Public Preview: Application routing with meshless Istio in AKS

Microsoft announced a preview of this Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) update in March 2026.

In preview1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
557927
Status
In preview
Products
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Update type
Features
Product categories
Compute, Containers
Preview
March 2026
Status pages
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) status
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Microsoft last modified
Source
Azure Updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft says

Following the deprecation of ingress‑nginx, Kubernetes operators need a supported, standards‑aligned migration path for ingress without the complexity of a full service mesh.

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    Status
    In preview

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