Azure Kubernetes Service

Deploy and scale containers on managed Kubernetes.

Overview

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) makes it simple to deploy a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure. AKS reduces the complexity and operational overhead of managing Kubernetes by offloading much of that responsibility to Azure. As a hosted Kubernetes service, Azure handles critical tasks like health monitoring and maintenance for you. The Kubernetes masters are managed by Azure. You only manage and maintain the agent nodes. As a managed Kubernetes service, AKS is free - you only pay for the agent nodes within your clusters, not for the masters.

Key Resources

Homepage: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/aks/
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/
SLA: https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/kubernetes-service/
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Getting Started

  1. 12/2/2021, Video, 0:32:49
    Ayobami Ayodeji shows us Microsoft's architectural approach and reference implementation to prepare landing zone subscriptions for a scalable Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)...
  2. 9/8/2022, Webpage
    Public Roadmap for the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  3. 9/8/2022, Webpage
    Azure Kubernetes Service Public Office Hours

News

Date News
4/23/2025
ACI provides a fast and simple way to run containers in the cloud. As a serverless solution, ACI eliminates the need to manage underlying infrastructure, automatically scaling to meet application...
4/16/2025
We’re excited to announce the Private Preview of Azure Backup for AKS with support for Azure file share-based Persistent Volumes! With this new capability, customers can now enable snapshot-based...
4/7/2025
A few weeks ago, we announced the Public Preview Refresh release of Logic Apps hybrid deployment model that allows customers to run Logic Apps workloads on a customer managed infrastructure. This...
4/4/2025
In this episode, Sujit D'Mello and Cynthia Kreng are joined by special guest Mike Becker, an Azure Architect at Microsoft, to discuss how various Azure services can be combined to create a...
4/4/2025
GitHub Copilot for Azure is an extension that simplifies managing Azure resources directly from VS Code. Integrated with GitHub Copilot Chat, you can perform tasks like creating and modifying...
4/3/2025
JDConf 2025 is just around the corner, and whether you’re a Java developer, architect, team leader, or decision maker I hope you’ll join me as we explore how Java is evolving with the power of AI...
4/2/2025
To help you optimize your AKS clusters, Azure Advisor now offers AKS cost recommendations. These advisors are designed to identify cost savings opportunities and provide actionable insights to...
4/2/2025
Today, you can control an AKS cluster's egress traffic using Azure Firewall. While this configuration is intended to isolate the cluster to protect sensitive business or customer data, it adds an...
4/2/2025
To address existing SLB rule limits and private link constraints, AKS now supports multiple standard load balancers (SLB) per cluster. This enhancement allows for better scalability, workload...
4/2/2025
AKS now allows you to define both IP ranges and service tags for Service LoadBalancers, providing more flexible traffic control than loadBalancerSourceRanges. This eliminates the need for manual...
4/2/2025
AKS now supports Cilium endpoint slices, improving scalability and efficiency of network endpoint management. By reducing API server load and optimizing service discovery, endpoint slices enhance...
4/2/2025
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...
4/2/2025
To improve compatibility and flexibility for customers transitioning to ePBF-based networking, AKS now supports the Cilium dataplane with Azure CNI Node Subnet. This enhancement allows you to...
4/2/2025
AKS now supports setting a maxUnavailable option for upgrading nodepools to a newer version of both Kubernetes and node images. With maxUnavailable, you no longer need to use surge nodes to begin...
4/2/2025
AKS now offers improved load balancing for services using externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster. This enhancement enables the standard load balancer (SLB) to probe kube-proxy directly instead of backend...
4/2/2025
To enable better security auditing, performance analysis, and troubleshooting of network flows within your AKS clusters, AKS now supports persistent network flow logging with Advanced Container...
4/2/2025
AKS supports WireGuard encryption in Advanced Container Networking Services + Cilium data plane clusters. This enables seamless node-to-node encryption for improved security. This integration...
4/2/2025
By default, AKS installs NVIDIA GPU drivers when a node pool is created using a VM size that supports NVIDIA GPUs. The ability to skip automatic driver installation on your GPU-enabled node pools...
4/2/2025
To provide seamless monitoring for Java and Node deployments, AKS now offers Application Insights integration for Java and Node microservices. This integration, available in public preview,...
4/2/2025
The AKS communication manager streamlines notifications for all your AKS maintenance tasks by using Azure Resource Notification and Azure Resource Graph frameworks. This tool enables you to...