Azure Functions

Retirement: Support for PowerShell 7.4 ends on November 10, 2026

Support for PowerShell 7.4 will end on November 10, 2026, please transition to PowerShell 7.6. Your Azure Function apps will continue to run, but security patches and updates will no longer be provided and customer support for PowerShell 7.4 will be discontinued.

Retirement: Support for.NET 8 and.NET 9 ends on November 10, 2026—upgrade your apps to.NET 10

Support for.NET 8 and.NET 9 will end on November 10, 2026. Please transition to.NET 10 by that date. Your Azure Function Apps will continue to operate, but security updates will no longer be provided, and support for.NET 8 and.NET 9 on Azure Functions will end.

Retirement: Support for Node.js 22 ends on April 30, 2027

Support for Node.js 22 will end on April 30, 2027, please transition to Node.js 24 by that date. Your Azure Function apps will continue to run, but security patches and updates will no longer be provided and customer support for Node.js 22 will be discontinued.

Generally Available: Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.6

Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.6 is now generally available.

Generally Available: TLS/SSL certificate and end-to-end TLS encryption support for Azure Functions Flex Consumption

Azure Functions Flex Consumption support for TLS/SSL certificates is now generally available through a new site-scoped certificate model.

Generally Available: Azure Developer CLI (azd) Extension Framework

The Azure Developer CLI (azd) Extension Framework is now generally available. The framework enables developers, teams, and partners to extend Azure Developer CLI with custom capabilities that support their preferred application development workflows.

Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Python 3.14

You can now develop functions using Python 3.14 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions plans on Linux.

Public Preview: Azure Functions Support for PowerShell 7.6

Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.6 is now available in preview. You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.6 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions plans.

Public Preview: New project templates and template gallery for Azure Functions in VS Code

The Azure Functions extension for VS Code now provides a redesigned Create New Project experience in public preview, featuring a rich, visual template gallery that replaces the multi-step Quick Pick wizard with a searchable, filterable view of project templates.

Generally Available: Azure Functions now supports hosting MCP Apps

Developers building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers often rely on plain text responses even when user interactions required richer experiences, such as visual data exploration, complex configuration, real-time status monitoring, or multi-step workflows, which leads to…

Generally Available: Rolling updates in Flex Consumption

Rolling updates are now generally available in the Flex Consumption plan, delivering zero-downtime deployments with a simple configuration change.

Public Preview: Azure Functions now includes managed connectors to integrate with 1400+ of your favorite systems

Azure Functions now includes managed connectors - the same 1,400+ connector ecosystem behind Logic Apps and Power Platform - as first-class triggers and operations.

Public Preview: Serverless agents runtime for Azure Functions

Azure Functions now supports building AI agents as a first-class workload using a markdown-first programming model in public preview. With this release, developers can author event-driven serverless agents in natural language.

Public Preview: Copilot-assisted coding & agent skills to build, deploy, and run Azure Functions faster in VS Code, CLI, and azd

Developers are already using AI coding assistants to build Azure Functions apps today, but the quality of the help varies widely.

Generally Available: Built-in Grafana dashboards for Azure Functions

Azure Functions now provides built-in Grafana dashboards. Customers now get a zero-setup, single pane of glass for the health, performance, and scale of their function apps directly in the Azure portal: no Grafana instance to provision, no data sources to wire up, and no extra…

Public Preview: Go language support on Azure Functions

Azure Functions now supports Go as a first-class language option in public preview. With this release, developers can author event-driven serverless apps in Go using the Azure Functions Go programming model and SDK, while still benefiting from Azure Functions capabilities such…

Generally Available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 24

Azure Functions support for Node.js 24 is now generally available.

Retirement: TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 in Azure App Service, Azure Functions, and Azure Logic Apps

As part of Azure’s ongoing security improvements, App Service, Functions, and Logic Apps will no longer accept connections using TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1 after May 31, 2027.

Public Preview: TLS/SSL certificate support for Azure Functions Flex Consumption

Flex Consumption introduces a site-scoped certificate model in public preview in all the regions where Flex Consumption is available.

Generally Available: Azure Functions durable task scheduler Consumption SKU

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.