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Azure Container Apps is now eligible for Azure savings plan for compute
You can now take advantage of Azure savings plan pricing for Azure Container Apps.
September 2023
Update to Azure Functions Cosmos DB extension version 4.x by 31 August 2024 for continued support
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Applications hosted on Azure Functions that are using Azure Cosmos DB extension version 3.x will be unsupported after 31 August 2024.
Support for the 1.x version of Azure Functions ends 14 September 2026
Target retirement date: September 14, 2026
Migrate to version 4.x of the Azure Functions runtime before support ends for version 1.x on 14 September 2026
Generally Available: Artifact cache for Azure Container Registry
You can now cache OCI artifacts with ACR from seven different public registries.
GA: Azure Container Apps in Azure China cloud
You can now run microservices, API’s, and other container workloads without managing infrastructure in Azure China cloud
Generally Available: Azure Functions v4 Programming model for Node.js
Work in a more intuitive Azure Functions development experience.
Public preview: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20
You can now develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
Public preview: Azure Functions extension for Dapr
You can now use Dapr’s powerful cloud native building block API with Azure Functions.
GA: Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS
Use Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS to improve cost-efficiency, and cluster utilization for your workloads
GA: AKS image cleaner
You can now automate the removal of all the unused, vulnerable images from your AKS nodes.
GA: Dedicated table support for AKS diagnostics logs
It is now easier and faster to query your logs.
Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.28
Take advantage of the latest features in Kubernetes version 1.28 with AKS.
GA: Node OS patching - NodeImage feature in AKS
You can have a flexible and customized strategy for node-level OS security updates.
Retirement: HTTP application routing add-on (preview) for AKS will retire 03/03/2025
Target retirement date: March 03, 2025
Transition your ingresses to Web Application routing add-on before 3/3/2025 to avoid service disruptions.
Generally available: Higher default value for Azure Functions Event Hubs max batch size
Starting with version 6.0.0 of the Azure Functions Event Hubs extension, a higher default value of 100 will be used for max batch size
Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Sixth Refresh Release
This release includes quality improvements.
Public Preview: Azure Container Storage Updates: Expanded regions and performance options
Azure Container Storage (in preview) offers volume management built natively for containers. With the latest updates you can now deploy in 26 regions, use volume resize & cloning and choose from an expanded list of Disk SKUs.
August 2023
Public preview: Azure Functions .NET 8 support in Linux plans
Target availability: Q3 2023
Azure Functions now supports .NET 8 preview 7, using the isolated worker model.
Generally Available: Azure Container Apps support for UDR, NAT Gateway, and smaller subnets
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now define UDRs to manage how outbound traffic is routed for your container app environment’s subnet.
Public preview: Azure Functions .NET worker cold start improvements
Target availability: Q3 2023
Major cold start improvements are available to .NET apps on the Azure Functions isolated worker model through a preview configuration.
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