Mere months to go before 1.21 arrives Richard Speed Thu 1 Apr 2021 // 15:18 UTC Share Copy Kubernetes 1.20 has finally put in an appearance on Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), just squeaking into March and a good few months since the upstream release. The release also means the end of life for 1.17, which went to GA in AKS in July 2020 after its upstream release in December 2019. The support for each version by the Kubernetes community was recently upped from nine to 12 months. As far as Microsoft is concerned, AKS supports the latest GA minor version along with two previous latest minor versions. "You should upgrade... as soon as you're able, to ensure your cluster is fully patched and supported," the company said.