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How Validation-Driven Terraform Made Our Azure Function Deployments Predictable

Thu, 07 May 2026 05:12:00 Z

When Terraform deploys Azure Functions, the most expensive failures are rarely “syntax” problems. They’re environmental mismatches discovered too late—during terraform apply, after approvals, after a...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions durable task scheduler Consumption SKU

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:45:58 Z

The Durable Task Scheduler Consumption SKU is now generally available. Run durable workflows and AI agent orchestrations on Azure with pay-per-use pricing. No storage to manage, no capacity to plan, and no idle costs.The Consumption SKU charges only for a
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, Microsoft Entra ID, Container Apps, Categories: Features

Azure Functions support for Java 25

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:15:44 Z

Azure Functions support for Java 25 is now generally available. You can now develop apps using Java 25 locally and deploy them to supported Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows, including the Flex Consumption plan. Learn more: Update your app
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Open Source

How to Troubleshoot Azure Functions Service Bus Trigger Issues

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:01:00 Z

Overview Azure Functions integrates with Azure Service Bus via triggers and bindings, allowing you to build event-driven applications that react to queue and topic messages. The Service Bus ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, Categories:

How to Troubleshoot Azure Functions Host Startup Issue

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:04:00 Z

Overview Azure Functions is a powerful serverless compute service that enables you to run event-driven code without managing infrastructure. When you deploy a Function App, the Azure Functions host...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption will stop running September 30, 2026

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:00:12 Z

Azure Functions runtime v3 was retired on December 13, 2022. As part of ongoing efforts to reduce reliance on legacy infrastructure and focus investments on supported platforms, Azure will enforce this retirement for Linux Consumption–based Function Apps
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Using an AI Agent to Troubleshoot and Fix Azure Function App Issues

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:11:00 Z

TOC Preparation Troubleshooting Workflow Conclusion Preparation Topic: Required tools AI agent: for example, Copilot CLI / OpenCode / Hermes / OpenClaw, etc. In this example, we...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Give your Foundry Agent Custom Tools with MCP Servers on Azure Functions

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:00:50 Z

Learn how to connect your MCP server hosted on Azure Functions to Microsoft Foundry agents. This post covers authentication options and setup steps to give your AI agent access to custom MCP tools. The post Give your Foundry Agent Custom Tools with MCP Servers on Azure Functions appeared first on Azure SDK Blog.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Foundry, Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions now supports MCP resource triggers

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:15:12 Z

Developers building MCP servers on Azure Functions can expose tools but not resources. Now, Azure Functions supports MCP resource triggers, enabling developers to expose resources directly from an Azure Functions–hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Services

MCP Apps on Azure Functions: Quickstart with TypeScript

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:01:58 Z

Learn how to build and deploy MCP (Model Context Protocol) apps on Azure Functions using TypeScript. This guide covers MCP tools, resources, local development, and serverless deployment with a practical weather app example. The post MCP Apps on Azure Functions: Quickstart with TypeScript appeared first on Azure SDK Blog.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

MCP Apps on Azure Functions: Quick Start with TypeScript

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:21:00 Z

Azure Functions makes hosting MCP apps simple: build locally, create a secure endpoint, and deploy fast with azd. What Are MCP Apps? MCP (Model Context Protocol) apps add new features to AI assis...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Python support for Azure App Service and Azure Functions on Windows will be retired on March 31, 2027

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:45:52 Z

Starting March 31, 2027, Python applications hosted on Azure App Service on Windows and Azure Functions on Windows will no longer run. After this date: Your application configuration and content will remain intact Your apps will stop running
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, App Service, Categories: Services, Retirements

Give your Foundry Agent Custom Tools with MCP Servers on Azure Functions

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:50:00 Z

This blog post is for developers who have an MCP server deployed to Azure Functions and want to connect it to Microsoft Foundry agents. It walks through why you'd want to do this, the different authe...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Foundry, Azure Functions, Categories:

Take Control of Every Message: Partial Failure Handling for Service Bus Triggers in Azure Functions

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:11:00 Z

The Problem: All-or-Nothing Batch Processing in Azure Service Bus Azure Service Bus is one of the most widely used messaging services for building event-driven applications on Azure. When you use A...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, Categories:

Instantly Run and Preview Functions in Microsoft Fabric Eventhouse: No Code Required

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:00:00 Z

If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings. Before, using an Eventhouse function required you to write KQL queries by hand. … Continue reading “Instantly Run and Preview Functions in Microsoft Fabric Eventhouse: No Code Required”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Functions, Categories:

Best Practice: Using Self-Signed Certificates with Java on Azure Functions (Linux)

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:08:00 Z

If you are developing Java applications on Azure Functions (Linux dedicated plan) and need to connect to services secured by self-signed certificates, you have likely encountered the dreaded SSL hand...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Rethinking Background Workloads with Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:41:00 Z

Objective The blog explores background workload use cases where Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps provide clear advantages over traditional Container App Jobs. Here is an overview of Azure fu...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories:

Building MCP Apps with Azure Functions MCP Extension

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:13:00 Z

Today, we are thrilled to announce the release of MCP App support in the Azure Functions MCP (Model Context Protocol) extension! You can now build MCP Apps using the Functions MCP Extension in Pyth...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

How to Troubleshoot Azure Functions Not Visible in Azure Portal

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:33:00 Z

How to Troubleshoot Azure Functions Not Visible in Azure Portal Overview Azure Functions is a powerful serverless compute service that enables you to run event-driven code without managing infras...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Host Declarative Markdown-Based Agents on Azure Functions

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:36:00 Z

Deploy markdown-defined Copilot agents directly to Azure Functions as scalable cloud services with a single command
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Quota and deployment troubleshooting tools for Azure Functions Flex Consumption

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:00:55 Z

Azure Functions Flex Consumption introduces new platform‑integrated tools that provide clearer insight into quota availability and deployment behavior. The quota troubleshooting experience surfaces Flex Consumption quota limits and related constraints,
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions .NET 10 support

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:00:55 Z

Azure Functions support for .NET 10 is generally available, enabling production use of the latest .NET runtime for serverless applications. This support was introduced as part of the Azure Functions Ignite 2025 updates. .NET 10 is supported using the iso
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Serverless GPU Tutorial: Build an AI Image Generator with Azure Functions on Container Apps

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:25:00 Z

Learn how to deploy Stable Diffusion on Azure Container Apps with serverless GPUs. Step-by-step tutorial using Azure Functions, NVIDIA T4 GPUs, and scale-to-zero billing.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories:

Part 2: Building a Python CRUD API with Azure Functions and Azure Cosmos DB

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:10:30 Z

Series: Building Serverless Applications with Azure Functions and Azure Cosmos DB In the first post of this series, we focused on establishing the fundamentals of serverless architecture by building and deploying a simple HTTP API using Azure Functions and FastAPI. The post centred on serverless compute, showing how Azure Functions handles execution, scaling, and infrastructure […] The post Part 2: Building a Python CRUD API with Azure Functions and Azure Cosmos DB appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Categories:

Support for Python 3.10 ends on October 1, 2026 – upgrade your Azure Functions apps to Python 3.13

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:15:47 Z

In alignment with the end of community support, on October 1, 2026, support for Python 3.10 in Azure Functions will end. Your apps that are hosted on Functions will continue to run, but security updates and performance optimizations will no longer be avai
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Building a TOTP Authenticator App on Azure Functions and Azure Key Vault

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:19:00 Z

Two-factor authentication (2FA) has become a cornerstone of modern digital security, serving as a crucial defense against unauthorized access and account compromises. While many organizations rely on...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, Categories:

Secure Unique Default Hostnames Now GA for Functions and Logic Apps

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:00:00 Z

We are pleased to announce that Secure Unique Default Hostnames are now generally available (GA) for Azure Functions and Logic Apps (Standard). This expands the security model previously available fo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Categories:

Now Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL Triggers for Azure Functions

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:30:00 Z

Announcing General Availability of Azure Database for MySQL Trigger bindings for Azure Functions!
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Database for MySQL, Categories:

Host ChatGPT apps on Azure Functions

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:03:00 Z

This blog post is for developers learning and building ChatGPT apps. It provides an overview of how these apps work, why build them, and how to host one on Azure Functions. Chat with ChatGPT apps ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure AI Foundry, Azure Functions, Categories:

Service Bus SDK type bindings in Azure Functions for Node.js

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:45:01 Z

Azure Functions triggers and bindings enable you to easily integrate event and data sources with function applications. Now that SDK type bindings support for Azure Blob Storage is available, we’re also introducing support for Service Bus SDK type bindi
Update Type: Preview, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Services, SDK and Tools

