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July 2021

Jul 14

General availability: Application Insights integration with App Services for Java & Node.js apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Integration of Azure Monitor application insights with App Services now enables you to monitor your Java & Node.js apps directly from Azure portal, without making any changes to your code, with just a click of a button.

  • App Service
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jul 7

App Service Environment v3 now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

App Service Environments v3 is now available with no stamp fee and a simplified deployment experience for isolated workloads.

  • App Service
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

May 2021

May 25

Public preview: Easily onboard Application Insights for Java apps on Azure App Services

IN PREVIEW

Customers writing Java apps on Azure App Services can now onboard to application insights for application monitoring, without making any code changes. App Service Linux, both code-based and custom containers, and App Service Windows code-based are supported.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
May 25

Public preview: Run App Service on Kubernetes or anywhere with Azure Arc

IN PREVIEW

You can now run Web Apps against a range of fully managed App Service plans or choose to deploy against Azure Kubernetes Service or your own Kubernetes clusters connected through Azure Arc that are running on-premises, at the edge, or in other clouds.

  • App Service
  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
May 12

Azure Static Web Apps is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Static Web Apps, now includes a standard plan for advanced capabilities supported by an enterprise Service Level Agreement (SLA).

  • App Service
  • Services
  • Features

April 2021

Apr 29

Microsoft Azure Web PubSub service now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Easily build large-scale real-time messaging applications with WebSockets without the need to manage backend infrastructure.

  • Services

March 2021

Mar 31

General availability: Networking for Key Vault references on Windows in App Service and Azure Functions

NOW AVAILABLE

Key Vault references in App Service and Azure Functions now support accessing vaults with network access controls from Windows apps with virtual network integrations.

  • App Service
  • Azure Functions
  • Security
Mar 29

General availability: Azure Communication Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Now you can use Azure Communication Services to add video, voice, SMS, chat, and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile, or desktop application.

  • App Service
  • Management
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
Mar 17

Public preview: App Service Managed Certificates now supports apex domains

IN PREVIEW

Create apex domains on your Linux and Windows web app at no additional cost.

  • App Service
  • Services
Mar 2

Public preview: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams

IN PREVIEW

 Azure Communication Services is now interoperable with Microsoft Teams in preview, enabling you to leverage a unified offering for both internal and external communication experiences.

  • Visual Studio
  • SDKs
  • App Service
  • Event Grid
  • Logic Apps
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure AI services
  • Services

February 2021

Feb 17

Generally available: Application Insights synthetic monitoring SLA report template

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor Application Insights has released a new report template to enable easy reporting of your web tests across Application Insights resources that includes several key features like total application downtime, maintenance data exclusion, and end to end outage identification.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Feb 17

Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation for .NET5 App Services

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor application insights now offers auto-instrumentation for .NET5 based Windows App Services.

  • App Service
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

December 2020

Dec 9

App Service Anti-Virus Logs in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Receive improved application monitoring with support for anti-virus scans .

  • App Service
  • Features
Dec 9

App Service Environment v3 now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Available with no stamp fee via new Isolated v2 SKU.

  • App Service
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings

November 2020

Nov 11

Azure achieves Service Organization Controls compliance for 14 additional services

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure gives you some of the industry’s broadest certifications for the critical SOC 1, 2, and 3 compliance offering, which is widely used around the world.

  • Compliance

October 2020

Oct 14

App Service Private Endpoints now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Secure your line of business applications with Private Endpoints

  • App Service
  • Features
Oct 14

Public Preview: JBoss EAP on Azure App Service

IN PREVIEW

A managed JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) experience is now available in Public Preview on Azure App Service. Deploy your Web Application Archive (WAR) and Enterprise Application Archive (EAR) apps to a PaaS for Java EE apps.

  • App Service
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Oct 7

Azure Communication Services SMS and Telephony now available in Public Preview

IN PREVIEW

Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat, and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile, or desktop application.

  • App Service
  • Event Grid
  • Logic Apps
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

September 2020

Sep 22

Public Preview: Azure App Service Migration Assistant - Java Tomcat Support

IN PREVIEW

You can now migrate your Java Tomcat web apps to Azure using the Azure App Service Migration Assistant tool.

  • App Service
  • Features
Sep 22

App Service introduces the new Pv3 SKU for Windows and Linux customers

NOW AVAILABLE

App Service announces general availability of new Premiumv3 offering delivering increased performance and memory headroom for Windows and Linux customers, now with Reservations pricing and dev/test capabilities.

  • App Service
  • Services

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