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Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.
Target retirement date: March 31, 2027
Azure Notification Hubs support for GCM/FCM legacy will be retired on 1 July 2024.
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.
Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web apps
Target availability: Q2 2024
Load test your web apps directly from Azure App Service in Azure portal.
App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet join
We're excited to announce that the multi plan subnet join for virtual network integration is now available in preview in all regions!
March 2024
General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature.
Action required: Upgrade your App Service apps to Node 20 LTS by 30 April 2025
Target retirement date: April 30, 2025
Extended support for Node 18 LTS is ending
General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network
Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.
February 2024
Mount Azure Storage as a local share in App Service Linux Now supports NFS
NFS support is now available for App Service Linux code and container when mounting a Azure File share as a local share for the web app.
November 2023
Extended support for .NET 6 (LTS) ends on 12 November 2024
Target retirement date: November 12, 2024
Extended support for .NET 6 (LTS) ends 12 November 2024 - upgrade your apps to .NET 8 (LTS)
Extended support for .NET 7 (STS) ends on 14 May 2024
Target retirement date: May 14, 2024
Extended support for .NET 7 (STS) ends on 14 May 2024 - upgrade your apps to .NET 8 (LTS)
GA: Azure Functions supports .NET 8 in the isolated worker model
Azure Functions now supports .NET 8, using the isolated worker model.
Public Preview: App Service End-to-end (E2E) Encryption for Linux Multi-tenant Resources
Encrypt traffic between multi-tenant App Service front-ends and workers using the new End-to-end (E2E) TLS Encryption (Preview) feature.
GA: gRPC support on Azure App Service
Target availability: Q4 2024
Host your gRPC workloads on App Service Linux.
October 2023
The availability of Azure compute reservations exchanges extended until at least July 1st, 2024
The availability of Azure compute reservations exchanges extended until at least July 1st, 2024
Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support
Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support today on October 10, 2023. Microsoft has several options for organizations to remain protected.
App Service: Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network
Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.
September 2023
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.
Extended support for Python 3.8 ends on October 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
Extended support for Python 3.8 ends on October 2024 — upgrade your apps to Python 3.9
Extended support for PHP 8.1 ends on 25 November 2024
Target retirement date: November 25, 2024
Extended support for PHP 8.1 ends on 25 November 2024 — upgrade your apps to PHP 8.2
WordPress on App Service - Free hosting plan now in Public Preview
Easy way to evaluate WordPress on App Service
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