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May 2023

May 23

Public Preview: App Service automatic scaling support in portal UX

IN PREVIEW

Now you can use the Azure Portal to configure App Service auto-scaling rules.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Build
May 23

Build 2023: New Azure App Service plans fuel greater choice and savings

NOW AVAILABLE

New plans for Microsoft Azure App Service customers with two new offerings in the Premium v3 (Pv3) service tier, and expansion in the Isolated v2 tier.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Build
May 23

Available: Azure Database for MySQL connector for Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Database for MySQL connector for Power Platform, Azure Logic Apps is now available and allows you to connect to any MySQL Flexible Server database to read and write data.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 23

Generally Available: Linked backends for Azure Static Web Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now link your backend APIs to your Static Web Apps applications for seamless routing and integrated security.

  • Static Web Apps
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 23

Public preview: Azure Functions for cloud-native microservices

IN PREVIEW

Quickly build event driven, cloud native apps, with the flexibility to run functions along with other microservices, APIs, websites, workflows or any container hosted programs.

  • Azure Functions
  • Azure Container Apps
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 23

Public preview: Serverlessly run on-demand, scheduled, and event-driven jobs on Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

Run workloads that perform a task for a finite duration and exit, and schedule these workloads or run them in response to events.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 23

Generally Available: Azure Linux support in AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

Deploy Azure Linux as the node pool host OS in the AKS cluster and build apps on top of the preferred container.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Linux Virtual Machines
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 16

App Service now supports Custom Error pages in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2023

App Service supports custom error pages in public preview

  • Features
May 15

Switch to Azure AD authentication for application insights by 30 September 2025

IN DEVELOPMENT

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

API keys used to stream live metrics telemetry into application insights will be retired on 30 September 2025.

  • Retirements
May 10

Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), Python

IN PREVIEW

Onboard to Azure Monitor Application Insights using standard, cloud-native APIs and SDKs with rich data collection capabilities and a first-class Azure experience.

  • ASP.NET Core SignalR
  • App Service
  • Azure Monitor
  • Open Source
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 10

Azure VMware Solution on Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

We are excited to share details for the General Availability of Azure VMware Solution on Microsoft Azure Government

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
May 9

Public Preview: App Service Minimum TLS Cipher Suite Now on Azure Portal

IN PREVIEW

Disable Weak TLS Cipher Suites for Your App Service Web Apps (Preview)

  • App Service
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Security
  • Features
May 8

Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps

IN PREVIEW

App Service has an automatic scaling capability that adjusts the number of running instances of your application based on incoming HTTP requests.

  • App Service
  • Features

April 2023

Apr 26

Generally available: API Management Authorizations

NOW AVAILABLE

API Management Authorizations are now generally available, providing a simple and reliable way to unbundle and abstract authorizations from web APIs.

  • API Management
  • Features
Apr 21

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 19

Public preview: Azure Container Apps available in Azure China

IN PREVIEW

You can now use Azure Container Apps in Azure China.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Regions & Datacenters
Apr 18

Generally Available: Azure App Service - New Premium v3 Offerings

NOW AVAILABLE

Introducing two new offerings in the Premium v3 (Pv3) service tier on Azure App Service  

  • Services
  • Features
Apr 13

Use Stream Analytics to process exported data from Application Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2023

Use Stream Analytics to process exported data from Application Insights

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Features
Apr 12

General Availability: Azure App Health Extension - Rich Health States

NOW AVAILABLE

Application Health Extension, Rich Health States allows for more detailed health reporting on your VM applications.

  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Features

March 2023

Mar 31

Action recommended: Implement disaster recovery strategies for your Azure App Service web apps by 31 March 2025

Target retirement date: March 31, 2025

We'll no longer place apps in disaster recovery mode in the event of a regional disaster.

  • App Service
  • Retirements

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