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August 2019
General availablility of Managed Identity for Linux in App Service and Functions
Managed identity support for App Service on Linux and the Azure Functions Linux Consumption Plan is now generally available.
General availability of user-assigned managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions support for user-assigned managed identities is now generally available.
July 2019
Linux support on Azure Functions Premium plan
The Azure Functions Premium plan preview is now expanded to Linux hosting and custom Docker containers.
May 2019
Durable Functions now supports a new stateful entities pattern
Durable Functions now supports a new stateful entities pattern, enabling you to build stateful Azure Functions that map to an actor.
April 2019
PowerShell support in Azure Functions
With the preview of PowerShell support in Azure Functions, it is now possible to automate operational tasks and take advantage of the native Azure integration to modernize the delivering and management of services.
Azure Functions Premium plan
The Premium Plan is a new hosting option for Function Apps which provides pre-warmed workers to run your app with no delay after being idle, VNET connectivity, and more powerful hardware, without compromising on latency or scale
March 2019
SignalR Service bindings
Azure Functions can now use bindings for SignalR Service to send real-time data to web applications as part of the function executions. The binding is supported for all generally available languages, including C#, JavaScript, and Java.
February 2019
Tooling improvements for TypeScript support in Azure Functions
The TypeScript developer experience in Azure Functions has improved. New tools include the Azure Functions Core Tools and the Azure Functions Extension for Visual Studio Code, as well as a npm package that contains type definitions for using TypeScript with Azure Functions and some npm scripts to abstract some func commands.
Azure Functions, Java Support GA
Azure Functions now has GA support for Java development on the Functions 2.0 runtime.
December 2018
Serverless Community Library
The Serverless Community Library is an open-source set of prebuilt components based on common use cases using Functions and Logic Apps.
JavaScript support for Durable Functions is now available
Orchestrate your serverless workflows programmatically using the Durable Functions extension to the Azure Functions runtime, which will support JavaScript in general availability (GA) to be used for production workloads.
Azure Functions, Python support is in preview
Azure Functions now supports Python development on the Functions 2.0 runtime.
November 2018
User-assigned managed identity support for App Service on Linux/Web App for Containers
Use managed identities with Linux apps and use user-assigned identities on the App Service platform, including Azure Functions hosted under an App Service plan.
Azure Functions—Key Vault integration
Azure Key Vault integration with Azure Functions lets you build more secure serverless applications out of the box, taking advantage of secrets management to get the benefits of rotation policies and centralized access control.
Azure Functions 2.0 available in IoT Edge
Azure Functions runtime 2.0 is now available on IoT Edge.
September 2018
Azure Functions—Functions runtime 2.0 now generally available
The cross platform and improved Azure Functions runtime is now generally available, allowing you to use your cross-platform .NET Core assets within your Functions apps.
Azure Functions, Consumption plan for Linux - Public Preview
Azure Functions will now support consumption plan for deploying to Linux.
Azure Functions—Python support in preview
Azure Functions now supports Python development using Python 3.6 on the Functions v2 (cross-platform) runtime.
August 2018
Azure Functions Runtime 2.0 breaking changes
The upcoming release of the Azure Functions Runtime 2.0 introduces some major improvements, but some of these changes will cause breaks to existing apps deployed with the v2 runtime.
.NET Framework 4.7.2 update coming to Azure App Service apps
The .NET Framework 4.7.2 update is scheduled to deploy to Azure App Service apps gradually during September 2018.
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