{"id":199,"date":"2025-04-18T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/us\/2025\/04\/18\/webinar-recap-unlocking-the-power-of-managed-kubernetes-with-upcloud\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:31:20","slug":"webinar-recap-unlocking-the-power-of-managed-kubernetes-with-upcloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/blog\/webinar-recap-unlocking-the-power-of-managed-kubernetes-with-upcloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Recap: Unlocking the Power of Managed Kubernetes\u00ae with UpCloud\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our latest webinar, <strong>\u201cUnlocking the Power of Managed Kubernetes\u00ae with UpCloud\u201d<\/strong> host Will Barlow was joined by PaaS Product Manager, Miguel\u00e1ngel Fern\u00e1ndez and Lead Engineer, Nathaniel Ham to unveil the next evolution of UpCloud Kubernetes Service (UKS).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a quick breakdown of what\u2019s new, what\u2019s improved, and what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unlocking the Power of Managed Kubernetes\u00ae with UpCloud\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UhwVEllfofo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UhwVEllfofo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the recording here!<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is UKS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UKS is designed to reduce the complexity of deploying containers in the cloud. By abstracting the control plane, UKS allows developers to focus on their applications while delivering performance and scalability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s New with UKS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Automatic Upgrades<\/strong>: Users can now upgrade clusters with a click, staying up-to-date without hassle.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Free Developer Control Plane<\/strong>: To lower both cognitive and financial barriers, we now provide complimentary developer control planes.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Simplified UI and UX<\/strong>: A refined interface helps users launch clusters in minutes, regardless of experience.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Challenges that spark solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlighting the evolution of UpCloud&#8217;s managed Kubernetes offering, Nate shared insights on how the team\u2019s internal use of UKS helped identify real-world issues. In understanding that usability has to be the center of everything, the team got to work to make deployments effortless, removing the learning curve commonly associated with running Kubernetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As UKS is built on top of UpCloud\u2019s own infrastructure, this meant the team had to optimize the user experience for themselves first, with early internal demos helping teams visualize their contributions (like load balancers and VMs) coming together in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facing scalability and user experience hurdles head-on led to <strong>more robust architecture choices <\/strong>and product decisions that benefit all users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See Kubernetes\u2019 <strong>self-healing<\/strong> capabilities in real-time in our KubeDoom demo \u2192<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s next for UKS?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Automated clustered and a free developer control plane is only the start or the updates for UKS! Here\u2019s what users can expect in the coming months:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Q2 2025<\/strong>: Support for larger control planes and continued Kubernetes version certifications (1.32 next).<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Q3 2025<\/strong>: Deeper integration with UpCloud products like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Prometheus.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Q4 2025<\/strong>: Focus on ease-of-use with templated apps, enhanced security tooling, and advanced troubleshooting support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/UpCloud-Kubernetes-Service-UKS-2025-Product-roadmap-1-1024x502.png\" alt=\"UpCloud Kubernetes Service (UKS) 2025 product roadmap.\" class=\"wp-image-49898\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From beginner-friendly features to power-user flexibility, UKS is evolving fast! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ready to try UKS?<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\"> <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.upcloud.com\/\">Simply log in or sign up for free today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"excerpt_part\">In our latest webinar, &ldquo;Unlocking the Power of Managed Kubernetes&reg; with UpCloud&rdquo; host Will Barlow was joined by PaaS Product Manager, Miguel&aacute;ngel Fern&aacute;ndez and Lead Engineer, Nathaniel Ham to unveil&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":6828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"355,400,4487,868,271,538","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[55,127,130,133],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-and-events","tag-kubernetes","tag-managed-kubernetes","tag-uks","tag-upcloud-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6830,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/6830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}