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Generally available: Azure Monitor integration with Azure Container Apps
You can now choose different destinations for your Azure Container Apps logs
Public preview: Data API builder instantly creates modern REST and GraphQL endpoints for modern databases
Improve development velocity and efficiency via modern REST and GraphQL API using the new data API builder with support for multiple Azure databases.
January 2023
General availability: Mount Azure Storage as a local share in App Service Windows Code
Mounting Azure Storage File share as a network share in Windows code (non-container) in App Service is now generally available.
December 2022
Public preview: Azure Arc enabled Azure Container Apps
You can now run Azure Container Apps on your own Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters (AKS and AKS-HCI).
November 2022
Public preview: Inbound IP restrictions support in Azure Container Apps
You can now restrict inbound traffic to your Azure Container Apps by IP without using a custom solution.
Public preview: GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Azure Container Apps now supports, in public preview, a new GitHub action that builds and deploys container apps from GitHub Actions workflows.
Public preview: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
You can now use a new Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy container apps from Azure DevOps.
Public preview: Build and deploy to Azure Container Apps without a Dockerfile from the Azure CLI
Azure Container Apps now supports building container images from source code without a Dockerfile.
October 2022
Public preview: TCP support
Azure Container Apps now supports exposing container apps that use a TCP-based protocol other than HTTP or HTTPS.
Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service hybrid deployment options
Azure Kubernetes Service has new hybrid deployment options.
Generally available: Dapr support for managed identity in Azure Container Apps
Container Apps now provides support for using Dapr with Managed Identity.
Public preview: Azure Container Apps Azure Monitor integration
Azure Container Apps now support using Azure Monitor to send your logs to additional destinations.
Generally available: Dapr secrets API support
You can now use Dapr secrets APIs from your Azure Container Apps and leverage Dapr secret store component references when creating other components in the environment.
September 2022
App Service support for Ruby is ending 12 April 2023
Target retirement date: April 12, 2023
App Service support for Ruby workloads is ending on 12 April 2023. Migrate Ruby applications to use a custom container.
August 2022
General availability: Dapr release 1.8 support in Azure Container Apps
You can now use Dapr release 1.8 with Azure Container Apps.
July 2022
Public preview: Azure Spring Apps feature updates
New Azure Spring Apps updates and features for basic/standard and enterprise tiers are in preview.
June 2022
Public preview: New API backend options in Azure Static Web Apps
You can now use App Service, Container Apps, or API Management as an API backend in Azure Static Web Apps.
Generally available: Azure Container Apps support for custom domains and TLS certificates
You can now use custom domains and secure them with TLS certificates.
Public preview: Mount Azure Files and ephemeral storage in Azure Container Apps
You can now mount a file share as well as share data between multiple containers in Azure Container Apps.
May 2022
Public preview: New modern capabilities for Azure SQL Database
Simplify and expedite application development and reduce time-to-market with new features for Azure SQL Database.
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