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RSS feedSeptember 2018
Azure Functions—Functions runtime 2.0 now generally available
The cross platform and improved Azure Functions runtime is now generally available, allowing you to use your cross-platform .NET Core assets within your Functions apps.
Azure Functions, Consumption plan for Linux - Public Preview
Azure Functions will now support consumption plan for deploying to Linux.
Azure Functions—Python support in preview
Azure Functions now supports Python development using Python 3.6 on the Functions v2 (cross-platform) runtime.
August 2018
Azure Functions Runtime 2.0 breaking changes
The upcoming release of the Azure Functions Runtime 2.0 introduces some major improvements, but some of these changes will cause breaks to existing apps deployed with the v2 runtime.
.NET Framework 4.7.2 update coming to Azure App Service apps
The .NET Framework 4.7.2 update is scheduled to deploy to Azure App Service apps gradually during September 2018.
July 2018
Azure Functions Runtime x Preview—breaking change for HttpTrigger for Java
A new version of the Azure Functions Runtime will be deployed soon. It uses the latest version of Azure Java Functions Library v1.0.0-beta-5, which has breaking changes that affect HttpTrigger Java functions.
June 2018
General availability: Managed Service Identity for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions support of Managed Service Identity (MSI) is now generally available.
New App Service apps deployed with TLS 1.2 by default from June 30
Starting June 30, all new apps in Azure App Service will be created with TLS 1.2 by default.
TLS configuration now fixed to block 1.0
We recently announced that all Azure App Service and Azure Functions apps could update TLS configuration. Reporting tools should now correctly indicate that lower versions of TLS are blocked.
May 2018
HTTP/2 configuration available in the Azure portal
HTTP/2 configuration is available in the Azure portal, to make the selection of HTTP/2 a seamless process with just a few clicks of the mouse.
Breaking change for SNI-SSL host names on Azure App Service
Sites that have SNI-SSL selected will not be able to work with TLS 1.0 selected, if receiving traffic from older browser versions.
April 2018
Configuration of TLS versions in App Service and Functions apps now available
Explicitly set the TLS version for individual Azure App Service and Azure Functions hosted applications.
HTTP/2 support for Azure App Service is now available
Support for the HTTP/2 protocol, the top customer request for Azure App Service, is now globally available for all apps hosted on App Service.
September 2017
Azure Functions support for .NET Core
Azure Functions will now support .NET Core, allowing Functions code to target .NET Core.
Azure Functions support for Graph bindings and custom bindings
We're enhancing the Azure Functions bindings support to allow developers to build their own bindings, which means if a customer has a custom data source, they will be able to easily create bindings for it in Azure Functions.
Develop Azure functions on any platform
We have ported Azure Functions to .NET Core 2.0. Both the runtime and the Azure Functions Core Tools are now cross-platform.
Managed Service Identity support for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions support creating and using system-managed identities to work with other Azure resources. This allows apps to integrate with services without requiring any service principal management.
April 2017
New integrated portal for Azure Functions
Azure Functions has a new portal experience that is more streamlined and more integrated with the rest of the Azure portal.
Azure Functions integration with Application Insights
With minimal effort, you can add Application Insights to your Azure functions and have a powerful tool for monitoring your applications.
March 2017
Preview: Azure Functions Open API (Swagger) support
Support for editing and hosting Open API 2.0 (Swagger) metadata in Azure Functions is in preview.
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