In London at KubeCon EU 2025, AKS announced our expansion of what AKS Long Term Support (LTS) includes. Today, we're sharing more details about this offering that addresses one of the most critical challenges enterprises face when running Kubernetes at scale.
Operating System (OS) security patches are critical for safeguarding systems against vulnerabilities that malicious actors could exploit. These patches help ensure your system remains protected against emerging threats. Traditionally, customers have relied on nightly updates, such as unattended upgrades in Ubuntu or Automatic Guest OS Patching at the virtual machine (VM) level. However, when kernel security packages were updated, a host machine reboot was often required, typically managed using tools like kured.