Merge pull request #269426 from allyford/ws2022retirement

WS2022 Retirement

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/aks/learn/quick-windows-container-deploy-cli.md

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ To use Windows Server 2022, specify the following parameters:
 - `os-sku` set to `Windows2022`
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Windows Server 2022 requires Kubernetes version 1.23.0 or higher.
+> Windows Server 2022 requires Kubernetes version 1.23.0 or higher. Windows Server 2022 is being retired after Kubernetes version 1.34 reaches its end of life (EOL). For more information about this retirement, see the [AKS release notes][aks-release-notes].
 
 Add a Windows Server 2022 node pool using the `az aks nodepool add` command:
 

articles/aks/learn/quick-windows-container-deploy-powershell.md

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ To use Windows Server 2022, specify the following parameters:
 >
 > - Specifying the `OsSKU` parameter requires PowerShell Az module version 9.2.0 or higher.
 > - Windows Server 2022 requires Kubernetes version 1.23.0 or higher.
+> - Windows Server 2022 is being retired after Kubernetes version 1.34 reaches its end of life (EOL). For more information about this retirement, see the [AKS release notes][aks-release-notes].
 
 To add a Windows Server 2022 node pool, call the [New-AzAksNodePool][new-azaksnodepool] cmdlet:
 

articles/aks/upgrade-windows-2019-2022.md

@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 ---
-title: Upgrade Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) workloads from Windows Server 2019 to 2022
+title: Upgrade the OS version for your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Windows workloads
 description: Learn how to upgrade the OS version for Windows workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
 ms.topic: article
 ms.custom: linux-related-content
 ms.date: 09/12/2023
 ---
 
-# Upgrade Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) workloads from Windows Server 2019 to 2022
+# Upgrade the OS version for your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Windows workloads
 
-When upgrading the OS version of a running Windows workload on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), you need to deploy a new node pool to ensure the Windows versions match on each node pool. This article describes the steps to upgrade the OS version for Windows workloads on AKS.
+When upgrading the OS version of a running Windows workload on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), you need to deploy a new node pool to ensure the Windows versions match on each node pool. This article describes the steps to upgrade the OS version for Windows workloads on AKS. While this example focuses on the upgrade from Windows Server 2019 to Windows Server 2022, the same process can be followed to upgrade from any Windows Server version to another.
+
+## Windows Server OS version support
+
+When a new version of the Windows Server operating system is released, AKS is committed to supporting it and recommending you upgrade to the latest version to take advantage of the fixes, improvements, and new functionality. AKS provides a five-year support lifecycle for every Windows Server version, starting with Windows Server 2022. During this period, AKS will release a new version that supports a newer version of Windows Server OS for you to upgrade to.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Windows Server 2019 is being retired after Kubernetes version 1.32 reaches end of life (EOL) and won't be supported in future releases. For more information about this retirement, see the [AKS release notes][aks-release-notes].
+>- Windows Server 2019 is being retired after Kubernetes version 1.32 reaches end of life (EOL). For more information, see [AKS release notes][aks-release-notes].
+>- Windows Server 2022 is being retired after Kubernetes version 1.34 reaches its end of life (EOL). For more information, see [AKS release notes][aks-release-notes].
 
 ## Limitations
 

articles/aks/windows-best-practices.md

@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ You might want to containerize existing applications and run them using Windows
 
 > **Best practice guidance**
 >
-> Windows Server 2022 provides the latest security and performance improvements and is the recommended OS for Windows node pools on AKS.
+> Windows Server 2022 provides improved security and performance, and is the recommended OS for Windows node pools on AKS.
 
 AKS uses Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 as the host OS versions and only supports process isolation. AKS doesn't support container images built by other versions of Windows Server. For more information, see [Windows container version compatibility](/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/version-compatibility).
 
-Windows Server 2022 is the default OS for Kubernetes version 1.25 and later. Windows Server 2019 will retire after Kubernetes version 1.32 reaches end of service and won't be supported in future releases. For more information, see the [AKS release notes][aks-release-notes].
+Windows Server 2022 is the default OS for Kubernetes version 1.25 and later. Windows Server 2019 will retire after Kubernetes version 1.32 reaches end of life (EOL). Windows Server 2022 will retire after Kubernetes version 1.34 reaches its end of life (EOL). For more information, see [AKS release notes][aks-release-notes]. To stay up to date on the latest Windows Server OS versions and learn more about our roadmap of what's planned for support on AKS, see our [AKS public roadmap](https://github.com/azure/aks/projects/1).
+
 
 ## Networking