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Public Preview: App Service automatic scaling support in portal UX
Now you can use the Azure Portal to configure App Service auto-scaling rules.
Build 2023: New Azure App Service plans fuel greater choice and savings
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.
Available: Azure Database for MySQL connector for Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps
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.
Generally Available: Linked backends for Azure Static Web Apps
You can now link your backend APIs to your Static Web Apps applications for seamless routing and integrated security.
Public preview: Azure Functions for cloud-native microservices
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.
Public preview: Serverlessly run on-demand, scheduled, and event-driven jobs on Azure Container Apps
Run workloads that perform a task for a finite duration and exit, and schedule these workloads or run them in response to events.
Generally Available: Azure Linux support in AKS
Deploy Azure Linux as the node pool host OS in the AKS cluster and build apps on top of the preferred container.
App Service now supports Custom Error pages in public preview
Target availability: Q2 2023
App Service supports custom error pages in public preview
Switch to Azure AD authentication for application insights by 30 September 2025
Target retirement date: September 30, 2025
API keys used to stream live metrics telemetry into application insights will be retired on 30 September 2025.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), Python
Onboard to Azure Monitor Application Insights using standard, cloud-native APIs and SDKs with rich data collection capabilities and a first-class Azure experience.
Azure VMware Solution on Azure Government
We are excited to share details for the General Availability of Azure VMware Solution on Microsoft Azure Government
Public Preview: App Service Minimum TLS Cipher Suite Now on Azure Portal
Disable Weak TLS Cipher Suites for Your App Service Web Apps (Preview)
Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
App Service has an automatic scaling capability that adjusts the number of running instances of your application based on incoming HTTP requests.
April 2023
Generally available: API Management Authorizations
API Management Authorizations are now generally available, providing a simple and reliable way to unbundle and abstract authorizations from web APIs.
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.
Public preview: Azure Container Apps available in Azure China
You can now use Azure Container Apps in Azure China.
Generally Available: Azure App Service - New Premium v3 Offerings
Introducing two new offerings in the Premium v3 (Pv3) service tier on Azure App Service
Use Stream Analytics to process exported data from Application Insights
Target availability: Q2 2023
Use Stream Analytics to process exported data from Application Insights
General Availability: Azure App Health Extension - Rich Health States
Application Health Extension, Rich Health States allows for more detailed health reporting on your VM applications.
March 2023
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.
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