In the context of evolving cloud architecture, microservices gained prominence in 2011, and Docker's introduction in 2013 revolutionized application development by simplifying containerization. This shift led to the rise of container orchestration platforms, with Kubernetes emerging as the leading solution due to robust community and corporate backing, widely supported by major cloud providers like Azure. Kubernetes enhances application scalability and accessibility by streamlining container deployment and management. This document provides a detailed guide on configuring and deploying Kubernetes on Azure, specifically through Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), which offers a hosted Kubernetes solution where Azure manages the master nodes and users manage the worker nodes. AKS supports various features such as autoscaling, integrated logging, and monitoring, as well as networking options, improving the developer experience with integrations like Helm and Visual Studio Code. The guide illustrates the step-by-step process of deploying an AKS cluster using both the Azure Portal and infrastructure as code, emphasizing the advantages of code-based deployment for complex or production environments, with further resources available on GitHub for different programming languages.