Faster Azure Functions Python with uvloop

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:58:00 Z

Python 3.13+ apps on Azure Functions are now faster by default. By replacing the standard event loop with uvloop, the Functions Python worker delivers higher throughput and lower latency for asynchro...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Faster Python on Azure Functions with uvloop

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:58:00 Z

Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps: The Unified Platform for Event-Driven and Finite Workloads

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:03:00 Z

Overview Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps (ACA) integrates the high-productivity model of Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) with the flexible, cloud-native hosting environment of Azure Container ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories:

Custom handler support in Azure Functions Flex consumption

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:15:38 Z

Azure Functions now supports custom handlers in Flex consumption. Custom handlers are lightweight web servers that receive events from the Functions host. Any language that supports HTTP primitives can implement a custom handler. Custom handlers are best
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Announcing Azure Functions Durable Task Scheduler Dedicated SKU GA & Consumption SKU Public Preview

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:00:00 Z

Earlier this year, we introduced the Durable Task Scheduler, our orchestration engine designed for complex workflows and intelligent agents. It automatically checkpoints progress and protects your or...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

What’s new in Fabric User Data Functions? Ignite 2025 edition

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:00:00 Z

User Data Functions has been hard at work to bring you the functionality you need to tie together your Fabric architectures and create robust data solutions. This blog post will introduce the latest features in Fabric User Data Functions for Microsoft Ignite 2025. The following are the features and integrations that are now available in … Continue reading “What’s new in Fabric User Data Functions? Ignite 2025 edition”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Fabric AI Functions Enhancements

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:30:00 Z

Transform your data with AI in an instant by using Fabric AI functions. These powerful functions allow you to turn data into insights with just a single line of code. ai.analyze_sentiment() – detect emotional state ai.classify() – categorize according to your labels [NEW] ai.embed() – convert text into vector embeddings ai.extract() – extract specific types … Continue reading “Fabric AI Functions Enhancements (Generally Available)”
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Host remote MCP servers on Azure Functions

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:15:00 Z

Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers allow AI agents to access external tools, data, and systems, greatly extending the capability and power of agents. When you’re ready to expose your MCP servers ex...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Add durability to AI agents in Azure Functions using Microsoft Agent Framework

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

You can now build and host reliable production-grade AI agents using the durable extension for Microsoft Agent Framework. This integration combines the Microsoft Agent Framework with Azure Functions’ durable capabilities, delivering proven orchestration a
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions support for Node.js 24

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

You can now develop functions using Node.js 24 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions on Windows and Linux. Note: Node.js 24 does not support 32-bit systems on Windows. To ensure compatibility, new Windows Function Apps for Node.js 24 now default to
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions support for Java 25

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

You can now develop functions using Java 25 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions on Windows and Linux. Upgrade your apps to Java 25 to take advantage of enhanced security, a longer support window, and continued compatibility with the Azure Function
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool trigger for Azure Functions

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a way for apps to provide capabilities and context to a large language model. A key feature of MCP is the ability to define tools that AI agents can leverage to accomplish whatever tasks they’ve been given. MCP servers can
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions durable task scheduler Dedicated SKU (GA) & Consumption SKU

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Earlier this year, we introduced Azure Functions durable task scheduler, an orchestration engine designed for complex workflows and intelligent agents. It automatically checkpoints progress and protects your orchestration state, enabling resilient and rel
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Self-hosted remote MCP servers on Azure Functions

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

We are introducing a new capability that allows you to host remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers built with the MCP SDKs on Functions. Some key benefits of hosting on the Functions platform include: Built-in server authentication Automatic and bur
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Announcing: Resources for migrating to Azure Functions Flex Consumption

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Azure Functions Flex Consumption is now the recommended hosting plan for serverless workloads requiring advanced scaling, networking, and cost optimization. To support customers migrating from the Azure Functions Consumption plan or from AWS Lambda, Micro
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions enables OpenTelemetry support

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Azure Functions now supports OpenTelemetry in general availability (GA), enabling developers to export logs, traces, and metrics using open standards. This release builds on the public preview and delivers a production-ready observability experience for s
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, Categories:

Azure Functions Ignite 2025 Update

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:00 Z

Azure Functions is redefining event-driven applications and high-scale APIs in 2025, accelerating innovation for developers building the next generation of intelligent, resilient, and scalable worklo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps: The Unified Platform for Event-Driven and Finite Workloads

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:27:00 Z

Overview Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps (ACA) integrates the high-productivity model of Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) with the flexible, cloud-native hosting environment of Azure Container...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories:

Azure Database for MySQL Triggers for Azure Functions

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:00:15 Z

Azure Database for MySQL triggers for Azure Functions are now generally available, enabling you to set up change tracking and develop event-driven applications at scale on any MySQL table. You can trigger a function when a row in a MySQL table is created,
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Database for MySQL, Categories: Features

Azure Functions zero-downtime deployments with rolling updates in Flex Consumption

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:00:45 Z

Azure Functions now supports rolling updates in the Flex Consumption plan, delivering zero-downtime deployments with a simple configuration change. Instead of forcefully restarting all instances during code or configuration updates, the platform graceful
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Support for Node.js 20 ends on April 30, 2026 – upgrade your apps to Node.js 22

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:00:54 Z

In alignment with the end of community support, on April 30, 2026, support for Node.js 20 in Azure Functions will end. Your apps that are hosted on Functions will continue to run, but security updates and performance optimizations will no longer be availa
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Scaling Azure Functions Python with orjson

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:26:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports ORJSON in the Python worker, giving developers an easy way to boost performance by simply adding the library to their environment. Benchmarks show that ORJSON delivers me...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Capacity usage enabled date for Test capability in User Data Functions

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 Z

User Data Functions is an item that allows you to create fully managed Python functions to run on Fabric. You can use this item to embed your business logic in your Fabric data architectures across all the different integrations, such as Fabric data sources, Power BI reports, Pipelines, Notebooks, and more. The use of the … Continue reading “Capacity usage enabled date for Test capability in User Data Functions”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Power BI Embedded, Azure Functions, Categories:

New OS SKU enum to migrate to Azure Linux 3.0

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:15:35 Z

You can now migrate to Azure Linux 3.0 with a new OS SKU enum, ‘AzureLinux3’, in Kubernetes version 1.28-1.36. This new option provides increased control over OS upgrades by decoupling them from Kubernetes upgrades. Customers using LTS version 1.28-1.31
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions support for Python 3.13

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:00:03 Z

You can now develop functions using Python 3.13 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions. Starting with Python 3.13, Functions introduces runtime version control, a new opt-in feature that lets you target specific versions of the Functions Python runt
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Availability Zones and network restricted Key Vault and App Configuration references for Flex Consumption

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:00:12 Z

You can now enable availability zones for your Azure Functions Flex Consumption apps during both creation and post-deployment. When enabled, instances are automatically distributed across zones, enhancing reliability and fault tolerance. New Region Suppor
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, App Service, Azure Key Vault, App Configuration, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

Transition to Azure Functions V2 on Azure Container Apps

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:39:00 Z

Introduction Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps lets you run serverless functions in a flexible, scalable container environment. As the platform evolves, there are two mechanisms to deploy Ima...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories:

Accelerate Data Transformation with AI Functions in Data Wrangler

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:00 Z

AI functions offer a single-click way to perform tasks like text summarization, classification, translation, sentiment analysis, executing your own prompt, and more, all without writing complex code. With Data Wrangler’s interactive interface, you will be able to watch your transformations instantly with real-time previews to help you prepare data more confidently. A GIF demonstrating how … Continue reading “Accelerate Data Transformation with AI Functions in Data Wrangler (Preview)”
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

The Linux Consumption hosting plan of Azure Functions will be retired on September 30, 2028. Migrate to Flex Consumption.

