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Blazor and C# APIs now supported in Azure Static Web Apps
Developers can now build and publish applications built entirely in .NET with Static Web Apps using Blazor WebAssembly and C# API's.
March 2018
Azure Functions on IoT Edge
This functionality allows developers to use the uniquely productive programming model provided by Functions even on devices which may or may not be connected to the cloud.
Azure Functions support for Microsoft Graph bindings and custom bindings
We’re enhancing the Azure Functions bindings support to allow developers to build their own bindings.
November 2017
Azure Functions on IoT Edge
Along with the recently announced Azure IoT Edge, we have also provided support for running Functions on the IoT Edge devices. This functionality allows developers to utilise the uniquely productive programming model provided by Functions even on devices that may or may not be connected to the cloud.
Azure Functions Proxies
Azure Functions Proxies is now generally available. This is a capability that will make it easier to author serverless APIs and implement microservices architectures using Azure Functions.
Azure Functions on Linux
We now support running Azure Functions on the Linux platform. This will provide additional deployment options to developers who might prefer one OS target over the other.
October 2017
Java support for Azure Functions
Java support for Azure Functions is now available in public preview.
September 2017
Azure Functions support for .NET Core
Azure Functions will now support .NET Core, allowing Functions code to target .NET Core.
Azure Functions support for Graph bindings and custom bindings
We’re enhancing the Azure Functions bindings support to allow developers to build their own bindings, which means that if a customer has a custom data source, they will be able to easily create bindings for it in Azure Functions.
May 2017
Azure Functions and App Insights integration
With minimal effort, users will be able to add Application Insights to their Azure functions and have a powerful tool for monitoring applications.
Azure Functions Runtime for Windows
Azure Functions Runtime will soon be in preview. The Runtime release will extend the innovations in Functions to devices on premises, or anywhere outside the Azure cloud.
Azure Functions with Common Data Service
Azure Functions templates for the Common Data Service (CDS) will be a powerful way to combine data and actions across services and applications, extending the functionality of your PowerApps.
Azure Functions – Direct export of Azure Functions for PowerApps
Direct export of Azure Functions APIs to PowerApps or Microsoft Flow from the Azure portal will soon be supported.
Visual Studio 2017 tools for Azure Functions
These tools will be available as an extension to Visual Studio 2017 Update 3 Preview allowing developers to create precompiled C# class libraries and deploy them as Azure Functions.
March 2017
Preview: Azure Functions Open API (Swagger) support
Support for editing and hosting Open API 2.0 (Swagger) metadata in Azure Functions is in preview.
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