<p>We are currently evaluating various Kubernetes aaS providers and Azure AKS was looking like a front runner. However, recently some information has emerged that the master and etcd nodes are not run in a HA configuration?</p>

<p>Is this correct? I find it hard to believe! There is nothing on their website with regard to the architecture of AKS which is always a worry but as they provide the master nodes as a service I don't understand how they would leave such a gaping hole?</p>

<p>Does any one have any more in depth information regarding the AKS architecture?</p>

Robert Young
<p>As most of the information about AKS have been provided above I just wanted to relate to this sentence:</p>

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  <p>We are currently evaluating various Kubernetes aaS providers and Azure
  AKS was looking like a front runner.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I am not here to tell you which Cloud provider is the best, as there is no simple answer to that question. However what I can do is share with you the resources that I have used  for such cases. </p>

<p><a href="https://kubedex.com/google-gke-vs-microsoft-aks-vs-amazon-eks/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here</a> you can find a great comparison not only as an article but also as an <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U0x4-NQegEPGM7eVTKJemhkPy18LWuHW5vX8uZzqzYo/edit#gid=0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">excel sheet</a> that shows major differences and possibilities of the biggest Kubernetes aaS providers. </p>

<p>One thing for sure, AWS is the biggest of them all and it has a pretty big number of people involved into developing and upgrading the solutions related to Kubernetes all around the Internet so you can find a good number of solutions and resources. </p>

<p>Microsoft from what I know is also very active and their goal is to make the experience better and better, but quoting the article it seems there are still some areas that should be improved. </p>

<p>Google Cloud Platform. As we know Kubernetes was born in Google, and I think that Google made its goal to have the best quality Kubernetes experience on their platform because of that. I have seen a lot of materials and there is a lot of buzz around the  world made by Google around the GKE - conferences, youtube videos, blog posts, solid introductions to k8s etc.<br>
Quoting the article it seems like they are doing it well. 
Anyway, this is my opinion, based also on hands-on experience and the linked article itself, which I recommend you to check. </p>
