Azure updates

Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026 – transition to Azure Maps Render V2 APIs 

Target retirement date: September 17, 2026

Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026

• Azure Maps
• Retirements

Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026 -- transition to Azure Maps Gen2 Price Tier 

Target retirement date: September 15, 2026

Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026 

• Azure Maps
• Retirements

General availability: Use Azure Key Vault to securely store and retrieve access key when mounting Azure Storage as a local share in App Service

You can now use Azure Key Vault to securely store and retrieve Azure Storage account access key when mounting it as a local share in App Service. Azure Key Vault has the benefits of storing application secrets centrally and securely with the ability to monitor, administer, and integrate with other Azure services like Azure App Service. This feature is available for App Service Linux code and container, Windows containers and Windows code. Please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/configure-connect-to-azure-storage?tabs=key-vault%2Ccli&pivots=container-linux for more details.

• App Service
• Features

WordPress on App Service: Integration with Azure Communication Services Email

Facilitates communication and drives engagement without requiring 3rd party plugins

• App Service
• Azure Communication Services
• Features

Public Preview: App Service support for .NET 8

Early access feature of App Service enables support for .NET 8.

• App Service
• Microsoft Build

PublicPreview: Azure API Management: API Center

Centrally organize and manage APIs across the entire organization, regardless of API type, deployment location, lifecycle stage, or choice of API gateway or API management solution using Azure API Center.   Boost developer productivity by facilitating API discovery and promoting API reuse.  Establish a governance model for API portfolio across the entire organization.  Elevate API inventory management by organizing and enriching APIs with custom metadata, API versions, and deployment details.  Click here to learn more.

• API Management
• Features

Generally Available – New Azure Event Grid events for Azure API Management Self-hosted gateway

We are announcing the support for 11 new Azure Event Grid event types in Azure API Management.

• API Management
• Features

Generally Available – Custom domain support for self-hosted gateway configuration endpoint v2

We are announcing the support of custom domain for the self-hosted gateway configuration endpoint v2.

• API Management
• Features

GA Azure API Management Self-hosted gateway authentication using Azure Active Directory

New authentication method for the Self-hosted gateway with the configuration endpoint

• API Management
• Features

Public Preview: Azure AI Content Safety

Azure AI Content Safety is a new Azure AI service that identifies harmful online content, categorizes it and assigns severity scores to support human content moderator workloads.

• Azure AI services
• Services
• Microsoft Build

Public Preview: App Service automatic scaling support in portal UX

Now you can use the Azure Portal to configure App Service auto-scaling rules.

• App Service
• Microsoft Build

Build 2023: New Azure App Service plans fuel greater choice and savings

New plans for Microsoft Azure App Service customers with two new offerings in the Premium v3 (Pv3) service tier, and expansion in the Isolated v2 tier.

• App Service
• Microsoft Build

We're retiring Speech-to-text REST preview API v3.1-preview.1 on May 12, 2023

Target retirement date: May 12, 2023

We recently made the Speech-to-text REST API version 3.1 generally available. With this release, we'll retire the preview version v3.1-preview.1 on May 12, 2023.

• Azure AI services
• SDK and Tools
• Services
• Features
• Retirements

Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), Python

Onboard to Azure Monitor Application Insights using standard, cloud-native APIs and SDKs with rich data collection capabilities and a first-class Azure experience.

• ASP.NET Core SignalR
• App Service
• Azure Monitor
• Open Source
• Microsoft Build
• Features

Public Preview: App Service Minimum TLS Cipher Suite Now on Azure Portal

Disable Weak TLS Cipher Suites for Your App Service Web Apps (Preview)

• App Service
• App Service (Linux)
• Security
• Features