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August 2019

Aug 19

General availability of user-assigned managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions

NOW AVAILABLE

App Service and Azure Functions support for user-assigned managed identities is now generally available.

  • App Service
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Azure Functions
  • Security
  • Features
Aug 12

Azure SignalR Service introduces Event Grid integration feature

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing a new Azure SignalR Service feature that enables the service to publish client events to Event Grid. SignalR applications can subscribe and respond to these client events without the need for a dedicated app server for these events.

  • Event Grid
  • App Service
  • Azure SignalR Service
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 8

Navigator now provides dependency mapping and change analysis in App Service Diagnostics

NOW AVAILABLE

Navigator is now available in App Service Diagnostics for Windows web apps. Navigator provides a centralized view of an app and its dependencies along with changes made over time.

  • App Service
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 2

Easy tables and easy APIs will be removed from Azure App Service on November 11, 2019

Target retirement date: November 11, 2019

Easy tables and easy APIs will be removed from the Azure portal on November 11, 2019.

  • App Service
  • Azure mobile app
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Retirements
  • Features

May 2019

May 29

Azure App Configuration is now available in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure App Configuration provides a service to centrally manage application settings and helps secure their accesses. In addition, it helps developers to ship code faster by being able to easily “flight” their features in production using feature flags.

  • App Service
  • Virtual Machines
  • App Configuration
  • Services
  • Security
May 28

Application Change Analysis for Azure Monitor is now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Change Analysis public preview with integration into App Services Diagnose and solve problems tool.

  • Azure Monitor
  • App Service
  • Services
  • Features
May 18

Azure App Service Basic, Standard, Premium v2 Plans Resource GUID change

On July 1, 2019, some resource GUIDs for Azure App Service Basic, Standard, and Premium v2 Plans will change as the global region resource GUIDs will break out into regional resource GUIDs.

  • App Service
  • Services
May 7

New networking features for App Service Linux are now in preview

IN PREVIEW

New networking capabilities to enable Linux apps to access resources securely are now available in preview.

  • App Service
  • Features
May 7

Perpetual free tier offering for Linux-based applications on App Service

IN DEVELOPMENT

There’s a new, free tier offering for Linux app developers.

  • App Service
  • Features
May 7

App Service support for Java 11 (Linux and Windows) is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

App Service now supports Java 11 for both Linux and Windows

  • App Service
  • Features
May 7

Azure App Service new full screen experience is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

App Service is offering a new, full screen experience that simplifies the application creation and publishing workflow.

  • App Service
  • Features

April 2019

Apr 10

App Service Migration Assistant for ASP.NET applications is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Easily migrate existing .NET applications to Azure App Service with the new Migration Assistant

  • App Service
  • Features
Apr 3

Public preview: Windows Server 2019 container support in Azure App Service

IN PREVIEW

Windows Server 2019 Container Support is now available in the public preview of Windows Containers on Azure App Service.

  • App Service
  • Operating System
  • Features

March 2019

Mar 27

Public preview: Windows Server container support in Azure App Service

IN PREVIEW

Windows Server containers in Azure App Service are now available in public preview.

  • App Service
  • Services
Mar 15

Azure Security Center update: Azure App Service recommendation improvements

Azure App Service security recommendations have been improved to provide greater accuracy and environment compatibility.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features

February 2019

Feb 26

Azure App Service - WildFly on Linux is in preview

IN PREVIEW

WildFly on Azure App Service on Linux is now in preview. Run Java EE apps on Azure and take advantage of the Azure infrastructure for security, and scalability.

  • App Service
  • Services

November 2018

Nov 19

Tomcat for Azure App Service on Linux now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Service on Linux now supports Apache Tomcat 8.5 and 9. Azure App Service for Tomcat on Linux allows developers to quickly build, deploy, and scale their Tomcat web applications on a fully managed Linux-based service.

  • App Service
  • Services

October 2018

Oct 31

Azure App Service Deployment Center now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Service Deployment Center is now available. The Deployment Center is a centralized overview for all the deployment methods supported by your app and a guided experience for configuring Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment.

  • App Service
  • Services
Oct 31

Azure App Service new Virtual Network Integration capability is in preview

IN PREVIEW

VNet Integration capability with Azure App Service is in preview.

  • App Service
  • Virtual Network
  • Services
Oct 30

App Service sites running Python 3.4.1 being updated to Python 3.6.6

IN DEVELOPMENT

Starting on November 12 and running through December 15, Azure App Service hosted on Windows will upgrade all Python sites running Python 3.4.1 to instead run Python 3.6.6.

  • App Service
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

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