Richard Hooper 11/10/2025

Exploring AKS Hosted System Pools in Automatic SKU (Preview)

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This technical article explores the new '--enable-hosted-system' preview feature for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Automatic SKU. It explains how this feature moves system components like CoreDNS and metrics-server into Azure's hosted infrastructure, eliminating the system node pool from your subscription. The post includes a step-by-step guide on enabling the preview feature via the Azure CLI, detailing the benefits for SREs and platform engineers, such as reduced quota usage and simplified cluster management.

Exploring AKS Hosted System Pools in Automatic SKU (Preview)

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