Can SolarWinds SAM in any way monitor Azure AKS?

You might be able to take a look at these KB's

Container overview

Kubernetes requirements, installation script examples, and container removal steps

mudassir

Yes, SAM 6.9 and later supports the monitoring of the Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). I'll update the Orion Platform and SAM documentation to reflect that. Because container monitoring is an Orion Platform feature shared by multiple products (in this case, SAM and VMAN), we store that information in the Orion Platform Administrator Guide and Orion Platform online help.

Martin included some good links in his response. Here are additional links that may be helpful:

• Monitor containers (Orion Platform Administrator Guide)
• SolarWinds Lab Bits: Monitoring Containers in SAM and Virtualization Manager (video)
• SolarWinds Lab Bits: Curious About Containers? (video)
• Visibility into Docker Swarm & Kubernetes Networks - Innovate Summit 2017 (video)