managing dynamic workloads in Kubernetes can often lead to overprovisioning, idle resources, and additional operational overhead from maintaining pre-configured node pools. To address this, Node Auto-Provisioning (NAP) support in AKS is now generally avai
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Azure HDInsight – Enterprise Security Package

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:00:34 Z

On July 31, 2026, Support for Enterprise Security Package on Azure HDInsight will end, clusters running ESP on HDInsight will start facing service disruptions, as they would be deleted and associated data will be lost. Required Action To avoid potent
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: HDInsight, Microsoft Fabric, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Security, Services, Retirements

Monitor ingestion issues with Azure Monitor Workspace

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:45:37 Z

Azure Managed Prometheus sends metrics into Azure Monitor Workspace. Customers can now view and monitor issues with ingestion of Prometheus metrics as part of the platform metrics for the Azure Monitor Workspace. Ingestion errors are issues that occurred
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features, Services, Management

skip-gpu-driver-install nodepool tag retirement om August 14, 2025

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:30:15 Z

On August 14 2025, Azure Kubernetes Service will no longer support the skip-gpu-driver-install node pool tag to skip automatic driver installation on GPU node pools. Starting on August 14 2025, you will no longer be able to use this node pool tag at AKS n
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services, Retirements

Ubuntu 24.04 for AKS

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:00:12 Z

Ubuntu 24.04 is now available on AKS in Kubernetes version 1.32 and above. Containerd 2.0 is enabled by default. AKS now supports Ubuntu 24.04 as a separate OS SKU, meaning that you can create new node pools or update existing node pools to Ubuntu 24.04 b
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Linux now also supports AKS LTS with Kubernetes v1.28 & above

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:00:12 Z

Azure Linux now also supports AKS LTS starting with Kubernetes version 1.28 and above. This means you can now pair a stable, enterprise-grade node operating system with the extended lifecycle benefits of AKS LTS — providing a consistent, secure, and well-
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Kubernetes v1.31 and v1.32 available as Long Term Support versions in AKS

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:00:12 Z

Kubernetes versions 1.31 and 1.32 are now available in all regions as Long term Support (LTS) versions. Every Kubernetes version supported by community is now LTS compatible. Learn more.
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Validating Change Requests with Kubernetes Admission Controllers

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:56:00 Z

Promoting an application or infrastructure change into production often comes with a requirement to follow a change control process. This ensures that changes to production are properly reviewed and ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Private Preview: Announcing Azure Command Launcher for Java

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:30:59 Z

Announcing the private preview of jaz, a new JVM launcher optimized specifically for Azure. This tool provides better default ergonomics for Java applications running in containers and virtual machines, ensuring more efficient use of resources right from
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Container Apps, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories: Features, Services

Introducing Container Network Logs with Advanced Container Networking Services for AKS

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:13:00 Z

Overview of container network logs Container network logs offer a comprehensive way to monitor network traffic in AKS clusters. Two modes of support, stored-logs and on-demand logs, provides debugg...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Container Network Logs in AKS for deep Network Visibility

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:15:04 Z

Container Network Logs in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) introduces a powerful capability for capturing and analyzing network traffic across Kubernetes clusters. By surfacing rich metadata—including source and destination IPs, pod and service names, ports
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Kubernetes Service Baseline - The Hard Way, Third time's a charm

Wed, 21 May 2025 14:21:00 Z

1 Access management Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) supports Microsoft Entra ID integration, which allows you to control access to your cluster resources using Azure role-based access control (RBAC)...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Microsoft Entra ID, Categories:

Every AKS version is now long term support (LTS) compatible

Wed, 21 May 2025 13:15:08 Z

The Kubernetes community releases a new minor version approximately every four months, with a support window for each version for one year. In Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), this support window is called community support. AKS supports versions of Kubern
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now supports DNS-based public load balancing

Wed, 21 May 2025 13:15:08 Z

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now supports DNS-based public load balancing, delivered via a Kubernetes-native integration with Azure Traffic Manager. Kubernetes services placed on multiple clusters in a fleet can be included in a TrafficManagerBackend wh
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Traffic Manager, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now supports placement drift detection and takeover

Wed, 21 May 2025 13:15:08 Z

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager’s cluster resource placement has two new preview features to provide more control over placement conflict resolution. Using the new “applyStrategy”, an operator can define how Fleet Manager resolves conflicts when attempti
Update Type: Preview, Services: Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Fleet Manager, Categories: Features, Services