* Azure: Allow VNet to be in a separate Resource Group. ([#49725](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49725), [@sylr](https://github.com/sylr))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

- ServiceAccount metadata.annotations[kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets]: deprecated since v1.32; no removal deadline. Prefer separate namespaces to isolate access to mounted secrets. ([#128396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128396), [@ritazh](https://github.com/ritazh)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, CLI and Testing]

### API Change

- kubectl: Added alpha support for customizing kubectl behavior using preferences from a `kuberc` file, separate from `kubeconfig`. ([#125230](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125230), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI and Testing]

* Add `--enable-admission-plugins` `--disable-admission-plugins` flags and deprecate `--admission-control`. When using the separate flag, the order in which they're specified doesn't matter.  ([#58123](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58123), [@hzxuzhonghu](https://github.com/hzxuzhonghu))

- Provider/azure: Network security groups can now be in a separate resource group. ([#87035](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87035), [@CecileRobertMichon](https://github.com/CecileRobertMichon)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* Fix metrics API group name in audit configuration ([#53493](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53493), [@piosz](https://github.com/piosz))
* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

    * ServiceDelimiter string Delimiter to use to separate overridden services (multiple services) Defaults to "&"
    * ServicenameDelimiter string Delimiter to use to separate servicename from its configuration parameters Defaults "|"
    * OverrideSeparator string Delimiter to use to separate region of occurrence, url and signing region for each override Defaults to ","

- Fluentd: isolate logging resources in separate namespace `logging` ([#68004](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/68004), [@saravanan30erd](https://github.com/saravanan30erd))