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Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
App Service has an automatic scaling capability that adjusts the number of running instances of your application based on incoming HTTP requests.
April 2023
Public Preview: Azure API Management and Microsoft Defender for APIs integration
Take your API security coverage to the next level with Azure API Management and Microsoft Defender for APIs integration.
Continuous Language ID in Azure Speech Service
Continual Language ID makes transcription and translation easier by identifying up to 10 languages in a single piece of audio continuously.
Generally available: Synthetic GraphQL
With Synthetic GraphQL, customers can create GraphQL APIs using their existing REST and SOAP APIs, allowing them to modernize their application API stack with minimal effort.
Generally available: API Management Authorizations
API Management Authorizations are now generally available, providing a simple and reliable way to unbundle and abstract authorizations from web APIs.
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Migrate to App Service Environment v3 by 31 August 2024.
General Availability: App Configuration geo-replication
Replicate your application configuration data across supported regions to create redundancy, reduce latency, and distribute request load.
March 2023
Action recommended: Implement disaster recovery strategies for your Azure App Service web apps by 31 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
We'll no longer place apps in disaster recovery mode in the event of a regional disaster.
Azure Maps is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant
Azure Maps ensures HIPAA compliance is achieved for protected health information (PHI), such as geocoding patient home addresses.
Generally Available: Larger SKUs for App Service Environment v3
Enterprises are now able to operate more securely with large SKUs to support more demanding workloads with App Service Environment v3.
Public Preview: Azure Migrate - Discover ASP.NET & Java web apps and assess ASP.NET in all environments
Discovery of Java & ASP.NET web apps and assessment of ASP.NET web apps to Azure App Service code (native) on VMware, Hyper-V and Physical servers is now in public preview.
Azure Maps Elevation APIs and Render V2 DEM tiles will be retired on 5 May 2023
To avoid service disruption in your applications, please review the following migration options and transition before 5 May 2023.
Generally available: Azure Private Link support for Inbound traffic in Azure API Management
With Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management, you can now integrate clients in a virtual network privately.
Public Preview: Workspaces in Azure API Management
Workspaces for Azure API Management is now in public preview. This new capability enables granular access control in multi-team Azure API Management deployments.
Public preview: Azure Maps Creator – Improved indoor maps onboarding and new Features API
Target availability: Q1 2023
An updated Conversion service now allows you to easily onboard indoor maps and a new Features API to read and edit your map features!
General Availability: ASP. NET web app migration to Azure App Service using PowerShell Scripts
ASP. NET web app migration to Azure App Service using PowerShell Scripts is now generally available.
Azure Maps is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant
Azure Maps ensures HIPAA compliance is achieved for protected health information (PHI), like when calculating travel time and distance from a patient’s location to the nearest healthcare facility.
February 2023
Generally Available: Larger SKUs for App Service Environment v3
Using the new larger Isolated v2 SKUs, you can now run larger and more complex workloads.
General availability: Automatic Backup for App Service Environment and Azure Functions Dedicated Hosting
General availability: Automatic Backup for App Service Environment and Azure Functions Dedicated Hosting
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.
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