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General Availability of Application Insights Enhancements for Azure Logic Apps (standard)
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are also excited to announce the general availability of Application Insights Enhancements for Azure Logic Apps (standard). This new capability gives you a simplified experience for discovering insights about your Logic App workflows and more control over filtering events at the source and reducing your storage costs.
Announcing general availability of .NET Framework Custom Code for Azure Logic Apps (standard)
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are pleased to announce the general availability of .NET Framework Custom Code for Azure Logic Apps (standard). This capability allows customers to extend their low-code solutions with the power of custom code.
Announcing Azure Integration Environment in public preview
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are excited to introduce a new Azure service that provides unified experience to help customers effectively manage and monitor their integration resources. This service comprises two core components: the Azure Integration Environment and Business Process Tracking, both currently in public preview.
Azure Functions brings new flexibility with unlimited execution time
You can now request for access to try out Flex Consumption, a new Azure Functions hosting plan that provides fast scaling and networking features with a serverless billing model.
Public preview: Policy-driven resiliency in Azure Container Apps
You can now use and customize policies that provide high value resiliency capabilities and apply them to your Container Apps.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL extension for Azure AI
Target availability: Q4 2023
Leverage integrated Azure AI services to build intelligent apps in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
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: Application routing add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
You can now enable an ingress controller with SSL termination to quickly and securely access your applications in AKS
GA: gRPC support on Azure App Service
Target availability: Q4 2024
Host your gRPC workloads on App Service Linux.
October 2023
GA: Service Bus message settlement in isolated worker model for .NET Azure Functions
Functions using the ServiceBusTrigger can perform message settlement actions in the isolated worker model for .NET applications
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.
Public preview: Announcing Microsoft Playwright Testing service: Scalable end-to-end testing for modern web apps
Now in preview: Microsoft Playwright Testing, a new service for running Playwright tests easily at scale. Playwright, a fast-growing, open-source framework, enables reliable end-to-end testing and automation for modern web apps. Microsoft Playwright Testing service uses the cloud, enabling you to simultaneously run Playwright tests with much higher parallelization across different operating system-browser combinations. Learn more https://aka.ms/MPT/about
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.
SMART on FHIR proxy feature in Azure Health Data Services will be retired on 21st September 2026 - Transition to SMART on FHIR (Enhanced).
Target retirement date: September 21, 2026
SMART on FHIR proxy feature in Azure Health Data Services will be retired on 21st September 2026 - Transition to SMART on FHIR (Enhanced) to enable SMART on FHIR scenarios.
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
Support for the 1.x version of Azure Functions ends 14 September 2026
Target retirement date: September 14, 2026
Migrate to version 4.x of the Azure Functions runtime before support ends for version 1.x on 14 September 2026
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