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For customers that find it difficult to keep up with the upstream Kubernetes release cadence, AKS provides a Long Term Support (LTS) version of Kubernetes for a period of 2 years.
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There is only ever a single minor version of Kubernetes deemed LTS at any one time.
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|| Community Support |Long Term Support |
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|**When to use**| When you are able to keep up with upstream Kubernetes releases | When you need control over when to migrate from on version to another |
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|**Support versions**| 3 GA minor versions | One Kubernetes version (currently 1.27) for 2 years |
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|**Pricing**| Included | Per hour cluster cost |
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The upstream community will maintain a minor release of Kubernetes for a period of 1 year from release. Past this time, Microsoft will create and apply security updates to the LTS version of Kubernetes to provide a total of 2 years support on AKS.
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### Create cluster with Long Term support
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```azurecli
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az aks create -n myltscluster -g myrg -k 1.27.2 --kubernetes-support AKSLongTermSupport --tier Premium
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```
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### Enable Long Term Support for an compliant cluster
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```azurecli
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az aks update -n myltscluster -g myrg --kubernetes-support AKSLongTermSupport --tier Premium
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```
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### Remove Long Term support from a cluster
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```azurecli
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az aks update -n myltscluster -g myrg --kubernetes-support KubernetesOfficial --tier Basic
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```
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## Release and deprecation process
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You can reference upcoming version releases and deprecations on the [AKS Kubernetes Release Calendar](#aks-kubernetes-release-calendar).
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