[Launched] Generally Available: Parallel Image Pulls by Default in AKS

There are two types of container image pulls: serialized and parallel. By default, AKS versions earlier than 1.31 use serialized image pulls. Starting with AKS version 1.31 preview, AKS defaults to parallel image pulls. Generally, serialized image pulls Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[In preview] Public Preview: AKS Communication Manager

The AKS Communication Manager, now in public preview, simplifies notifications for all your AKS maintenance tasks by leveraging Azure Resource Notification and Azure Resource Graph frameworks. It provides timely alerts on event triggers and outcomes, all Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[In preview] Public Preview: IMDS restriction support in AKS

Currently, all pods on AKS nodes can access the AKS worker node’s Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) endpoint. AKS now offers a managed solution that restricts IMDS endpoint access for customer pods. Only AKS system pods and user pods with host networ Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: Open-source feature update: vLLM model serving in KAITO

KAITO now supports high throughput model serving with the open-source vLLM serving engine. In the KAITO inference workspace, you can deploy models using vLLM to batch process incoming requests, accelerate inference, and optimize your AI workload by defaul Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[In preview] Public Preview: Windows GPU – Driver type selection

AKS now supports GPU-enabled Windows node pools, in public preview, to run compute-intensive Kubernetes workloads. AKS specifies a default GPU driver type for each supported GPU-enabled VM. Because workload and driver compatibility are important for funct Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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