- The cloud config for Azure cloud provider can now be initialized from Kubernetes secret azure-cloud-provider in kube-system namespace
    - the secret is a serialized version of `azure.json` file with key cloud-config. And the secret name is azure-cloud-provider.

- cloud.google.com/go: v0.38.0 → v0.51.0
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go: [v35.0.0+incompatible → v43.0.0+incompatible](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/compare/v35.0.0...v43.0.0)
- github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal: [v0.5.0 → v0.8.2](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal/compare/v0.5.0...v0.8.2)
- github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date: [v0.1.0 → v0.2.0](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0)

### Changed
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go: [v43.0.0+incompatible → v55.0.0+incompatible](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/compare/v43.0.0...v55.0.0)
- github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm: [d6e3b33 → d185dfc](https://github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm/compare/d6e3b33...d185dfc)
- github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal: [v0.9.5 → v0.9.13](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal/compare/v0.9.5...v0.9.13)

  ':plugins:analysis-ukrainian',
  ':plugins:discovery-azure-classic',
  ':plugins:discovery-ec2',
  ':plugins:discovery-ec2:qa:amazon-ec2',
  ':plugins:discovery-gce',
  ':plugins:discovery-gce:qa:gce',
  ':plugins:ingest-attachment',
  ':plugins:mapper-annotated-text',
  ':plugins:mapper-murmur3',
  ':plugins:mapper-size',
  ':plugins:repository-azure',
  ':plugins:repository-gcs',
  ':plugins:repository-hdfs',

### Removed
- github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go: [v68.0.0+incompatible](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/tree/v68.0.0)
- github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal: [v0.9.23](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tree/autorest/adal/v0.9.23)
- github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date: [v0.3.0](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tree/autorest/date/v0.3.0)

    // Legacy configuration keys for backward compatibility (Azure AD)
    /** Legacy configuration key for Azure AD state time-to-live. */
    protected static final String AAD_STATE_TTL = "aad.state.ttl";

    /** Legacy configuration key for Azure AD authority URL. */
    protected static final String AAD_AUTHORITY = "aad.authority";

    /** Legacy configuration key for Azure AD tenant ID. */

#### Azure
* Fix failing load balancers in Azure ([#40405](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40405), [@codablock](https://github.com/codablock))
* Reduce time needed to attach Azure disks ([#40066](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40066), [@codablock](https://github.com/codablock))

	* Added exponential backoff to Azure cloudprovider ([#46660](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46660), [@jackfrancis](https://github.com/jackfrancis))

  * Add support for bring-your-own ip address for Services on Azure ([#42034](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42034), [@brendandburns](https://github.com/brendandburns))

### Other notable changes

* fix device name change issue for azure disk: add remount logic ([#57953](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57953), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* GCE: Allows existing internal load balancers to continue using an outdated subnetwork  ([#57861](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57861), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

Transition tiers can be added to MinIO using `mc admin tier add` command to associate a `gcs`, `s3` or `azure` bucket or prefix path on a bucket to the tier name.
Lifecycle transition rules can be applied to buckets (both versioned and un-versioned) by specifying the tier name defined above as the transition storage class for the lifecycle rule.