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April 2024

Apr 19

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.

  • Retirements
Apr 19

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.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
Apr 9

Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web apps

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2024

Load test your web apps directly from Azure App Service in Azure portal.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Web Apps
  • Features
Apr 8

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!

  • Features

March 2024

Mar 25

General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature.

  • App Service
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Features
Mar 22

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

  • Retirements
Mar 7

General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network

NOW AVAILABLE

Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.

  • Features

February 2024

Feb 5

Mount Azure Storage as a local share in App Service Linux Now supports NFS

NOW AVAILABLE

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. 

  • App Service
  • Features

November 2023

Nov 24

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)

  • Retirements
Nov 24

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)

  • Retirements
Nov 14

GA: Azure Functions supports .NET 8 in the isolated worker model

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Functions now supports .NET 8, using the isolated worker model.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Nov 9

Public Preview: App Service End-to-end (E2E) Encryption for Linux Multi-tenant Resources

IN PREVIEW

Encrypt traffic between multi-tenant App Service front-ends and workers using the new End-to-end (E2E) TLS Encryption (Preview) feature.

  • App Service (Linux)
  • Security
  • Features
Nov 1

GA: gRPC support on Azure App Service

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2024

Host your gRPC workloads on App Service Linux.

  • Features

October 2023

Oct 24

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

  • Pricing & Offerings
Oct 13

Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support

NOW AVAILABLE

Windows Server 2012/R2 reaches end of support today on October 10, 2023. Microsoft has several options for organizations to remain protected.

  • Security
Oct 5

App Service: Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network

IN PREVIEW

Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.

  • App Service
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 29

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.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
Sep 29

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

  • Retirements
Sep 29

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

  • Retirements
Sep 14

WordPress on App Service - Free hosting plan now in Public Preview

IN PREVIEW

Easy way to evaluate WordPress on App Service

  • Features

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