Azure Kubernetes service's deployment center is retiring on March 31st, 2023

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Azure Kubernetes service's deployment center is retiring on March 31st, 2023

Deprecation ID: 86c8aa07-ea5c-4b18-bef5-daf47052036b
Deadline: Mar 31, 2023
Impacted Services:

• Azure Kubernetes Service

More information:

• Announcement
• Migration Guide

Notice

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

On 31 March 2023 Deployment Center setting of Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) will be retired. Please start using Automated Deployments to create pipelines by 31 March 2023.

Note that all existing pipelines created will still be available and functional in either GitHub Actions portal or Azure DevOps portal. Only the experience of creating and viewing the pipeline from Deployment Center in Azure portal will be unavailable after 31 March 2023.

We encourage you to make the switch sooner to familiarize yourself with Automated Deployments in Azure portal and its extensive capabilities.

From now through 31 March 2023, you can continue to create and view pipelines from Deployment Center setting of an AKS resource in Azure portal. After 31 March 2023 this setting will no longer be available.

Timeline

Phase	Date	Description
Announcement	Sep 23, 2022	Deprecation was announced
Deprecation	Mar 31, 2023	Deployments will no longer work.

Impact

Azure Kubernetes service's deployment center is retiring on March 31st, 2023 and migration to 'Automated Deployments' feature in AKS is required.

Required Action

A migration guide is provided here.

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

To avoid disruption to your workflows, start using Automated Deployments by 31 March 2023. You can use this guide to get started with creation of pipelines using Automated Deployments for an AKS resource.

Contact

You can get in touch through the following options:

• Contact Azure support (link).
• Get answers from Microsoft Q&A (link).

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