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# Aks Vs Azure Native Cluster Faq

Platform9 supports both importing of existing Azure AKS clusters as well as creating native Azure clusters PMK Azure provider that leverages Azure instances and the supporting infrastructure to create a Kubernetes cluster.

Below is a comparison of supported features for Azure native clusters and imported AKS clusters.

| **Deployment**                              | AKS Clusters | Azure Native |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ |
| Master Node Access and Configuration        | `Yes`        |              |
| Worker Node Access and Configuration        | `Limited`    | `Yes`        |
| Platform9 Monitoring                        | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
| Application Catalog                         | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
|                                             |              |              |
| **Cluster Lifecycle**                       |              |              |
| Create Clusters                             | `No`         | `Yes`        |
| Upgrade Clusters                            | `No`         | `Yes`        |
| Scale/Autoscaling Clusters                  | `No`         | `Yes`        |
|                                             |              |              |
| **Kubernetes Workloads**                    |              |              |
| Kubeconfig Generation                       | `No`         | `Yes`        |
| View, Deploy, Delete Pods                   | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
| View, Deploy, Delete Services               | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
| View, Deploy, Delete Deployments            | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
| Customize RBAC                              | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
| Create/Delete Storage Classes               | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
|                                             |              |              |
| **Platform9 Support**                       |              |              |
| Platform9 Support for Growth and Enterprise | `Limited`    | `Full`       |
| Platform9 SLA                               | `Yes`        | `Yes`        |
|                                             |              |              |


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