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:30:29 Z

The Azure Functions Linux Consumption hosting plan is being retired. Customers are advised to migrate to the Flex Consumption plan, which offers faster scaling, advanced networking, cold start mitigation, and concurrency control. To identify affected reso
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, App Service, Categories: Pricing & Offerings, Retirements

OpenAI Agent SDK Integration with Azure Durable Functions

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:00 Z

Picture this: Your agent authored with the OpenAI Agent SDK is halfway through analyzing 10,000 customer reviews when it hits a rate limit and dies. All that progress? Gone. Your multi-agent workflow...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure Functions, Categories:

Fabric User Data Functions (Generally Available)

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:00:00 Z

During preview, thousands of users have leveraged created functions to embed their business logic into their Fabric ecosystem. We have seen sophisticated solutions for a wide variety of use cases from data engineering, with Data pipelines and Notebooks, to Translytical applications using Power BI reports. Benefits of using User Data Functions Key features of User … Continue reading “Fabric User Data Functions (Generally Available)”
Update Type: GA, Services: Power BI Embedded, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Distributed tracing for Durable Functions

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:00:27 Z

Distributed tracing V2 for Durable Functions introduces a robust and comprehensive tracing model that enables developers to correlate operations in orchestrations, activities, and durable entities. This capability is particularly useful for Durable Functi
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features

Azure Functions .NET 10 support

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:15:04 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 10 in Public Preview. To use .NET 10, adjust the target framework in your Functions project, and update references to Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk to version 2.0.5 or later. .NET 10 projects can be deployed to app
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions support for Python 3.13

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:15:38 Z

You can now develop functions using Python 3.13 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions. Starting with Python 3.13, Functions introduces runtime version control, a new opt-in feature that lets you target specific versions of the Functions Python runti
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Use Fabric User Data Functions with Pandas DataFrames and Series in Notebooks

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:45:35 Z

We’ve made a major enhancement to the Notebook Integration with Fabric User Data Functions (UDFs)—you can now use Pandas DataFrames and Series as input and output types, powered by native integration with Apache Arrow! This enhancement brings higher performance, improved efficiency, and better scalability to your Fabric Notebooks—enabling seamless function reuse for large-scale data processing … Continue reading “Use Fabric User Data Functions with Pandas DataFrames and Series in Notebooks”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Roslyn Analyzer for Durable Functions in .NET isolated

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:00:39 Z

Durable Functions running in the .NET isolated model now has support for the Roslyn Analyzer, a real-time code analyzer that helps developers adhere to durable orchestrations’ coding constraints. This analyzer is enabled by default to analyze Durable Func
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions support for Node.js 22

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:45:29 Z

Azure Functions support for Node.js 22 is now Generally Available. You can now develop functions using Node.js 22 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.Learn more.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions Flex Consumption plan now supports 512 MB instance size and diagnostic settings

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:30:02 Z

Azure Functions now allows you to choose 512 MB in addition to 2048 MB and 4096 MB as the memory instance size for your Flex Consumption apps. This enables you to further cost optimize your apps that require less resources, and allows your apps to scale o
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features

Test and validate your functions with Develop mode in Fabric User Data Functions (Preview)

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:00:00 Z

We’ve made a major update to User Data Functions! This update addresses the most critical feedback we have received since the start of the preview: the testing and development experience of your functions. Important note: In order to use this feature, you need to upgrade to the latest version of the fabric-user-data-functions library. Beginning in … Continue reading “Test and validate your functions with Develop mode in Fabric User Data Functions (Preview)”
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

OpenAPI specification code generation now available in Fabric User Data Functions

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:00:00 Z

The Open API specification, formerly Swagger Specification, is a widely used, language-agnostic description format for REST APIs. This allows humans and computers alike to discover and understand the capabilities of a service in a standardized format. This is critical for creating integrations with external systems, AI agents and code generators. Now, you can automatically generate … Continue reading “OpenAPI specification code generation now available in Fabric User Data Functions”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Services

Announcing Early Preview: BYO Remote MCP Server on Azure Functions

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 02:35:00 Z

If you’ve already built Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with the MCP SDKs and wished you could turn them into world class Remote MCP servers using a hyperscale, serverless platform, then this on...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Call Function App from Azure Data Factory with Managed Identity Authentication

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:28:00 Z

Integrating Azure Function Apps into your Azure Data Factory (ADF) workflows is a common practice. To enhance security beyond the use of function API keys, leveraging managed identity authentication ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Data Factory, Categories:

Using Microsoft Fabric Git integration for User Data Functions

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:00:00 Z

Microsoft Fabric offers native Git integration and deployment pipelines to facilitate version control, collaboration, and automated releases for workspace items like user data functions. This guide explains how to set up and manage Git integration for user data functions within a Fabric workspace. • Workspace preparation and Git linking: Users start by selecting or creating a Fabric workspace containing user data functions, then enable Git integration via workspace settings by connecting to a Git provider and repository branch, optionally specifying a folder for organization. • Branching strategy configuration: Teams are advised to adopt branching strategies such as main/develop, feature, and release branches, along with pull request and code review policies to maintain code quality and collaboration. • Managing user data functions in Git: Each data function is stored in a function_app.py file; users clone the repository locally, edit or add functions, and update the definition.json file to reflect new functions and required libraries like numpy. • Committing, syncing, and publishing changes: After committing changes in VS Code, users sync with the Fabric portal, update the function via source control, and publish to deploy the new or updated functions, making them available for invocation.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Functions, Categories:

Scaling Azure Functions & PaaS - Concurrency, Async, Messaging. Insights from Python Log Analysis

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:33:00 Z

In our journey building and operating Azure PaaS solutions under real-world pressure, we’ve encountered concurrency bugs, messaging quirks, and performance bottlenecks that only show up at scale. ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Durable Functions PowerShell SDK as a standalone module

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:45:08 Z

The Durable Functions PowerShell SDK is now available as a standalone module in the PowerShell Gallery: AzureFunctions.PowerShell.Durable.SDK. This SDK is now generally available and is the recommended approach for authoring Durable Functions apps with Po
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, SDK and Tools

Orchestration versioning for Durable Functions and durable task SDKs

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:45:08 Z

When building Durable Functions apps, it’s inevitable that orchestrations need to be changed. You might need to modify or remove activity functions, or maybe even completely rewrite the orchestration logic. Without any functionality built around versionin
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, SDK and Tools

Azure Functions Kafka trigger support in Consumption plan

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:45:08 Z

Kafka Extension for Azure Functions in Consumption plan is now in public preview. This extension enables you to detect and respond to real time messages streaming into Kafka Topics, or write to a Kafka Topic through the output binding. You can now focus
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

User Data Functions now support async functions and pandas DataFrame, Series types

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:00 Z

Microsoft Fabric has introduced new features for its User Data Functions (UDFs), enhancing Python-based data processing capabilities within the platform. These updates include support for asynchronous functions and the use of pandas DataFrame and Series types for input and output, enabling more efficient handling of large-scale data. • Async function support: Developers can now write async functions in Fabric UDFs to improve responsiveness and efficiency, especially for managing high volumes of I/O-bound operations, such as reading files asynchronously from a Lakehouse. • Pandas DataFrame and Series integration: UDFs can accept and return pandas DataFrames and Series, allowing batch processing of rows with improved speed and performance in data analysis tasks. An example function calculates total revenue by driver using pandas groupby operations. • Usage in notebooks: These functions can be invoked directly from notebooks using pandas objects, facilitating efficient aggregation and analysis of large datasets interactively within Microsoft Fabric. • Getting started and benefits: Users can enable these features by updating the fabric-user-data-functions library to version 1.0.0. The enhancements reduce I/O operations, enable concurrent task handling, and improve performance on datasets with millions of rows.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Collaborative Function App Development Using Repo Branches

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:32:00 Z

In this example, I demonstrate a Windows-based Function App using PowerShell, with deployment via Azure DevOps (ADO) and a Bicep template. Local development is done in VSCode. Scenario: Your ...
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Azure Functions enables OpenTelemetry support

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:15:34 Z

We're announcing significant improvements to OpenTelemetry support in Azure Functions, expanding on the limited preview announced last year. These enhancements deliver better observability, improved performance, and more detailed insights into your func
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:00:30 Z

We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions. With this integration, Azure Functions can seamlessly interact with Azure Database for MySQL databases using input and output bindings. By simpli
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Database for MySQL, Categories: Features

Throughput Testing at Scale for Azure Functions

Thu, 29 May 2025 20:16:00 Z

Introduction Ensuring reliable, high-performance serverless applications is central to our work on Azure Functions. As new plans and features (like the Flex Consumption plan) continue to expand Fun...
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New regions supported for Fabric User Data Functions

Wed, 28 May 2025 11:00:00 Z

Fabric User Data Functions is a serverless platform that allows you to build and run functions on the Fabric platform. You can use your functions to interact with your data and the rest of your Fabric items via native integrations. After the Fabric User Data Functions preview, we have been working on increasing the number … Continue reading “New regions supported for Fabric User Data Functions”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Regions & Datacenters

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) trigger and bindings for Azure Functions

Tue, 27 May 2025 21:45:10 Z

Integration between Azure Functions and Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) is now available in public preview. You can now respond to changes in your collections using Azure Functions triggers and bindings, enabling you to easily build real-time, event-d
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Categories: Features

Now in Public Preview: Azure Functions Trigger for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

