AKS Add-ons, Part 2: Networking

• The Azure Kubernetes Service networking configuration customers choose has performance, manageability, and scalability implications that ultimately impact business agility and responsiveness. 
• AKS solution architects must take into consideration service-level, cluster-level, and pod-level networking to optimize performance.
• Azure Container Apps provides a simpler, serverless implementation of Kubernetes and could be a better option for less complicated use cases. 

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a Microsoft-hosted managed Kubernetes service that provides orchestration (management, updates, and load balancing) for complex container-based workloads. Although AKS is simpler to operate and maintain than custom Kubernetes deployments, it still has a high degree of customization and complexity. This technical report, part of a series on AKS, provides a high-level overview of the options and add-ons available for AKS networking, starting from the simplest to deploy to more complex options suitable for high-scale production applications. The objective is to help AKS architects choose the right AKS options for their applications to support business processes and control cost.