## Introduction to 1.9.0

Kubernetes version 1.9 includes new features and enhancements, as well as fixes to identified issues. The release notes contain a brief overview of the important changes introduced in this release. The content is organized by Special Interest Group ([SIG](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/sig-list.md)).

- User Assigned MSI (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-service-identity/overview), which provides for managed identities, is now suppored for Kubernetes clusters on Azure. ([#66180](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66180), [@kkmsft](https://github.com/kkmsft))

## Introduction to v1.8.0

Kubernetes version 1.8 includes new features and enhancements, as well as fixes to identified issues. The release notes contain a brief overview of the important changes introduced in this release. The content is organized by Special Interest Groups ([SIGs][]).

For initial installations, see the [Setup topics][] in the Kubernetes
documentation.

focused on stabilizing the items we’ve been working on over the past releases such as server-side printing and its support in kubectl, as well as finishing [kubectl diff which is based on server-side dry-run feature](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/object-management/#how-to-create-objects). We’ve continued separating kubectl code to prepare for extraction out of main repository. Finally, thanks to the awesome support and feedback from community we’ve managed to promote...