Azure updates

Generally available: Azure Container Apps dedicated plan

Target availability: Q3 2023

You can now run your apps on dedicated workload profiles that offer more CPU and memory if needed.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features
• Pricing & Offerings

Azure App Configuration - public preview release of snapshots feature

Key-value pairs from App Config store ensure controlled deployments.

• App Configuration
• Security
• Features

Retirement: Azure Container Apps preview API versions 2022-06-01-preview and 2022-11-01-preview

Target retirement date: November 16, 2023

If you're using Azure Resource Manager API version 2022-06-01-preview or 2022-11-01-preview to manage Azure Container Apps, please update your API requests to use version 2023-04-01-preview or later.

• Azure Container Apps
• Retirements

Generally available: Azure Key Vault references for secrets in Azure Container Apps

Target availability: Q3 2023

You can now use Azure Key Vault references to access your secrets in Azure Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Security
• Features

Generally available: Secrets volume mounts for Azure Container Apps

Target availability: Q3 2023

You can now mount secrets as volumes in Azure Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

Generally available: Session affinity for Azure Container Apps

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Container Apps now supports sticky sessions.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

Generally available: Init containers in Azure Container Apps

Target availability: Q3 2023

You can now use init containers with Azure Container Apps in production.

• Azure Container Apps
• 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: 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

Public preview: Azure Functions for cloud-native microservices

Quickly build event driven, cloud native apps, with the flexibility to run functions along with other microservices, APIs, websites, workflows or any container hosted programs.

• Azure Functions
• Azure Container Apps
• Microsoft Build
• Features