Fri, 23 May 2025 14:00:53 Z

The Azure Cosmos DB trigger for Azure Functions is now in public preview—available for C# Azure Functions using Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore! This new capability allows developers to easily trigger Azure Functions in response to changes in a MongoDB vCore collection, making it simple to build real-time, event-driven applications with minimal setup. […] The post Now in Public Preview: Azure Functions Trigger for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore appeared first on Azure Cosmos DB Blog.
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Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions (General Availability)

Wed, 21 May 2025 19:59:00 Z

We’re thrilled to announce the general availability (GA) of Azure Database for MySQL Input and Output bindings for Azure Functions—a powerful way to build event-driven, serverless applications that s...
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Database for MySQL, Categories:

Azure Functions integration with Azure AI Foundry Agent Service

Wed, 21 May 2025 03:30:39 Z

Azure Functions integration with AI Foundry Agent service is now generally available. Integrating Azure Functions with AI Foundry Agent service enables you to build intelligent, event-driven applications that are scalable, secure, and cost-efficient. Azur
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure AI Foundry, Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Services

Enhanced Azure Functions experience in Azure Container Apps

Tue, 20 May 2025 17:30:18 Z

We are introducing a new, streamlined method for running Azure Functions directly in Azure Container Apps. This integration allows you to leverage the full features and capabilities of Azure Container Apps while benefiting from the simplicity of auto-scal
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories: Features

Azure Functions MCP extension now supports additional capabilities

Mon, 19 May 2025 20:00:30 Z

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a way for apps to provide capabilities and context to a large language model. Azure Functions recently introduced an MCP extension as an early preview to enable conversations with the community. The extension makes it e
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

New regions for Azure Functions Flex consumption

Mon, 19 May 2025 19:45:50 Z

Beyond the already generally available regions, you can now create Flex Consumption apps in the following regions: Australia Southeast Brazil South Canada Central Central India Central US France Central Germany West Central Italy North Japan East Korea C
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

Azure Functions Flex Consumption now supports availability zones and 512 MB instances

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:33 Z

You can now enable availability zones for your Flex Consumption apps during create or post-create. You can also choose the 512 MB instance memory size. Availability zones are physically separate groups of datacenters within each Azure region. When one zo
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Aspire Dashboard in Azure Container Apps

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:33 Z

Azure Container Apps .NET 8’s Aspire dashboard is now generally available, so you can access live data about your project and containers in the cloud to evaluate the performance of your applications and debug errors with comprehensive logs, metrics, trace
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories: Features

Durable functions v3 in Azure Functions

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:33 Z

Durable functions extension v3 in Azure Functions is now generally available. Major improvements in this new major version include improved cost efficiency for usage of Azure Storage v2 accounts and an upgrade to the latest Azure Storage SDKs, as well as
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Features

SDK type bindings in Azure Functions for Azure Blob Storage, Azure Service Bus, Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Event Hubs

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:33 Z

Azure Functions triggers and bindings enable you to easily integrate event and data sources with function applications. This feature enables you to use types from service SDKs and frameworks, providing more capability beyond what is currently offered.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, Event Hubs, Categories: Features, Services, SDK and Tools

Azure Functions support for HTTP streams in Python

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:33 Z

Azure Functions support for HTTP streams in Python is now GA. With this feature, customers can stream HTTP requests to and responses from their Function Apps, using function exposed FastAPI request and response APIs. Previously with HTTP requests, the am
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

SDK type bindings for Azure Blob Storage with Azure Functions in Python

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:33 Z

Azure Functions triggers and bindings enable you to easily integrate event and data sources with function applications. This feature enables you to use types from service SDKs and frameworks, providing more capability beyond what is currently offered. S
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Features, SDK and Tools

Azure Functions – Build 2025

Mon, 19 May 2025 16:00:00 Z

Azure Functions – Build 2025 update With Microsoft Build underway, the team is excited to provide an update on the latest releases in Azure Functions this year. Customers are leveraging Azure Funct...
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Announcing Native Azure Functions Support in Azure Container Apps

Fri, 16 May 2025 05:21:00 Z

Azure Container Apps is introducing a new, streamlined method for running Azure Functions directly in Azure Container Apps (ACA). This integration allows you to leverage the full features and capabil...
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Azure Functions support for Python 3.12

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:00:03 Z

You can now develop functions using Python 3.12 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans. Python 3.12 builds on the performance enhancements that were first released with Python 3.11 and adds several performance and language readability featu
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

New major version of Durable Functions

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:00:44 Z

Durable Functions extension v3 is now generally available. Major improvements in this new major version include improved cost efficiency for usage of Azure Storage v2 accounts and an upgrade to the latest Azure Storage SDKs, as well as the .NET Framework
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Features

Azure SQL Trigger for Azure Functions in Consumption plan

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:00:44 Z

Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions is now generally available in the consumption plan. You can now build application logic in azure function apps consumption plan that can scale apps to zero and up driven by the data from Azure SQL database. Azure
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, SQL Database, Categories: Features

Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) support in Azure Functions

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:00:13 Z

Azure Functions – Durable Functions support for Netherite will end on March 31, 2028

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:30:50 Z

Netherite, one of several backend providers supported by Durable Functions, will no longer be supported after March 31, 2028. For function apps that need the higher throughput benefits previously offered by Netherite, it is recommended that you start eva
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Retirements

Support for Python 3.9 ends on October 31, 2025 – upgrade your Azure Functions apps to Python 3.11

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:15:20 Z

In alignment with the end of community support, on October 31, 2025, support for Python 3.9 in Azure Functions will end. Your apps that are hosted on Functions will continue to run, but security updates and performance optimizations will no longer be avai
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Beyond the Basics: Using Minimum, Maximum, and Average Functions in Logic Apps Data Mapper 🚀

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:37:00 Z

Use built-in collection functions like Minimum, Maximum, and Average on repeating nodes
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Durable Task Scheduler for Azure Functions

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:16 Z

Durable task scheduler is a new storage provider for the durable functions, a feature of Azure Functions. It is designed to address the challenges and gaps identified by our customers with existing bring-your-own storage options. Over the past few months,
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Utilize User Data Functions in Data pipelines with the Functions activity (Preview)

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:30:00 Z

User Data Functions are now available in preview within data pipeline’s functions activity! This exciting new feature is designed to significantly enhance your data processing capabilities by allowing you to create and manage custom functions tailored to your specific needs. What is a functions activity? The functions activity in data pipelines is a powerful tool … Continue reading “Utilize User Data Functions in Data pipelines with the Functions activity (Preview)”
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Build AI agent tools using remote MCP with Azure Functions

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:12:00 Z

Today, we’re pleased to share an early experimental preview of triggers and bindings that allow you to build remote tools using Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Azure Functions.
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Announcing Fabric User Data Functions (Preview)

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:30:00 Z

We are excited to announce the preview of Fabric User Data Functions! This feature is made to empower developers to create functions that contain their business logic and connect to Fabric data sources, and/or invoke them from other Fabric items such as Data pipelines, Notebooks and Power BI reports. Fabric User Data Functions leverage the … Continue reading “Announcing Fabric User Data Functions (Preview)”
Update Type: Preview, Services: Power BI Embedded, Azure Functions, Categories:

Another dimension of Functions in Data Warehouse

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:30:00 Z

Today, we are announcing new types of Functions in Fabric Data Warehouse and Lakehouse SQL endpoint. Continue reading to find out more and if interested refer to sign up form for Functions preview in Fabric Data Warehouse. About functions Functions in SQL encapsulates specific logic that can be executed by invoking the function within queries, … Continue reading “Another dimension of Functions in Data Warehouse”
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Keep Your Azure Functions Up to Date: Identify Apps Running on Retired Versions

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:13:00 Z

Running Azure Functions on retired language versions can lead to security risks, performance issues, and potential service disruptions. While Azure Functions Team notifies users about upcoming retire...
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Azure Database for MySQL Triggers for Azure Functions

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:15:48 Z

With the Azure Database for MySQL triggers for Azure Functions, you can enable change tracking and develop event-driven applications at scale on any MySQL table. Azure Functions can be invoked when a row in a MySQL table is created, updated, or deleted t
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Database for MySQL, Categories: Features

Announcing the public preview launch of Azure Functions durable task scheduler

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:00:00 Z

We are excited to roll out the public preview of the Azure Functions durable task scheduler. This new Azure-managed backend is designed to provide high performance, improve reliability, reduce operat...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Running PowerShell Scripts on Azure VMs with Domain User Authentication using Azure Functions

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:57:00 Z

Azure Functions provides a powerful platform for automating various tasks within your Azure environment. In this specific scenario, we’ll use Azure Functions to run commands remotely on a VM whil...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Categories:

