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Using Stream Analytics to Filter AKS Control Plane Logs

Using Azure Stream Analytics to filter Kubernetes control plane log data from AKS diagnostics in order to isolate critical data and reduce log retention cost.

Posted by Steve Griffith    May 27, 2025     9 minute read

Azure VM Generations and AKS

Learn more about Generation 1 and Generation 2 VMs and what they offer, differences between them, upcoming Generation 1 VM retirements, and how to move your AKS workloads to Generation 2 VMs.

Posted by Jack Jiang, Ally Ford, and Sarah Zhou    April 23, 2025     4 minute read

Enhancing Your Operating System’s Security with OS Security Patches in AKS

Learn the what, the whys, and the hows of configuring OS Security Patch Auto upgrade channel. The article also covers some reasons for OS Security Patch, with some primary benefits being increased performance, better security, and minimal disruption to workloads.

Posted by Kaarthikeyan Subramanian    April 22, 2025     4 minute read