What is AKS?

AKS stands for Azure Kubernetes Service. As the name suggests, AKS is the name of the Kubernetes service provided by Microsoft Azure. It went live on the Microsoft cloud portal in June 2018.

AKS is used to deploy and manage Docker containers and container-based applications. AKS provides many facilities, such as:

  • Provisioning
  • Scaling
  • Upgrading resources
  • No downtime

Moreover, we don’t need to be an expert to use Azure Kubernetes Service.

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