Storing Azure Function Keys in Key Vault Using User Assigned Managed Identity

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:33:00 Z

In this blog, we will explore how to securely store Azure Function keys in Azure Key Vault using User Assigned Managed Identity (UAMI). By default, keys are stored in a Blob storage container in the ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, Azure Storage, Categories:

Superfast using Web App and Managed Identity to invoke Function App triggers

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 03:35:00 Z

TOC Introduction Setup References 1. Introduction Many enterprises prefer not to use App Keys to invoke Function App triggers, as they are concerned that these fixed strings might b...
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Azure Database for MySQL triggers for Azure Functions (Public Preview)

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:25:00 Z

Developers can now accelerate development time and focus only on the core business logic of their applications, for developing event-driven applications with Azure Database for MySQL as the backend d...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Database for MySQL, Categories:

Azure APIM Cost Rate Limiting with Cosmos & Flex Functions

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:53:00 Z

Implementing Rate Limiting for Azure OpenAI with Cosmos DB Azure API Management (APIM) provides built-in rate limiting policies, but implementing sophisticated quota management for Azure OpenAI ser...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: API Management, Azure AI Services, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Categories: Management

Lower Pricing for Azure Confidential Ledger

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:30:22 Z

Effective March 1, 2025, you can keep your records in Azure confidential ledger (ACL) at the reduced price of approximately $3 per day per instance. The reduced price is for the computation and the ledger use. To protect your records, automatically create
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, SQL Database, Confidential Ledger, Categories: Security, Pricing & Offerings

Azure Functions Support for Python 3.12

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:15:34 Z

You can now develop functions using Python 3.12 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans.Python 3.12 builds on the performance enhancements that were first released with Python 3.11 and adds a number of performance and language readability fea
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions Support for Java 21 LTS

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:00:17 Z

Azure Functions support for Java 21 is now generally available.You can now develop apps using Java 21 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.Learn more: About updating your app to Java 21 More information about Azure Fu
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Building a TOTP Authenticator App on Azure Functions and Azure Key Vault

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:32:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, Categories:

Building a Cryptographically Secure Product Licensing System on Azure Functions and Cosmos DB

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:38:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Categories:

Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions (Public Preview)

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:30:00 Z

The Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions is now available in Public Preview! These newly released input and output bindings enable seamless integration with Azure Functions, all...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Database for MySQL, Categories:

.NET 9

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:00:36 Z

As of November 12, 2024, NET 9 is now generally available for download. Azure PaaS services, including Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure Container Apps, and more, now fully support .NET 9.Customers can now leverage the enhanced capabilities of .NE
Update Type: GA, Services: API Management, Logic Apps, Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, App Service, SignalR Service, Container Apps, Categories: Features, Open Source

.NET Aspire support for Azure Functions projects

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:37 Z

.NET Aspire is an opinionated stack that simplifies development of distributed applications in the cloud. You can now enlist Azure Functions projects using .NET on the isolated worker model into Aspire orchestrations using preview support. This equips tea
Update Type: Preview, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Event Hubs, Container Apps, Categories: Features

Azure Functions supports .NET 9

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:37 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 9 for applications using the isolated worker model. You can now use the improved performance of .NET 9, write your code with the new language features of C# 13, and more. Support is being enabled for Windows and Linux on
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, App Service, Categories: Features

New capabilities in Azure Functions OpenAI triggers and bindings preview

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:37 Z

Azure Functions now supports creating an OpenAI resource and an optional Azure AI Search vector store for building intelligent applications in Flex consumption portal experience. This makes it easier to build intelligent applications for text completion,
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure AI Search, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Data Explorer, Categories: Features

Azure Functions Flex Consumption plan

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:37 Z

Flex Consumption plan is a new Azure Functions hosting plan that builds on the consumption pay per second serverless billing model with automatic scale down to zero when not in use for cost efficiency., It provides you with more flexibility and customizab
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Azure Functions Flex Consumption GA - an engineering view

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:03:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Announcing Conversational Diagnostics for Azure Functions

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:02:00 Z

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Azure Functions support for Node.js 22

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports Node.js 22 in preview. You can now develop functions using Node.js 22 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.Learn more about upgrading your Function Apps to Node.js 22.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Node.js 22

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now develop functions using Node.js 22 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions .NET 9 support in Linux plans

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 9 preview 7 for applications using the isolated worker model and running on Linux plans.To use .NET 9, Functions projects can adjust their target framework and update their references of Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker a
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public Preview: Azure Functions .NET 9 support in Linux plans

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 9 preview 7, using the isolated worker model.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Secure & scalable quick starts for Azure Functions using Azure Developer CLI

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:00:00 Z

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, ensuring security and seamless networking is more important than ever for any cloud-based application. In Azure Functions, we offer advanced identity and networking features to protect your applications. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the key concepts related to security and networking in Azure Functions and provide next steps so you can get started today.   The Azure Functions team recently released new getting started quick starts and samples leveraging the Azure Developer CLI!   These samples are secure & scalable and demonstrate best practices in creating secure apps use identity for all connections to dependencies like Azure Storage include VNet integration for outbound communications build on the powerful Flex Consumption plan show how to leverage the Azure Developer CLI for seamless deployment   We invite you to try them out today and incorporate the sample code in your existing function apps to harden your security posture. Check out this deep dive where we go into detail regarding our recommended best practices when it comes to identity and networking and share interactive demos that walk you through how you can get started today. The following are some highlights of the talk. Here’s what you should know about identity and networking!   Identity Managed identity is a crucial aspect of securing your Azure Functions without the need to manage credentials manually. It simplifies the authentication process for Azure services by managing identities in Azure Entra (also known as Azure Active Directory). Identity can be used to authenticate to any service that supports Entra authentication, eliminating the need for hard-coded credentials in your code. Using managed identities, you can securely access Azure services like Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, Azure Service Bus, Az
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, SQL Database, Microsoft Entra ID, Virtual Network, Azure Storage, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Support for PowerShell 7.2 on Azure Functions is ending on November 8, 2024

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

Support for PowerShell 7.2 on Azure Functions is ending on November 8, 2024. Your apps that are hosted on Azure Functions will continue to run, but security updates will no longer be available, and we’ll no longer provide customer service for PowerShell 7
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Retirement: Support for PowerShell 7.2 on Azure Functions is ending on November 8, 2024

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Support for PowerShell 7.2 on Azure Functions is ending soon. Your apps that are hosted on Azure Functions will continue to run, but security updates will no longer be available, and we’ll no longer provide customer service for PowerShell 7.2. Learn more about Azure Functions stack version support.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

.NET on Azure Functions – September 2024 roadmap update

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:00:00 Z

Our last roadmap update was in March 2024, in which we outlined the plans for the in-process model for .NET 8. That has since been released, and in this post, we’ll cover what you can expect throughout the rest of 2024. .NET 8 option for the in-process model Since our last post, we have released support for .NET 8 on the in-process model! Apps already using .NET 6 on the in-process model can move to .NET 8 by following the steps in the updating to target .NET 8 on the in-process model guidance. Please keep in mind that support ends for the in-process model on November 10, 2026, and you’ll want to begin planning your migration to the isolated worker model in advance of that date. .NET 9 (Preview) The isolated worker model now supports .NET 9 as a Preview on Linux, starting with .NET 9 Preview 7. Windows support is forthcoming. Please see Preview .NET versions for up-to-date information about OS and version support. As with all .NET major versions, we will aim to have general availability (GA) support aligned with the .NET GA release. As part of targeting .NET 9, your project will need to use new V2 versions of the core worker dependencies, discussed in the next section. V2 packages for the isolated worker model We’re introducing a set of V2 packages that adjusts the framework targets and the major versions of transitive package dependencies. For example, the 2.0.0-preview1 Worker package now targets .NET 8, .NET 9, and .NET Standard 2.0. These changes bring in new .NET APIs, such as those needed to support integration with .NET Aspire. Like many in the community, we’re very excited about .NET Aspire, and we’re working toward a preview of support for Azure Functions projects in Aspire orchestrations. We plan to move the 2.x versions to GA alongside the .NET 9 release. There will be a few iterations of these packages while the V2 versions remain in preview. These will add new features, and there will be a few minor breaking changes for bug fixes. However, the pr
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.4

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans.To learn more about the release, see What’s New in PowerShell 7.4. To learn more about what has changed from PowerShell 7.2 to 7.4, also see What's New in P
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.4

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now take advantage of PowerShell 7.4 capabilities with your Functions apps.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Developer CLI (azd) – September 2024

