Merge pull request #274939 from schaffererin/userstory253345

Updates to AKS release tracker article

Author: Jill Grant

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 title: AKS release tracker
 description: Learn how to determine which Azure regions have the weekly AKS release deployments rolled out in real time. 
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 04/25/2023
+ms.date: 05/09/2024
 ms.author: nickoman
 author: nickomang
 ms.custom: mvc, build-2023
 ---
 
 # AKS release tracker
 
-AKS releases weekly rounds of fixes and feature and component updates that affect all clusters and customers. However, these releases can take up to two weeks to roll out to all regions from the initial time of shipping due to Azure Safe Deployment Practices (SDP). It is important for customers to know when a particular AKS release is hitting their region, and the AKS release tracker provides these details in real time by versions and regions.
+AKS releases weekly rounds of fixes and feature and component updates that affect all clusters and customers. It's important for you to know when a particular AKS release is hitting your region, and the AKS release tracker provides these details in real time by versions and regions.
 
-## Why release tracker?
+## Overview
 
-With AKS release tracker, customers can follow specific component updates present in an AKS version release, such as fixes shipped to a core add-on. In addition to providing real-time updates of region release status, the tracker also links to the specific version of the AKS [release notes][aks-release] to help customers identify which instance of the release is relevant to them. As the data is updated in real time, customers can track the entire SDP process with a single tool.
+With AKS release tracker, you can follow specific component updates present in an AKS version release, such as fixes shipped to a core add-on, and node image updates for Azure Linux, Ubuntu, and Windows. The tracker provides links to the specific version of the AKS [release notes][aks-release] to help you identify relevant release instances. Real time data updates allow you to track the release order and status of each region.
 
-## How to use the release tracker
+## Use the release tracker
 
 To view the release tracker, visit the [AKS release status webpage][release-tracker-webpage].
 
-The top half of the tracker shows the latest and 3 previously available release versions for each region, and links to the corresponding release notes entry. This view is helpful when you want to track the available versions by region.
+### AKS releases
 
-:::image type="content" source="./media/release-tracker/regional-status.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the A K S release tracker's regional status table displayed in a web browser.":::
+The top half of the tracker shows the current latest version and three previously available release versions for each region and links to the corresponding release notes entries. This view is helpful when you want to track the available versions by region.
 
-The bottom half of the tracker shows the SDP process. The table has two views: one shows the latest version and status update for each grouping of regions and the other shows the status and region availability of each currently supported version.
+:::image type="content" source="./media/release-tracker/regional-status.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the AKS release tracker's regional status table displayed in a web browser.":::
 
-:::image type="content" source="./media/release-tracker/sdp-process.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the A K S release tracker's S D P process table displayed in a web browser.":::
+The bottom half of the tracker shows the release order. The table has two views: *By Region* and *By Version*.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/release-tracker/release-order.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the AKS release tracker's release order table displayed in a web browser.":::
+
+### AKS node image updates
+
+The top half of the tracker shows the current latest node image version and three previously available node image versions for each region. This view is helpful when you want to track the available node image versions by region.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/release-tracker/node-image-status.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the AKS release tracker's node image status table displayed in a web browser.":::
+
+The bottom half of the tracker shows the node image update order. The table has two views: *By Region* and *By Version*.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/release-tracker/node-image-order.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the AKS release tracker's node image order table displayed in a web browser.":::
 
 <!-- LINKS - external -->
 [aks-release]: https://github.com/Azure/AKS/releases
 [release-tracker-webpage]: https://releases.aks.azure.com/webpage/index.html
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