What is Azure Kubernetes Service?

• Also known as AKS (AKS => Azure Kubernetes Service)
• AKS is fully managed Kubernetes service in Azure
• AKS is serverless, hosted Kubernetes service in Azure
• AKS simplifies deploying a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure by offloading the operational overhead to Azure

Notes:

• AKS is free, you only pay for the agent nodes within your clusters, not for the masters
• In AKS, Kubernetes masters are managed by Azure (you only manage and maintain the agent nodes)

Why to use?

• Fully managed Kubernetes cluster in cloud
• Elastic provisioning of capacity without the need to manage the infrastructure
• Ability to add event-driven autoscaling and triggers
• Faster end-to-end development experience through Kubernetes tools, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor etc.
• Most comprehensive authentication and authorization capabilities using Azure Active Directory
• Accelerate containerized application development
• Increased operational efficiency
• Build on an enterprise-grade, more secure foundation
• Run any workload in the cloud, at the edge, or as a hybrid