The SaaS control plane included in Tanzu Standard is powered by the Tanzu Mission Control Standard version, which includes these key capabilities: Centralized cluster lifecycle management (i.e., provisioning, upgrading, scaling, and deleting) of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters Attachment of any conformant Kubernetes clusters for consistent management Global visibility of Kubernetes clusters and workloads across environments for quick issue identification and troubleshooting Access and security management by applying consistent policies to fleets of clusters at scale Cluster and namespace backup and restoration with built-in Velero Cluster conformance inspection using built-in Sonobuoy