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Preview: JSON support for Active Geo-Replication on Azure Cache for Redis
Work with JSON-style documents synced across multiple regions.
Generally Available: Durable Functions support of managed identity for Azure Storage
You can now use an identity-based connection to access Azure Storage, instead of embedding secrets in connection strings.
General Availability: Support for pg_hint_plan and semver extensions in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use the newly available pg_hint_plan extension to tweak PostgreSQL execution plans and semver extension to do semantic versioning in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
February 2023
Azure Percept DK Retirement Announcement
Target retirement date: March 30, 2023
Azure Percept DK and support from associated Azure services will be retired on March 30th, 2023.
General availability: Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu 22.04
The latest Azure IoT Edge releases provide official packages for Ubuntu 22.04 on AMD64 and ARM64 devices.
Generally Available: Azure Functions Linux Elastic Premium plan increased maximum scale-out limits
Maximum scale-out limits for Functions Linux Premium plans have been increased in several regions.
Generally Available: Availability zones support for Azure Functions in new regions
You can now use Availability Zones with Azure Functions in Norway East, South Africa North, Switzerland North, and UAE North.
Generally Available: Durable Functions support for .NET isolated model
Durable Functions support for .NET 7.0 running in the isolated worker process is now generally available.
Public Preview: SDK type bindings
Azure Functions .NET isolated worker now supports blob triggers and input bindings.
Generally available: Azure Functions support for Python 3.10
You can now develop Python 3.10 apps locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans.
Public preview: Python 3.10 Support
Azure Static Web Apps now supports building and deploying full-stack Python 3.10 applications.
General availability: Automatic Backup for App Service Environment and Azure Functions Dedicated Hosting
General availability: Automatic Backup for App Service Environment and Azure Functions Dedicated Hosting
Generally available: New storage backend for Durable Functions — Microsoft Netherite & MSSQL
You can now use storage providers other than Azure Storage for Durable Functions.
Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Node.js 18
You can now use the latest version of Node.js with Azure Functions.
December 2022
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Azure Functions extension version 4
Authenticate to Azure Functions with Azure Active Directory using the Azure Cosmos DB extension version 4.
Public preview: Azure Functions support for Python 3.10
You can now take advantage of Python 3.10 features with Azure Functions.
Generally Available: Azure Functions Extension Bundle v4
The latest Azure Functions Extension Bundle is now generally available.
Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Java 17
You can now use the latest LTS version of Java with Azure Functions.
Generally Available: Durable Functions support for Java
Durable Functions make it easy to orchestrate stateful workflows as-code in a serverless environment.
General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor updates in December 2022
New features are now available in Stream Analytics no-code editor GA including multiple parameter built-in functions support, Delta Lake format support in ADLS Gen2 output sink.
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