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General Availability of Azure Logic Apps connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges
Target availability: Q2 2024
Exciting news! Our IBM Mainframe and Midrange connectors, including IBM 3270, IBM CICS, IBM DB2, IBM i, IBM MQ, and IBM IMS, are now generally available. These connectors address highly sought-after customer requests, bring capabilities to extend Azure Logic Apps cloud native workloads with some of the oldest systems ever built for Mainframes and Midranges.
Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)
Target availability: Q1 2024
We're thrilled to announce two new built-in connectors for Azure Logic Apps: Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. With the increasing adoption of AI technologies, there's a growing demand to integrate these capabilities seamlessly into Logic Apps workflows. To address this need, we're launching the Public Preview of these connectors, bridging the gap between Logic Apps and AI.
May 2023
Public Preview: Data mapping designer in Azure Logic Apps (Standard)
Microsoft has re-envisioned data transformations in Azure Logic Apps (Standard) by building a new data mapper experience from the ground up.
GA: Logic Apps (Standard) adds support for .NET Framework extensibility in XSLT data.
Developers can now add .NET Framework methods to XSLT data transformations in Azure Logic Apps (Standard).
March 2023
SQL Server connector’s V1 actions and triggers will be retired on 31 March 2024 – transition to SQL Server connector’s V2 actions and triggers
Target retirement date: March 31, 2024
SQL Server connector’s V1 actions and triggers will be retired on 31 March 2024
November 2022
Public preview: Exporting ISE and Consumption Logic Apps to Standard SKU
Logic Apps Standard VS Code Extension now allows you to export groups of logic apps workflows deployed to Azure.
October 2022
Generally available: Logic Apps Standard Support for Functions Runtime V4
Target availability: Q4 2022
Logic apps Standard support for Azure Functions runtime version 4.x – is now generally available.
November 2021
Logic Apps Standard Plan updates in general availability
Logic Apps Standard was released at Ignite 2020 and since then we have added a lot of features to enable better enterprise integration between mission critical systems on cloud, on premises, and in a hybrid way with runtime available on Azure, Azure Arc and locally. This post includes capabilities that are now generally available.
October 2021
Logic Apps Standard Plan updates in public preview
Logic Apps Standard was released at Ignite 2020 and since then we have added a lot of features to enable better enterprise integration between mission critical systems on cloud, on premises, and in a hybrid way with runtime available on Azure, Azure Arc and locally. This post includes capabilities now available in public preview.
May 2021
General availability: Logic Apps with new hosting options
Logic Apps has been updated with new hosting options, improved performance, and developer workflows.
March 2021
Public preview: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams
Azure Communication Services is now interoperable with Microsoft Teams in preview, enabling you to leverage a unified offering for both internal and external communication experiences.
December 2020
Logic Apps runtime platform updates and development capabilities
This public preview refresh deepens development and testing support across platforms and offers the ability to deploy and run on Azure, on any container, or on premises.
October 2020
Azure Communication Services SMS and Telephony now available in Public Preview
Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile or desktop application.
September 2020
Logic Apps updated with new hosting options, improved performance and developer workflows
Logic Apps is now updated with new hosting options and performance and development improvements that will enable you to build modern workflow-enabled apps.
Azure Communication Services now available in public preview
Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile or desktop application.
July 2020
Azure Monitor Logs connector is now generally available
Use Azure Logic Apps and Power Automate to create automated workflows using hundreds of actions for a variety of services. The Azure Monitor logs connector is now generally available—use it to build workflows that retrieve data from the Azure Monitor Logs workspace or Application Insights component.
January 2020
Azure Logic Apps updates for November and December 2019
These are the new features, fixes and connectors for Azure Logic Apps that were released in November and December of 2019.
November 2019
Azure Logic Apps updates for September and October 2019
The Azure Logic Apps updates for September and October 2019 include features, connector updates and announcements about regional deployments.
September 2019
Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019
Target availability: Q4 2019
The Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019 include new features for ISE, designer improvements including support for portal themes, support for gateway across subscriptions, SAP connector features, new connectors and other major feature updates and announcements.
July 2019
New developer pricing tier for integration service environment
We now offer a developer pricing tier (general availability) that allows customers to deploy an integration service environment (ISE) at a reduced cost.
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