Tigera has announced a preview of Calico for Windows on Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Project Calico is an open-source networking and security solution for Kubernetes.

With the availability of Calico for Windows on AKS in preview, enterprises can leverage the power and simplicity of Calico to enable a single solution for network policy and security that works uniformly across cloud and on-premises environments, running Windows and Linux-based container workloads.

Calico for Windows on AKS provides users the flexibility to run Kubernetes workloads where they choose. While Calico has been available for self-managed Kubernetes workloads on Azure since 2018, many organizations are also deploying their .NET and Windows workloads to the managed Kubernetes environment offered by AKS.

Customers can get started with Calico for Windows on AKS right away by following this quick start guide.

Calico has been integrated into all major Kubernetes distributions including offerings from AWS, Docker, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, Rancher, and Nutanix.