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:39:37 Z

This post announces the September release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`). Including remote container build support, multiple hooks per event, deployment stack support, promoting resource group scoped deployments to the Beta feature stage, and more. The post Azure Developer CLI (azd) – September 2024 appeared first on Azure SDK Blog.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Container Registry, Azure Functions, Categories: SDK and Tools

Containerising Azure Functions without Dockerfile

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:12:21 Z

In my previous post, I discussed different containerising options for .NET developers. Now, let's slightly move the focus to Azure Functions app. How can you containerise the Azure Functions app? Fortunately, Azure Functions Core Tools natively support it with Dockerfile. But is the Dockerfile the only option for containerising your .NET-based Azure Functions apps? Throughout this post, I'm going to discuss how Azure Functions apps can be containerised both with and without Dockerfile. You can find a sample code from this GitHub repository. Prerequisites There are a few prerequisites to containerise .NET-based function apps effectively. .NET SDK 8.0+ Azure Functions Core Tools Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code + C# Dev Kit + Azure Functions Docker Desktop Containerise with Dockerfile With the Azure Functions Core Tools, you can create a new Azure Functions app with the following command: func init FunctionAppWithDockerfile \ --worker-runtime dotnet-isolated \ --docker \ --target-framework net8.0 You may notice the --docker option in the command. This option creates a Dockerfile in the project directory. The Dockerfile looks like this: FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS installer-env COPY . /src/dotnet-function-app RUN cd /src/dotnet-function-app && \ mkdir -p /home/site/wwwroot && \ dotnet publish *.csproj --output /home/site/wwwroot # To enable ssh & remote debugging on app service change the base image to the one below # FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/dotnet-isolated:4-dotnet-isolated8.0-appservice FROM mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/dotnet-isolated:4-dotnet-isolated8.0 ENV AzureWebJobsScriptRoot=/home/site/wwwroot \ AzureFunctionsJobHost__Logging__Console__IsEnabled=true COPY --from=installer-env ["/home/site/wwwroot", "/home/site/wwwroot"] There are a few points on Dockerfile to pick up: The base image for the runtime is mcr.microsoft.com/azure-functions/dotnet-isolated:4-dotnet-isolated
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Services

Azure Functions Newsletter – August 2024

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:21:18 Z

Welcome to the August 2024 edition of Azure Functions newsletter! We'll share the latest news for Azure Functions here on the Apps on Azure blog. Azure Functions monthly community live stream Join us for our upcoming live stream on August 20, 2024, at 8:00 AM PST (15:00 UTC). Tune in to hear from Nikita Nallamothu and Thiago Almeida as they discuss the latest releases in Azure Functions, and cover performance testing and cost optimizing HTTP function apps using Azure Load Testing. Mark your calendars for this informative session! Subscribe to the Azure Developers YouTube channel! Product News Following is the list of new Azure Functions features released since June 2024: GA: Support for .NET 8 using the in-process model in Azure Functions GA: Run Azure Load Testing on Azure Functions GA: Generally Available: Redis extension for Azure Functions Get notified when we publish future newsletters, subscribe to the Apps on Azure blog. Connect with the Azure Functions team on GitHub and Twitter.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Load Testing, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Network Related issues for Function App Synctriggers

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:13:03 Z

In my previous blog: Simple Self-Troubleshooting Steps for Function App Not Seeing Triggers, I've mentioned a simple self-check method for Synctriggers. However, more and more enterprises are leaning towards using more secure network architectures. Due to the involvement of many different components, it is easy for minor configuration issues to cause the entire app to be unusable. Therefore, in this article, I will delve into more detailed content, specifically discussing NSG, UDR, DNS, and Storage Account. TOC NSG rules UDR and Firewall DNS Storage Account NSG rules Please refer to this network architecture diagram first. Most enterprises want the Function App to run in a completely private network environment, hence this setup. For outbound traffic, since the Function App is set up with VNET integration, NSG (i.e., Network Security Group) can be used to restrict which protocols and ports are allowed, and UDR (i.e., User Defined Route / Route Table) can be used to control which routes different source and destination traffic should take. For inbound traffic, since the Function App is set up with a Private Endpoint, NSG can be used to restrict which protocols and ports are allowed to be accepted. Firstly, in Azure's network architecture, an invocation passes through various resources in the following order: outbound NSG > outbound UDR > inbound NSG. Let's take a look at the configuration of each sample component. 1) In the outbound NSG "NSG-SNET-FUNCTION-APP" rules are matched in order of ascending priority. Therefore, this synctriggers invocation (i.e., TCP port 443) will match the first rule "Rule_1" Name Access Direction Protocol Priority Source Address Prefix Source Port Range Destination Address Prefix Destination Port Range Rule_1 Allow Outbound * 100 VirtualNetwork * VirtualNetwork * Rule_2 Deny Outbound * 200 * * * * 2) In the outbound route tab
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Virtual Network, Categories: Security

Generally Available: Support for .NET 8 using the in-process model in Azure Functions

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 8 using the in-process model
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Redis extension for Azure Functions

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now use Redis as an Azure Function trigger.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Run Azure Load Testing on Azure Functions

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

Load test your functions directly from Azure Functions in Azure portal.
Update Type: GA, Services: Load Testing, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions triggers and bindings for building intelligent apps with Azure OpenAI

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:25:36 Z

Azure Functions triggers and bindings for building intelligent apps with Azure OpenAI Over the last year, we have seen a large interest from customers to bring intelligence to their existing and new applications based on the innovation that has recently occurred in artificial intelligence and particularly Azure OpenAI. After working with customers, a few common challenges have shown up when building these intelligent applications. Developers often feel that they need to become AI engineers to integrate the capabilities into their application. Most of the samples are in languages like Python and this is often not the expertise of the existing developers or what the organizations' applications are built with. Developers also find it difficult to know how successful their integration using OpenAI will be so right sizing their application given the new space can be very challenging. Lastly, although multiple SDKs exist for working with OpenAI from Microsoft, there are still quite a lot of external tools and SDKs that seem required for sophisticated applications, but clear support is not present. To help with these challenges, Azure Functions now supports a new extension for OpenAI that contains a set of triggers and bindings that make it easier to build applications that require the following capabilities. Retrieval Augmented Generation (Bring your own data for semantic search) Data ingestion with Functions bindings. Automatic chunking and embeddings creation. Store embeddings in vector database including AI Search, Cosmos DB for MongoDB, and Azure Data Explorer. Binding that takes prompts, retrieves documents, sends to OpenAI LLM, and returns to user. Text completion for content summarization and creation Input binding that takes prompt or content and returns response from LLM. Chat assistants Input binding to chat with LLMs. Output binding to retrieve chat history from persisted storage. Skills trigger to extend capabilities of OpenAI LLM through natural
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Data Explorer, Categories:

Generally Available: Run Azure Load Testing on Azure Functions

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:21:12 Z

Status: Now Available You can now create and run load tests directly from Azure Functions in Azure portal. Load test your functions by simply selecting the function, key and specifying request parameters and load configuration. You will automatically gain access to client-side and Functions metrics, which will help in identifying performance bottlenecks. You can also view the test run history to continuously monitor your Function App performance. Learn more. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Update Type: GA, Services: Load Testing, Azure Functions, Categories:

How to achieve high HTTP scale with Azure Functions Flex Consumption

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:47:15 Z

Taking Azure Functions from 0 to 32,000 RPS in 7 seconds Consider a connected car platform that processes data from millions of cars. Or a national retailer running pop-up campaign that processes pre-orders. Or a healthcare provider calculating big data analytics. All of these can have variable load requirements — from zero to tens of thousands of requests per second (RPS). The serverless model has grown rapidly as developers increasingly run event-triggered code as a service, pushing platform limits, and Azure Functions customers now want to orchestrate complex serverless solutions and expect high throughput. This feedback led us to revamp the Azure Functions platform architecture to help ensure that it meets our customers’ most demanding performance requirements. As this article describes: We have introduced the new Azure Functions Flex Consumption plan that you can use to achieve high-volume HTTP RPS while optimizing costs. You can customize the per instance concurrency of HTTP-triggered functions and choose between instance memory sizes to fit your throughput and cost requirements. We demonstrate achieving 32,000 RPS in 7 seconds with a sample retail customer flash sale case study, with a .NET HTTP triggered function app sending to Event Hubs through a VNet. We demonstrate achieving 40,000 RPS with 1,000 instances in less than a minute with a Python app with per-instance concurrency of 1. Understanding concurrency driven scaling Per-instance concurrency is the number of parallel requests that each instance of your app can handle. In Azure Functions Flex Consumption, we’ve introduced deterministic concurrency for HTTP. All HTTP-triggered functions in your Flex Consumption app are grouped and scaled together in the same instances, and new instances are allocated based on the HTTP concurrency configured for your app. Per-instance concurrency is vital to great performance and it’s important to configure the maximum number of concurrent workloads that
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Virtual Network, Event Hubs, Categories: Services

