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April 2023

12 Apr

General availability: Improved scaling model for Azure Functions with Target Based Scaling

NOW AVAILABLE

Scaling improvement for Service Bus, Event Hubs, Storage Queue, and Cosmos DB is now available for the Azure Functions Consumption and Premium plans.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
12 Apr

Generally available: Static Web Apps support for Python 3.10

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now build Static Web Apps applications using Python 3.10

  • Static Web Apps
  • Features
12 Apr

Public preview: Azure Functions V4 programming model for Node.js

IN PREVIEW

Introducing a more intuitive and idiomatic experience for JavaScript and TypeScript developers writing Azure Functions apps

  • Azure Functions
  • Features

March 2023

16 Mar

Preview: JSON support for Active Geo-Replication on Azure Cache for Redis

IN PREVIEW

Work with JSON-style documents synced across multiple regions.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
15 Mar

Generally Available: Durable Functions support of managed identity for Azure Storage

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use an identity-based connection to access Azure Storage, instead of embedding secrets in connection strings.

  • Azure Functions
  • Security
  • Features
15 Mar

General Availability: Support for pg_hint_plan and semver extensions in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Use the newly available pg_hint_plan extension to tweak PostgreSQL execution plans and semver extension to do semantic versioning in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features

February 2023

22 Feb

Azure Percept DK Retirement Announcement

Target retirement date: March 30, 2023

Azure Percept DK and support from associated Azure services will be retired on March 30th, 2023.

  • Retirements
21 Feb

General availability: Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu 22.04

NOW AVAILABLE

The latest Azure IoT Edge releases provide official packages for Ubuntu 22.04 on AMD64 and ARM64 devices.

  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Features
  • Operating System
15 Feb

Generally Available: Azure Functions Linux Elastic Premium plan increased maximum scale-out limits

NOW AVAILABLE

Maximum scale-out limits for Functions Linux Premium plans have been increased in several regions.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
15 Feb

Generally Available: Availability zones support for Azure Functions in new regions

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use Availability Zones with Azure Functions in Norway East, South Africa North, Switzerland North, and UAE North.

  • Azure Functions
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
15 Feb

Generally Available: Durable Functions support for .NET isolated model

NOW AVAILABLE

Durable Functions support for .NET 7.0 running in the isolated worker process is now generally available.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
15 Feb

Public Preview: SDK type bindings

IN PREVIEW

Azure Functions .NET isolated worker now supports blob triggers and input bindings.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
15 Feb

Generally available: Azure Functions support for Python 3.10

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now develop Python 3.10 apps locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
15 Feb

Public preview: Python 3.10 Support

IN PREVIEW

Azure Static Web Apps now supports building and deploying full-stack Python 3.10 applications.

  • Static Web Apps
  • Features
6 Feb

General availability: Automatic Backup for App Service Environment and Azure Functions Dedicated Hosting

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability: Automatic Backup for App Service Environment and Azure Functions Dedicated Hosting

  • App Service
  • Features
1 Feb

Generally available: New storage backend for Durable Functions — Microsoft Netherite & MSSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use storage providers other than Azure Storage for Durable Functions.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
1 Feb

Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Node.js 18

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use the latest version of Node.js with Azure Functions.

  • Features

December 2022

14 Dec

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Azure Functions extension version 4

NOW AVAILABLE

Authenticate to Azure Functions with Azure Active Directory using the Azure Cosmos DB extension version 4.

  • Features
14 Dec

Public preview: Azure Functions support for Python 3.10

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now take advantage of Python 3.10 features with Azure Functions.

  • Features
14 Dec

Generally Available: Azure Functions Extension Bundle v4

NOW AVAILABLE

The latest Azure Functions Extension Bundle is now generally available.

  • Features

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