Merge branch 'patch-28' of https://github.com/SummerSmith/azure-stack-docs-pr into akseng

Author: sethmanheim

azure-stack/user/azure-stack-kubernetes-aks-engine-deploy-windows.md

@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ You can install the client VM to manage your Kubernetes cluster on an Azure Stac
 
 1. Create a Windows VM in your Azure Stack Hub. For instructions, see [Quickstart: Create a Windows server VM by using the Azure Stack Hub portal](./azure-stack-quick-windows-portal.md).
 2. Connect to your VM.
+
+To install AKS Engine version 0.81.0 or later: 
+
+3. Go to GitHub [Azure/aks-engine-azurestack](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/latest). Download an archive (*.tar.gz) for a Windows machine, for example, `aks-engine-azurestack-v0.xx.x-windows-amd64.tar.gz`. Find the version of AKS engine in the [Supported Kubernetes Versions table](kubernetes-aks-engine-release-notes.md#aks-engine-and-azure-stack-version-mapping).
+
+To install AKS Engine version 0.80.2 or earlier: 
+
 3. [Install Chocolatey using the PowerShell instructions.](https://chocolatey.org/install#install-with-powershellexe). 
 
     According to the Chocolatey website: Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows, like apt-get or yum but for Windows. It was designed to be a decentralized framework for quickly installing applications and tools that you need. It is built on the NuGet infrastructure currently using PowerShell as its focus for delivering packages from the distros to your door, err, computer.
@@ -58,26 +65,17 @@ You can install the client VM to manage your Kubernetes cluster on an Azure Stac
 
 You can install the client VM to manage your Kubernetes cluster on an Azure Stack Hub disconnected from the Internet.
 
-1.  From a machine with access to the Internet, go to GitHub [Azure/aks-engine](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine/releases/latest). Download an archive (*.tar.gz) for a Windows machine, for example, `aks-engine-v0.xx.x-windows-amd64.tar.gz`. Find the version of AKS engine in the [Supported Kubernetes Versions table](kubernetes-aks-engine-release-notes.md#aks-engine-and-azure-stack-version-mapping).
+1.  From a machine with access to the Internet, go to GitHub [Azure/aks-engine-azurestack](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/latest). Download an archive (*.tar.gz) for a Windows machine, for example, `aks-engine-azurestack-v0.xx.x-windows-amd64.tar.gz`. Find the version of AKS engine in the [Supported Kubernetes Versions table](kubernetes-aks-engine-release-notes.md#aks-engine-and-azure-stack-version-mapping).
 
 2.  Create a storage account in your Azure Stack Hub instance to upload the archive file (*.tar.gz) with the AKS engine binary. For instructions on using the Azure Storage Explorer, see [Azure Storage Explorer with Azure Stack Hub](./azure-stack-storage-connect-se.md).
 
 3. Create a Windows VM in your Azure Stack Hub. For instructions, see [Quickstart: Create a Windows server VM by using the Azure Stack Hub portal](./azure-stack-quick-windows-portal.md)
 
-4.  From the Azure Stack Hub storage account blob URL where you uploaded the archive file (*.tar.gz), download the file to your management VM. Extract the archive to a directory that you have access to from your command prompt.
-
-5. Connect to your VM.
+4. Connect to your VM.
 
-6. [Install Chocolatey using the PowerShell instructions.](https://chocolatey.org/install#install-with-powershellexe). 
+5.  From the Azure Stack Hub storage account blob URL where you uploaded the archive file (*.tar.gz), download the file to your management VM. Extract the archive to a directory that you have access to from your command prompt.
 
-7.  Run the following command from an elevated prompt. Include the right version number:
 
-    > [!Note]
-    > For AKSe version 0.75.3 and above, the command to install AKS engine is `choco install aks-engine-azurestack`. 
-
-    ```PowerShell  
-        choco install aks-engine --version 0.xx.x -y
-    ```
 
 ## Verify the installation
 

azure-stack/user/kubernetes-aks-engine-release-notes.md

@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ For AKS Engine release v0.75.3, clusters with Windows nodes on Kubernetes v1.23
 | 2108                                           | 0.63.0, 0.67.0, 0.67.3, 0.70.0, 0.71.0, 0.73.0, 0.75.3, 0.76.0 |
 | 2206                                           | 0.70.0, 0.71.0, 0.73.0, 0.75.3, 0.76.0, 0.77.0 |
 | 2301                                           | 0.75.3, 0.76.0, 0.77.0, 0.78.0, 0.79.0 |
-| 2306                                           | 0.78.0, 0.79.0*, 0.80.2* |
+| 2306                                           | 0.78.0, 0.79.0, 0.80.2 |
 | 2311                                           | 0.80.2* |
-| 2406                                           | 0.80.2* |
+| 2406                                           | 0.80.2*, 0.81.0* |
+| 2408                                           | 0.80.2*, 0.81.0* |
 