Azure SQL DB Vector Functions Private Preview | Data Exposed

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:00:00 Z

Vectors and embeddings are the foundation of AI-enabled applications, just like high-quality valuable data is a key asset to build truly smart AI applications. With Azure SQL you can now have both of these requirements satisfied in just one database. No need to have yet another system to manage! In this episode, we’ll go over the features introduced in the Private Preview, some use cases and details on how to enter the Private Preview, so that you can start to build AI-ready application on your valuable data right now. Watch on Data Exposed Resources: Private Preview Blog post Private Preview request form View/share our latest episodes on Microsoft Learn and YouTube!
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, SQL Database, Categories: Features

Our latest work to improve Azure Functions cold starts

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:55:59 Z

We continually work to improve performance and mitigate Azure Functions cold starts - the extra time it takes for a function that hasn’t been used recently to respond to an event. We understand that no matter when your functions were last called, you want fast executions and little lag time. In this article: How we measure cold start and the work done to improve it in the Azure Functions platform. What you can do to optimize your functions to improve your app’s cold start performance. Provide your feedback on Azure Functions cold start. How we measure Azure Functions cold start In measuring Azure Functions performance, we prioritize the cold start of synchronous HTTP triggers in the Consumption and Flex Consumption hosting plans. That means looking at what our platform and Azure Functions host need to do to execute the first HTTP trigger function on a new instance. Then we improve it. We are also working to improve cold start for asynchronous scenarios. To assess our progress, we run sample HTTP trigger function apps that measure cold start latencies for all supported versions of Azure Functions, in all languages, for both Windows and Linux Consumption. These sample apps are deployed in all Azure regions and subregions where Azure Functions runs. Our test function calls these sample apps every few hours to trigger a true cold start and currently generates nearly 85,000 daily cold start samples. Through this testing infrastructure we observed in past 18 months a reduction on cold start latency by approximately 53 percent across all regions and for all supported languages and platforms. If any of the tracked metrics start to regress, we’re immediately notified and start investigating. Daily emails, alerts, and historical dashboards tell us the end-to-end cold start latencies across various percentiles. We also perform specific analyses and trigger alerts if our fiftieth percentile, ninety-ninth percentile, or maximum latency numbers regress. In addition, we co
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Regions & Datacenters

Steps to Manually Add PowerShell Modules in Function App

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 03:01:24 Z

Function App lets you leverage PowerShell gallery for managing dependencies. Your PowerShell modules defined in requirements.psd1 file will be downloaded automatically if you enable dependency management. However, if your Function App runs on Consumption plan and the size of dependent modules is too large, chances are the download would fail. During the installation, the modules would be unziped and saved in the "D:\local\Temp", which is the temp storage on the plan worker. Due to the 500 MB limit of temp storage on consumption plan, the installation would fail with not enough space error: System Log: { Log-Level: Warning; Log-Message: Save-Module('Microsoft.Graph', '2.18.0'): Package 'Microsoft.Graph.Files' failed to be installed because: There is not enough space on the disk. : 'C:\local\Temp\282636592\Microsoft.Graph.Files.2.18.0\bin\Microsoft.Graph.Files.private.dll' } The easiest workaround is to scale up the function app plan to premium plan, as premium plan has much larger temp file size. However, this is not the most cost-saving option. You can install the module seperately to the app without depending on the dependency management feature either from local deployment or manual installation from the portal. Here I provide the steps with the second option to add the PowerShell modules directly using "Advanced Tools". Find and download modules from PowerShell Gallery to your local system. You should choose "manual download" and download the .nupkg files of the modules. Unzip the .nupkg files and rename the folder to the module official name without the version number. Open "App Service Editor" and create a new folder with name "Modules" under "wwwroot" folder. Go to SCM site of the Function App and navigate to "C:\home\site\wwwroot\Modules" path on the file system. Drag and drop the module package that you have downloaded before to the "Modules" folder on the SCM site. Go to "App Files"
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, App Service, Categories: Services, Management

Use Microsoft Entra to connect Azure Database for MySQL via Function App

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 02:14:00 Z

TOC Why we use it Architecture How to use it References Why we use it An increasing number of security vulnerabilities are caused by sensitive information in the source code being leaked or accidentally uploaded to open repositories GitHub, leading to the exposure of a large amount of user privacy. This information includes, but is not limited to, database credentials, app keys, etc. Traditional MySQL databases use usernames and passwords for login operations, naturally leading to the inclusion of these credentials in project configuration files. Even with proper safeguards, there remain unpredictable risks, such as hacking. This tutorial will introduce how to integrate Microsoft Entra with Azure Database for MySQL to avoid using fixed usernames and passwords. By utilizing system-assigned managed identities and user-assigned managed identities as a programmatic bridge, it becomes easier for Azure-related PaaS services (such as Function App or App Services) to communicate with the database without storing connection information in plain text. Architecture I will introduce each service or component and their configurations in subsequent chapters according to the order of A-E: A: The company's account administrator needs to create or designate a user as the database administrator. This role can only be assigned to one person within the database and is responsible for basic configuration and the creation and maintenance of other database users. It is not intended for development or actual system operations. B: The company's development department needs to create a Function App (or other service) as the basic unit of the business system. Programmers within this unit will write business logic (e.g., accessing the database) and deploy it here. C: The company's development department needs to create and manage a system-assigned managed identity for the Function App. In the future, the Function App will issue access requests to the database under its own id
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, App Service, Database for MySQL, Categories: Security, Services

Azure Functions: Support for HTTP Streams in Python is now in Preview!

Thu, 30 May 2024 17:50:23 Z

HTTP streams lets you accept and return data from your HTTP endpoints using FastAPI request and response APIs enabled in your functions. These APIs lets the host process large data in HTTP messages as chunks instead of reading an entire message into memory. This feature makes it possible to handle large data stream, OpenAI integrations, deliver dynamic content, and support other core HTTP scenarios requiring real-time interactions over HTTP. You can also use FastAPI response types with HTTP streams. Without HTTP streams, the size of your HTTP requests and responses are limited by memory restrictions that can be encountered when processing entire message payloads all in memory. To get started, the following prerequisites are required: Azure Functions runtime version 4.34.1, or a later version. Python version 3.8, or a later supported version. Python v2 programming model Then, enable HTTP streaming in your Azure Function app. HTTP streams are disabled by default. You need to enable this feature in your application settings and also update your code to use the FastAPI package. Note that when enabling HTTP streams, the function app will default to using HTTP streaming, and the original HTTP functionality will not work. Add the azurefunctions-extensions-http-fastapi extension package to the requirements.txt file in the project. Add the following code to the function_app.py file in the project, which imports the FastAPI extension: from azurefunctions.extensions.http.fastapi import Request, StreamingResponse When deploying, add the following application settings: "PYTHON_ENABLE_INIT_INDEXING": "1". If you are deploying to Linux Consumption, also add "PYTHON_ISOLATE_WORKER_DEPENDENCIES": "1". When running locally, you also need to add these same settings to the local.settings.json project file. Following are a few example code snippets on using HTTP streams with Azure Functions in Python.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure Functions, Categories:

Azure Functions: SDK type bindings for Azure Blob Storage with Azure Functions in Python (Preview)

Tue, 21 May 2024 16:16:42 Z

Azure Functions triggers and bindings enable you to easily integrate event and data sources with function applications. With SDK type bindings, you can use types from service SDKs and frameworks, providing more capability beyond what is currently offered. SDK type bindings for Azure Storage Blob when using Python in Azure Functions is now in Preview. SDK type bindings for Azure Storage Blob enable the following key scenarios: Downloading and uploading blobs of large sizes, reducing current memory limitations and GRPC limits. Improved performance by using blobs with Azure Functions To get started using SDK type bindings for Azure Storage Blob, the following prerequisites are required: Azure Functions runtime version 4.34.1, or a later version. Python version 3.9, or a later supported version. Python v2 programming model Note that currently, only synchronous SDK types are supported. Then, enable the feature in your Azure Function app: Add the azurefunctions-extensions-bindings-blob extension package to the requirements.txt file in the project. Add this code to the function_app.py file in the project, which imports the SDK type bindings:import azurefunctions.extensions.bindings.blob as blob This example shows how to get the BlobClient from both a Blob storage trigger (blob_trigger) and from the input binding on an HTTP trigger (blob_input). import logging import azure.functions as func import azurefunctions.extensions.bindings.blob as blob app = func.FunctionApp(http_auth_level=func.AuthLevel.ANONYMOUS) @app.blob_trigger( arg_name="client", path="PATH/TO/BLOB", connection="AzureWebJobsStorage" ) def blob_trigger(client: blob.BlobClient): logging.info( f"Python blob trigger function processed blob \n" f"Properties: {client.get_blob_properties()}\n" f"Blob content head: {client.download_blob().read(size=1)}" ) @app.route(
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Services

