- Add an azure cloud configuration `LoadBalancerName` and `LoadBalancerResourceGroup` to allow the corresponding customizations of azure load balancer. ([#81054](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81054), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19))

### Cluster Lifecycle

- Introduced dynamic volume provisioning shim for CSI migration ([#73653](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73653), [@ddebroy](https://github.com/ddebroy))
- Applied resources from a directory containing kustomization.yaml ([#74140](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74140), [@Liujingfang1](https://github.com/Liujingfang1))

- Scheduler: Added the `bindingTimeout` argument to the DynamicResources plugin configuration, allowing customization of the wait duration in `PreBind` for device binding conditions.

For the 1.8 release, SIG API Machinery focused on stability and on ecosystem enablement. Features include the ability to break large LIST calls into smaller chunks, improved support for API server customization with either custom API servers or Custom Resource Definitions, and client side event spam filtering.

[Sig API Machinery]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-api-machinery

### SIG Apps