 > [!NOTE]  
 > *Supported. See the [AKS Engine Version Support policy](azure-stack-kubernetes-aks-engine-support.md#version-support) for more information.
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ You can find the supported Kubernetes versions for AKS Engine on Azure Stack Hub
 | [v0.77.0](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.77.0) | [AKS Base Ubuntu 20.04-LTS Image Distro (2023.206.1)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.77.0/vhd/release-notes/aks-engine-ubuntu-2004/aks-engine-azurestack-ubuntu-2004_2023.206.1.txt), [AKS Base Windows Server 2019 Image Containerd (17763.4645.20232061)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.77.0/vhd/release-notes/aks-windows-2019-containerd/2019-datacenter-core-azurestack-ctrd-17763.4645.20232061.txt) | 1.25.7**, 1.26.6** | API Model Samples ([Linux](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/e726bc30ece616a5282c1d027048e60d0696f7ad/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-azurestack.json), [Windows](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/e726bc30ece616a5282c1d027048e60d0696f7ad/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-windows.json)) |
 |  [v0.78.0](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.78.0)   | [AKS Base Ubuntu 20.04-LTS Image Distro (2023.242.3)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.78.0/vhd/release-notes/aks-engine-ubuntu-2004/aks-engine-azurestack-ubuntu-2004_2023.242.3.txt), [AKS Base Windows Server 2019 Image Containerd (17763.4737.20232423)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.78.0/vhd/release-notes/aks-windows-2019-containerd/2019-datacenter-core-azurestack-ctrd-17763.4737.20232423.txt) | 1.25.13**, 1.26.8** | API Model Samples ([Linux](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/3d5c7916e9995045a0868945d1f732aaa4c5b5bc/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-azurestack.json), [Windows](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/3d5c7916e9995045a0868945d1f732aaa4c5b5bc/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-windows.json)) |
 | [v0.79.0](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.79.0)   | [AKS Base Ubuntu 20.04-LTS Image Distro (2023.296.1)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.79.0/vhd/release-notes/aks-engine-ubuntu-2004/aks-engine-azurestack-ubuntu-2004_2023.296.1.txt), [AKS Base Windows Server 2019 Image Containerd (17763.4974.20232961)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.79.0/vhd/release-notes/aks-windows-2019-containerd/2019-datacenter-core-azurestack-ctrd-17763.4974.20232961.txt) | 1.26.9**, 1.27.6** | API Model Samples ([Linux](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/af3e6b25e6304f7c68eb90965b8e9a36887cb457/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-azurestack.json), [Windows](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/af3e6b25e6304f7c68eb90965b8e9a36887cb457/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-windows.json)) |
-| [v0.80.2](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.80.2)   | [AKS Base Ubuntu 20.04-LTS Image Distro (2024.032.1)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/vhd/release-notes/aks-engine-ubuntu-2004/aks-engine-azurestack-ubuntu-2004_2024.032.1.txt), [AKS Base Windows Server 2019 Image Containerd (17763.5329.20240321)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/vhd/release-notes/aks-windows-2019-containerd/2019-datacenter-core-azurestack-ctrd-17763.5329.20240321.txt) | 1.27.10**, 1.28.6** | API Model Samples ([Linux](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-azurestack.json), [Windows](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-windows.json)) |
+| [v0.80.2](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.80.2)   | [AKS Base Ubuntu 20.04-LTS Image Distro (2024.032.1)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.80.2/vhd/release-notes/aks-engine-ubuntu-2004/aks-engine-azurestack-ubuntu-2004_2024.032.1.txt), [AKS Base Windows Server 2019 Image Containerd (17763.5329.20240321)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/v0.80.2/vhd/release-notes/aks-windows-2019-containerd/2019-datacenter-core-azurestack-ctrd-17763.5329.20240321.txt) | 1.27.10**, 1.28.6** | API Model Samples ([Linux](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/96b45e116aef6ae2e5031561b0e10621ae86a068/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-azurestack.json), [Windows](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/96b45e116aef6ae2e5031561b0e10621ae86a068/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-windows.json)) |
+| [v0.81.0](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.81.0)   | [AKS Base Ubuntu 20.04-LTS Image Distro (2024.311.1)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/vhd/release-notes/aks-engine-ubuntu-2004/aks-engine-azurestack-ubuntu-2004_2024.311.1.txt), [AKS Base Windows Server 2019 Image Containerd (17763.6414.20243111)](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/vhd/release-notes/aks-windows-2019-containerd/2019-datacenter-core-azurestack-ctrd-17763.6414.20243111.txt) | 1.28.15**, 1.29.10** | API Model Samples ([Linux](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-azurestack.json), [Windows](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/examples/azure-stack/kubernetes-windows.json)) |
 
 > [!NOTE]  
 > *Starting from Kubernetes v1.21, only the [Cloud Provider for Azure](https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/blob/master/docs/topics/azure-stack.md#cloud-provider-for-azure) is supported on Azure Stack Hub.
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ The following list is the complete set of release notes for Azure and Azure Stac
 - https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.77.0
 - https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.78.0
 - https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.79.0
+- - https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine-azurestack/releases/tag/v0.80.2
 
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