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Retirement: Support for .NET 6 ends on 12 November 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8
Target retirement date: November 12, 2024
Upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8
Retirement: Support for the in-process model for .NET apps in Azure Functions ends 10 November 2026.
Target retirement date: November 10, 2026
Migrate your .NET apps in Azure Functions to the isolated worker model
GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions
You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database
Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functions
You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions
Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)
Target availability: Q1 2024
The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.
Retirement: Support for .NET 7 ends on 14 May 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8
Target retirement date: May 24, 2024
Upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8 by 14 May 2024
Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025 – transition to use Azure Maps Web SDK in a web view
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025
Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu Core Snaps
We are expanding the Azure IoT Edge supported platforms to include Ubuntu Core Snaps on IoT Edge as a Tier 1 supported operating system.
General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Target availability: Q1 2024
Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.
General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication.
Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration
Target availability: Q1 2024
We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.
Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20
Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
February 2024
Public preview: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js
Use this feature for use cases where real time exchange and interaction between client and server over HTTP connections is needed.
General availability: Azure SDKs support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Now you can use Azure SDKs including .NET SDK, Go SDK, Java SDK, JavaScript SDK, and Python SDK to manage the lifecycle of Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters.
General availability: Azure CLI support for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
You can now use Azure CLI to manage the whole lifecycle of Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters from provisioning to scaling to configuration changes and starting/stopping cluster compute.
Generally Available: Continuous model monitoring in Azure Machine Learning
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure Machine Learning model monitoring is now generally available.
January 2024
Public Preview: Azure Functions Support for Java 21 on Linux
Azure Functions now supports Java 21 in preview on dedicated, consumption, and premium plans for Linux.
Public Preview: Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions
Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions is in public preview. This version supports all languages and storage backends and provides detailed spans.
General availability: PgAudit in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Database session and object audit logging of database activities in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Customer-managed keys (CMK)
Target availability: Q1 2024
Customer-managed keys allow you to use your own key for cluster data encryption at rest.
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