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Public preview: Init containers in Azure Container Apps
You can now have separate containers that run before application containers are started in a replica and can perform all of the initialization logic.
Public Preview: Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in Azure Container Apps
You can now enable CORS for your Azure Container App through the portal or CLI.
GA: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Use an Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps.
GA: GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Use a GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), Python
Onboard to Azure Monitor Application Insights using standard, cloud-native APIs and SDKs with rich data collection capabilities and a first-class Azure experience.
Public Preview: App Service Minimum TLS Cipher Suite Now on Azure Portal
Disable Weak TLS Cipher Suites for Your App Service Web Apps (Preview)
Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
App Service has an automatic scaling capability that adjusts the number of running instances of your application based on incoming HTTP requests.
April 2023
Public Preview: Azure API Management and Microsoft Defender for APIs integration
Take your API security coverage to the next level with Azure API Management and Microsoft Defender for APIs integration.
Generally Available: Inbound IP restrictions for Azure Container Apps
You can now restrict inbound traffic by IP without using a custom solution.
Public preview: Session affinity for Azure Container Apps
You can now enable session affinity without writing code.
Generally Available: TCP support for Azure Container Apps
You can now expose arbitrary TCP ports from your container apps.
Generally available: Synthetic GraphQL
With Synthetic GraphQL, customers can create GraphQL APIs using their existing REST and SOAP APIs, allowing them to modernize their application API stack with minimal effort.
Public preview: Azure Key Vault references for secrets in Azure Container Apps
You can now source Container Apps secrets values from Azure Key Vault
Generally available: API Management Authorizations
API Management Authorizations are now generally available, providing a simple and reliable way to unbundle and abstract authorizations from web APIs.
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Migrate to App Service Environment v3 by 31 August 2024.
Public preview: Azure Container Apps available in Azure China
You can now use Azure Container Apps in Azure China.
Public preview: Azure Container Apps offers new plan and pricing structure
You can now run your apps using serverless, consumption-based compute, and optionally run your apps on dedicated workload profiles that offer more CPU and memory if needed.
Public preview: Azure Container Apps supports user defined routes (UDR) and smaller subnets
You can now define UDRs to manage how outbound traffic is routed for your container app environment’s subnet
General Availability: App Configuration geo-replication
Replicate your application configuration data across supported regions to create redundancy, reduce latency, and distribute request load.
March 2023
Action recommended: Implement disaster recovery strategies for your Azure App Service web apps by 31 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
We'll no longer place apps in disaster recovery mode in the event of a regional disaster.
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