Public preview: Azure Functions support for HTTP streams in Python

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Use HTTP streams in Python for processing large data streaming OpenAI responses and delivering dynamic content
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now stream HTTP requests to, and responses from, your Functions Apps.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Functions extension for Dapr

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now use Dapr’s powerful cloud native building block API with Azure Functions.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public Preview: Azure Functions brings new flexibility with Azure Functions Flex Consumption

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Flex consumption is a new Azure Functions hosting plan that provides fast scaling and networking features with a serverless billing model.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Public preview: Get started with Azure Functions using Visual Studio Code for the Web

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now use a fully browser based end-to-end development environment for Azure Functions, starting from the Azure Portal.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public preview: Azure Functions extension for OpenAI

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

The Azure Functions extension for OpenAI enables you to build intelligent applications with OpenAI.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public preview: SDK type bindings for Azure Blog Storage with Azure Functions in Python

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

SDK type bindings for Azure Blob Storage with Azure Functions in Python allow you to easily integrate event and data sources with function applications.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Functions can now run on Azure Container Apps

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now 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.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Container Apps, Categories: Features

General availability: Azure Cache for Redis triggers and bindings for Azure Functions

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Trigger serverless functions through Azure Cache for Redis.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Redis Cache, Categories: Features

Retirement: Support for .NET 6 ends on 12 November 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Retirement: Support for the in-process model for .NET apps in Azure Functions ends 10 November 2026.

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Migrate your .NET apps in Azure Functions to the isolated worker model
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, SQL Database, Categories: Features

Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functions

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Retirement: Support for .NET 7 ends on 14 May 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8 by 14 May 2024
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Update to Azure Functions Service Bus extension v5.x by 31 March 2025 for continued support

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Applications that are using the Azure Functions Service Bus extension v4.x will be unsupported after 31 March 2025
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Microsoft named a Leader in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0700

We’re thrilled to announce that Microsoft has once again been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service. It’s the sixth time in a row that we’ve been recognized.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Event Grid, Service Bus, Azure Functions, Categories:

Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public preview: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Use this feature for use cases where real time exchange and interaction between client and server over HTTP connections is needed.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public Preview: New major version of durable Functions extension

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 Z

Durable Functions extension v3.0.0 is currently in public preview. This new major version introduces major changes that benefit those using Azure Storage backend.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Categories: Features

Public Preview: Azure Functions Support for Java 21 on Linux

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports Java 21 in preview on dedicated, consumption, and premium plans for Linux.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Public Preview: Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 Z

Distributed tracing v2 for durable Functions is in public preview. This version supports all languages and storage backends and provides detailed spans.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions using Python: 2023 in Review

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:14:54 Z

The Azure Functions team is thrilled to share the key investments made in 2023 to enhance the Python experience! This year has been a big one for Python, with a highlight being a new programming model release that enables customers to use decorators and embrace a simpler structure. This release is part of a Functions-wide initiative to improve the development experience across all languages. Releases in 2023 Generally Available: V2 Programming Model for Python The v2 model is designed to provide a functions development experience that is more familiar to Python developers. Our hope with the release of this feature is to greatly enhance the getting started experience and usability with Functions using Python. Following is an example of a Function Application with an HTTP trigger using both the v1 and the v2 programming models: File Name v1 v2 init.py import azure.functions def main(req: azure.functions.HttpRequest) -> str: user = req.params.get('user') return f'Hello, {user}!' function.json { "scriptFile": "__init__.py", "bindings": [ { "authLevel": "function", "type": "httpTrigger", "direction": "in", "name": "req", "methods": [ "get", "post" ] }, { "type": "http", "direction": "out", "name": "$return" } ] } function_app.py import azure.functions app = func.FunctionApp() @app.function_name(name="HttpTrigger1") @app.route(route="req") def main(req: azure.functions.HttpRequest) -> str: user = req.params.get('user') return f'Hello, {user}!' Note that using the v1 programming model, there would be an 'init.py' and 'function.json' file for each function within the function application. When using the v2 programming model, all functions can be defined within the 'function_app.py' file
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Generally Available: Azure Functions support on Apple Silicon Macs

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 Z

You can now develop Azure Functions locally on the new Apple Silicon Macs.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

GA: Stateful entities in Durable Functions on the isolated worker model for .NET

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

The stateful entities feature for Durable Functions is now available for .NET apps on the isolated worker model.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions brings new flexibility with unlimited execution time

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

GA: Azure Functions supports .NET 8 in the isolated worker model

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 8, using the isolated worker model.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

GA: Performance optimizations for the isolated worker model in .NET Azure Functions

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Major cold start improvements are available to .NET apps on the Azure Functions isolated worker model.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

GA: Service Bus message settlement in isolated worker model for .NET Azure Functions

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Functions using the ServiceBusTrigger can perform message settlement actions in the isolated worker model for .NET applications
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Service Bus, Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Azure Functions support for Python 3.8 is ending on 14 October 2024

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Upgrade Azure Functions to use Python 3.9 or above.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Update to Azure Functions Cosmos DB extension version 4.x by 31 August 2024 for continued support

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

Applications hosted on Azure Functions that are using Azure Cosmos DB extension version 3.x will be unsupported after 31 August 2024.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Categories: Retirements

Support for the 1.x version of Azure Functions ends 14 September 2026

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

Migrate to version 4.x of the Azure Functions runtime before support ends for version 1.x on 14 September 2026
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Retirements

Generally Available: Azure Functions v4 Programming model for Node.js

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

Work in a more intuitive Azure Functions development experience.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Open Source

Public preview: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

You can now develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features, Open Source

GA: Support for Python 3.11 in Azure Functions

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

Develop Python 3.11 apps locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Generally available: Higher default value for Azure Functions Event Hubs max batch size

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

Starting with version 6.0.0 of the Azure Functions Event Hubs extension, a higher default value of 100 will be used for max batch size
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Functions, Event Hubs, Categories: Features

Public preview: Azure Functions .NET 8 support in Linux plans

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 8 preview 7, using the isolated worker model.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: Features

Build cloud-native applications that run anywhere

Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700

It is Microsoft's mission to empower the next generation of developers with world-class tools and cloud services that allow them to build the applications of the future. These applications of the future will be intelligent, infused with AI to provide advanced insights. They will incorporate open source technology and libraries from across the globe. They will be reliable under load and secure by design. And they will be built with tools that allow developers to move from idea to code to cloud, seamlessly.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Microsoft named a Leader in Forrester Wave: Function-as-a-Service Platforms

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700

There are some use cases of serverless that need to be stateful—such as long-running workflows, human approved processes, and e-commerce shopping cart applications. Durable Functions, an extension to the Azure Functions runtime that brings stateful and orchestration capabilities to serverless functions. Durable Functions stands alone in the serverless space, providing stateful functions and a way to define serverless workflows programmatically.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Serverless for the enterprise with Microsoft Azure

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800

Cloud computing has opened new paradigms that enable enterprises to reach new levels of productivity and scale. At the tip of that spear is serverless computing, enabling developers, teams, and organizations to focus on business logic and leave hosting and scaling of resources to the cloud platform.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, Categories:

Announcing the general availability of Python support in Azure Functions

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Python support for Azure Functions is now generally available and ready to host your production workloads across data science and machine learning, automated resource management, and more.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Azure Functions, Categories:

Gartner names Microsoft a leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise iPaaS

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Personal computers revolutionized the way work was done. New software unlocked unprecedented levels of productivity, and for a time, business flourished. As the personal computer exploded in popularity, more and more software was created. For the individual, this was a golden age. For the enterprise, this was also a golden age... with an asterisk.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Serverless automation using PowerShell preview in Azure Functions

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0700

As companies of all sizes move their assets and workloads to the cloud, there’s a clear need to provide more powerful ways to manage, govern, and automate their cloud resources. Such automation scenarios require custom logic best expressed in PowerShell.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories:

Announcing the Azure Functions Premium plan for enterprise serverless workloads

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0700

We are very excited to announce the Azure Functions Premium plan in preview, our newest Functions hosting model! This plan enables a suite of long requested scaling and connectivity options without compromising on event-based scale.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure Functions, Categories: