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Azure Kubernetes Service

Official docs outline

12 sections
  1. AKS overview

    AKS overview for Azure Kubernetes Service: Managed Kubernetes, the key concepts and settings to know.

  2. Core concepts

    Core concepts for Azure Kubernetes Service: Clusters, nodes and pods, the key concepts and settings to know.

  3. Node pools

    Node pools for Azure Kubernetes Service: System and user pools, the key concepts and settings to know.

  4. Cluster autoscaler

    Cluster autoscaler for Azure Kubernetes Service: Autoscaling, the key concepts and settings to know.

  5. Networking

    Networking for Azure Kubernetes Service: Kubenet, CNI and ingress, the key concepts and settings to know.

  6. Identity and access

    Identity and access for Azure Kubernetes Service: Entra ID, RBAC and managed identity, the key concepts and settings to know.

  7. Workload identity

    Workload identity for Azure Kubernetes Service: Pod-level Azure identity, the key concepts and settings to know.

  8. Upgrades

    Upgrades for Azure Kubernetes Service: Cluster upgrades, the key concepts and settings to know.

  9. Security

    Security for Azure Kubernetes Service: Security concepts, the key concepts and settings to know.

  10. Storage

    Storage for Azure Kubernetes Service: Volumes and persistent storage, the key concepts and settings to know.

  11. Monitoring

    Monitoring for Azure Kubernetes Service: Container insights, the key concepts and settings to know.

  12. Automatic mode

    Automatic mode for Azure Kubernetes Service: AKS Automatic, the key concepts and settings to know.

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Versions and support

6 release lines
LineReleasedLatestSupport
1.37 Oct 25, 2026 — Until Oct 31, 2027
1.36 Jun 30, 2026 — Until Jun 30, 2027
1.35 Mar 5, 2026 — Until Mar 31, 2027
1.34 Jan 4, 2026 — Until Nov 30, 2026
1.33 Jun 17, 2025 — Ended Jul 31, 2026
1.32 Apr 6, 2025 — Ended Mar 31, 2026

Source: endoflife.date

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