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Enabling Kubernetes (k8s/k3s) to run containerized applications at scale on Windows devices

Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is an on-premises Kubernetes implementation of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) that automates running containerized applications at scale. For more details, see [AKS Edge Essentials Overview](https://aka.ms/aks-edge/overview)

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

Files
AksEdge-K3s-1.0.406.0.msi Size: 763.01 MB
AksEdge-K8s-1.0.406.0.msi Size: 1,003.42 MB
AksEdgeWindows-1.0406.0.zip Size: 7.34 GB

• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (build 17763 or later)
• Windows 10 Enterprise (build 17763 or later)
• Windows 10 Professional (build 17763 or later)
• Windows 11 Iot Enterprise (build 22000 or later)
• Windows 11 Enterprise (build 22000 or later)
• Windows 11 Professional (build 22000 or later)
• Windows Server (build 17763 or later)
Note: Hyper-V must be enabled to support AKS Edge virtual machines.

Memory
• 4GB Minimum Physical Memory- 2GB Minimum Free Memory (Cluster-Only)
• 8GB Minimum Physical Memory - 4GB Minimum Free Memory (Arc and GitOps)
Note: Your deployment may require aditional free memory depending on the the size of the virtual machine that you choose during installation.

Storage
• 17GB Minimum Free Storage
Note: Your deployment may require additional free storage depending on the size of the virtual machine that you choose during installation.

Additional Requirements
• If you are using a local VM, your hardware must be capable of supporting nested virtualization.
• If you are using an Azure VM, you must use a compute unit that is capable of hyper-threading and nested virtualization

See installation instructions here

Release Notes: https://aka.ms/aks-edge/releases