April 18, 2026
[Azure Updates] 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 […]
April 17, 2026
[Azure Updates] 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. […]
April 14, 2026
[Azure Updates] 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 […]
April 8, 2026
[Azure Updates] Organizations that use HTTP proxies to control outbound traffic often need to change or remove those settings as network requirements evolve, which can be […]
April 8, 2026
[Azure Updates] When clusters exhaust available pod IP addresses, teams have historically been forced to rebuild environments to restore capacity, creating operational disruption. Pod CIDR expansion […]
March 31, 2026
Retirement: Deprecation of sidecar for remote-write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus
[Azure Updates] 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 […]
March 26, 2026
[Azure Updates] 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 […]
March 25, 2026
[Azure Updates] Network observability can generate large volumes of metrics, making it difficult for teams to focus on data that is operationally relevant. Container network metrics […]
March 25, 2026
[Azure Updates] Troubleshooting Kubernetes networking issues is often slowed by logs and metrics scattered across multiple tools, forcing engineers to manually correlate signals during incidents. The […]
March 25, 2026
[Azure Updates] 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 […]
March 25, 2026
[Azure Updates] Organizations running applications across multiple Kubernetes clusters often face challenges with performance, global service discovery, and observability due to the complexity of distributed microservice […]
March 25, 2026
[Azure Updates] Containerized workloads often require higher and more consistent storage performance without managing large numbers of individual disks. Azure Container Storage integration with Elastic SAN […]