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Azure Stack infrastructure backup and cloud recovery
We're developing enhancements for Azure Stack that will simplify infrastructure backup by eliminating the need for manual operator intervention.
Azure Stack security—updated audit collection
Azure Stack operators will be happy to hear that new and updated features are being developed to ensure Azure Stack integrated systems are "hardened by default."
October 2018
App Service sites running Python 3.4.1 being updated to Python 3.6.6
Starting on November 12 and running through December 15, Azure App Service hosted on Windows will upgrade all Python sites running Python 3.4.1 to instead run Python 3.6.6.
September 2018
Staged user rollout to Azure AD cloud authentication is in development
Migrate users from federated authentication to Azure AD cloud authentication in groups or phases and manage from the Azure AD portal.
Windows Virtual Desktop
Windows Virtual Desktop enables you to get the best virtual desktop with the full Windows 10 and an optimized Office 365 ProPlus experience. It enables you to stream the full desktop or apps to any device.
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance general purpose
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance general purpose will become generally available on October 1, 2018. Managed Instance provides the best of SQL Server with the benefits of a fully-managed service, allowing you to migrate your on-premises workloads to the cloud with minimal changes. The general purpose performance tier provides balanced and scalable compute and storage options that fit most business workloads.
In Development: Build an ASP.NET Application with MSAL
Developers can quickly add sign in to an ASP.NET application using the Microsoft Authenticaiton Library
Microsoft Authentication Library for .NET is in development
.NET developers can use MSAL.NET to securely sign-in and authenticate any Microsoft identity (Azure AD and Microsoft Accounts) and call Microsoft Graph or other APIs.
In Development: Build Single Page Application with MSAL.js
Developers can quickly add sign in to a single page JavaScript application using the Microsoft Authentication Library
Microsoft Authentication Library for Javascript is in development
Developers bulding a Single Page Javascript App can use MSAL.js to securely sign-in and authenticate any Microsoft identity (Azure AD and Microsoft Accounts) and call Microsoft Graph or other APIs.
June 2018
API DevOps with Azure API Management
Microsoft is working on guidance, samples, and open source tools that will enable you to automate API deployment to shared environments, and by multiple teams, without interfering with each other.
OpenAPI v3 support in Azure API Management
Azure API Management currently supports OpenAPI versions 1.2 and 2.0. Microsoft is in the process of adding support for the recently released OpenAPI version 3 of the specification in both JSON and YAML formats.
HTTP/2 support in Azure API Management
HTTP/2 is a major revision of the HTTP protocol focused on performance and efficiency. Microsoft is working on enabling HTTP/2 support on the client-facing side of the gateway.
Use an external cache with Azure API Management
Response caching is an effective way to reduce request latency and back end load. Microsoft is working on enabling you to use an external Redis-compatible cache, for example, Azure Redis Cache.
More flexibility to manage product subscriptions in Azure API Management
Currently, API Management provides users access to APIs based on product subscriptions owned by a user, and each subscription includes properties and a pair of API keys. Microsoft is working on expanding this approach to allow subscriptions and keys to be owned by a group of users, or even to not be associated with any users.
Use Azure Key Vault-managed client certificates in Azure API Management
Microsoft is working to expand the ability to use Azure Key Vault-managed SSL certificates for custom domain names in API Management to mutual certificate authentication between the API gateway and a back end system.
May 2018
Windows Server Container support from App Service
We are actively working on Windows Server Container support from App Service. Once support is available, developers will be able to lift and shift their .NET apps to Windows Server Container and deploy to Azure App Service.
.NET Core 3.0 Roadmap is now available
The roadmap for the next major version of .NET Core, .NET Core 3.0, is now available. This will expand the supported workloads to Windows desktop, bringing Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF), Windows Forms (WinForms), and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app frameworks to .NET Core.
February 2018
Expanded VPN Gateway interoperability
We're expanding support for the VPN Gateway to allow Azure Stack users greater flexibility with their settings.
Azure Stack operator experience feature updates
We're developing new and updated features for the monitoring, diagnostics, and servicing experiences to ensure Azure Stack operators can keep the Azure Stack integrated system running and healthy.
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