# Microsoft wants to make service mesh invisible

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Podcast: [The New Stack Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-stack-podcast-1092634)
Published: 2026-04-08T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

At KubeCon EU 2026, Mitch Connors of Microsoft outlined a vision to make service meshes effectively invisible to users. Now working on Azure Kubernetes Application Network, a fully managed service built on Istio’s ambient mode, Connors aims to deliver core capabilities like mTLS without requiring users to engage with the complexity traditionally associated with service meshes. Ambient mode eliminates sidecar upgrade challenges by shifting functionality to node-level and waypoint proxies, though adoption still faces hurdles, including lagging CVE patching.

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