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General availability: Build and deploy full-stack .NET 6.0 apps with Azure Static Web Apps
Azure Static Web Apps now supports building and deploying .NET 6 Blazor WebAssembly and Azure Functions apps.
Private preview: New Azure Arc capabilities in November 2021
Azure Arc is announcing new functionality, which includes enhanced lifecycle management on VMware and Azure Stack HCI virtual machines.
Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI public preview is now available
With Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI, you can maintain full control over your infrastructure and enjoy the advantages of Azure Virtual Desktop in your own datacenter, including a full Windows 10 and 11 desktop experience for users with multi-session or single session support to optimize cost and performance.
Azure App Service - Diagnostic settings feature reaches general availability
Send web app and platform logs on App Service to Azure Monitor, enabling new observability scenarios.
Open Service Mesh add-on for AKS is now generally available
Use the service mesh capabilities from Open Service Mesh (OSM) integrated natively with the AKS managed service offering.
October 2021
General availability: ExpressRoute IPv6 Support for Private Peering
IPv6 support for ExpressRoute Private Peering is now generally available with ExpressRoute circuits and Azure environments globally.
General availability: Azure Sphere version 21.10
Version 21.10 is a feature update for the Azure Sphere OS, the SDK, supporting tools, and customer documentation.
General availability: Azure Stack HCI new feature update
This latest update for Azure Stack HCI enables new workloads, new host capabilities, and new management scenarios.
Reminder: Azure Service Management API for Messaging Services will be retired on 1 December 2021
Target retirement date: December 01, 2021
Transition to Azure Resource Manager by 1 December 2021.
General availability: Azure Sphere version 21.10 expected on Oct. 20, 2021
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period for 21.10 provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing.
September 2021
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.09
This quality release includes an upgrade to the Linux Kernel and bug fixes in the Azure Sphere OS.
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.09 expected on Sept 22
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing.
August 2021
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.08
This quality release includes bug fixes and security updates of the Azure Sphere OS.
Java 7 will be retired from App Service on 29 July 2022
Target availability: Q3 2022
Transition to Java 11 or 8 by 29 July 2022.
Tomcat 7 reached End-of-Support on 23 March 2021
Target availability: Q3 2022
Transition to Tomcat 8.5 or 9.0 by 29 July 2022.
Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation of .NET apps on Linux
Application Insights, an Application Performance Management (APM) observability feature of Azure Monitor, is announcing the release of several key features including .NET on Linux auto-instrumentation for the preview of .NET6, including support for self-contained and framework-dependent deployments.
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.08 expected on Aug 25
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing.
July 2021
Azure Sphere SDK version 21.07 Update 1 is now available
This SDK update fixes a bug in the 21.07 SDK that was released earlier this month.
General availability: Azure Sphere version 21.07
The 21.07 update includes heap memory allocation tracking, time sync changes, and support for service principles.
Azure Machine Learning public preview announcements July 2021
New features Custom Containers in Managed Online Endpoints and Job Creation UI are now available in preview in Azure Machine Learning.
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