25 updates from Microsoft Azure.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Organizations running applications across multiple Kubernetes clusters often face challenges with performance, global service discovery, and observability due to the complexity of distributed…
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…
Azure Kubernetes Service support for Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview) will be retired on June 8, 2026, transition to a supported alternative by that date. From now to June 7, 2026, you can…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…