Richard Hooper 8/18/2026

AKS Shared Maintenance Windows (Preview): One Schedule Across Multiple Clusters

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This article introduces Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Shared Maintenance Windows, currently in preview. It addresses the challenge of managing maintenance schedules across multiple clusters by allowing a maintenance window to be defined as a standalone resource and linked to many clusters. The article explains why this is beneficial for platform teams, outlines prerequisites (AKS API version 2026-05-02-preview, Azure CLI or REST API), and provides setup steps including enabling the feature flag and registering the aks-preview extension. It's a technical guide for IT professionals managing AKS fleets.

AKS Shared Maintenance Windows (Preview): One Schedule Across Multiple Clusters

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