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Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for App Service and Virtual Machines
Azure Chaos Studio supports new App Service and Virtual Machine faults.
February 2023
Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Chat for Bot Framework
Build conversational AI experiences with Azure Communication Services. Use virtual chat agents to manage growing customer service needs and provide in-chat intelligence with the help of smart assistants.
May 2022
Generally available: Azure Communication Services mobile UI library
Save time with Azure Communication Services mobile UI library.
December 2021
General availability: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams
Improving customer interactions across apps with Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services interoperability.
November 2021
Azure App Service support for .Net 6 now generally available
Deploy and scale .Net 6-based web apps on an enterprise-grade service
Azure Web PubSub service now generally available
WebSockets support enables loosely coupled, scalable, real-time messaging applications.
March 2021
General availability: Azure Communication Services
Now you can use Azure Communication Services to add video, voice, SMS, chat, and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile, or desktop application.
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.
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
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.
August 2020
Azure IoT Central UI new and updated features—July 2020
July updates include jobs improvements, CLI updates, documentation enhancements, new REST APIs, and a new mobile gateway sample.
June 2020
Azure CLI June 2020 update
The Azure CLI continues to expand with support for new Azure services. This release includes 23 new modules to manage as many Azure services.
February 2020
Move from App Center Auth and Data Preview services to alternative Azure services before 3 May 2020
Target retirement date: May 04, 2020
The long-term path is for developers to use the native Azure services as a backend for mobile apps, namely: Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Notification Hubs.
September 2019
Azure Advisor alerts are now in preview
Get your Azure best practice recommendations as soon as they become available with Azure Advisor user-configured alerts, now available in preview.
August 2019
Easy tables and easy APIs will be removed from Azure App Service on November 11, 2019
Target retirement date: November 11, 2019
Easy tables and easy APIs will be removed from the Azure portal on November 11, 2019.
May 2019
Visual Studio App Center MBaaS integration
Visual Studio App Center is introducing support for Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) capabilities on Azure, helping developers build applications faster without the need for managing infrastructure. These capabilities make it easier for App Center customers to leverage Azure App Service’s Mobile Apps capabilities for identity, push notifications and data synchronization. <br> <a href="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/app-center/" data-event="area-build-announcements-clicked-announcement">Learn more</a>
October 2018
Azure App Service: Price reductions for App Service on Linux basic and premium tiers
We’ve recently reduced prices for Azure App Service on Linux for the basic and premium tiers.
September 2018
Latest update to the Power BI service
The latest update to the Power BI service includes dashboard comments and Premium Capacity Monitoring app.
July 2018
Azure Content Delivery Network GUID migration and UoM change
You currently receive 1,024 bytes in every KB of data when you use Content Delivery Network. Starting September 1, 2018, you'll receive 1,000 bytes in every KB of data.
June 2018
Name changes and GUID migration: App Service Basic and Standard plans
The new App Service on Linux Standard plan (Basic, Standard, and Premium) is generally available. On July 1, 2018, GUID migration and name changes will take effect automatically.
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