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Azure Functions 1.x and the Azure Monitor HTTP Data Collector API share a September 14, 2026 support deadline, so teams should treat any workload that uses both as one dependency problem: identify the function, its sender, its log destination, and its owner before changing either runtime or...

Azure Functions runtime 1.x reaches end of support on September 14, 2026, but Microsoft has not announced that every v1 Function App will stop running or that all v1 deployments will be blocked on that date. The immediate task is to remove unsupported production dependence on v1 by inventorying...

Organizations still running Azure Functions in-process should treat.NET 10 isolated worker as the strategic destination in 2026, while.NET 8 isolated worker remains a documented lower-change bridge for apps blocked by dependency, release, or hosting constraints. Microsoft’s in-process support...

Azure Functions 3.x apps running on Linux Consumption will stop running after September 30, 2026, so teams must move those apps to Functions v4 by that date; Linux Consumption apps already on v4 still require a hosting-plan migration before Linux Consumption retires on September 30, 2028...

Microsoft announced the Azure Functions serverless agents runtime in public preview at Build 2026, adding a markdown-first way to define, deploy, and run AI agents on the same event-driven Azure Functions infrastructure developers already use for HTTP APIs, queues, timers, databases, and...

On June 5, 2026, GitHub disabled 73 repositories across Microsoft’s Azure, Microsoft, Azure-Samples, and MicrosoftDocs organizations after a malicious commit was pushed to Azure/durabletask through a reportedly compromised contributor account. The immediate blast radius was not Windows Update or...

Microsoft Build 2026 is scheduled for June 2–3 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, moving Microsoft’s flagship developer conference away from its recent Seattle pattern and into a smaller, AI-focused format aimed at roughly 2,500 in-person attendees plus a free online audience. That venue...

Microsoft's decision to move Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to general availability marks a pivotal moment for enterprise agent architectures: Azure now provides a first‑class, identity‑aware, serverless path for hosting MCP servers with built‑in authentication, a...

Microsoft’s Azure platform has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud‑Native Application Platforms, a recognition Microsoft highlights as validation of its developer‑focused platform strategy and AI‑centric roadmap. The company says it was placed furthest to the right...

Title: Should .NET Developers Learn Azure or AWS in 2025? By: [Your Name], Senior IT Reporter — WindowsForum.com Lead Short answer: It depends. For .NET developers entrenched in Microsoft shops and regulated industries, Azure remains the most pragmatic first move. For those aiming for broad...

Managing cloud costs in Azure has become one of the biggest challenges for technology teams. While Azure offers flexibility and power, it also makes it easy to overspend. Resources are often left running, services are overprovisioned, and budgets get blown without warning. What’s changed...

Azure’s ongoing evolution as a cloud services leader pivots significantly around the critical theme of observability, and recent moves to integrate first-class OpenTelemetry (OTel) support for both Logic Apps and Azure Functions signal a deepening commitment to industry standards and...

Microsoft’s continued push for open and standardized observability has taken a big leap forward, as Azure Logic Apps (Standard and Hybrid) and Azure Functions introduce support for OpenTelemetry, the open-source observability framework that has become a de facto standard for tracing, logging...

In the new era of artificial intelligence, cloud-native development, and global digital transformation, the rise of serverless computing on Microsoft Azure has shifted from technical novelty to enterprise necessity. The Forrester Wave™: Serverless Development Platforms, Q2 2025, recently...

In the bustling world of bits, bytes, and bizarre Zoom backgrounds, the life of a software engineer is never what you’d call predictable. One day you’re tweaking a database schema; the next, you're learning that the language du jour is “so last quarter.” As machine learning, cloud computing, and...

Serverless computing has rapidly emerged as one of the most transformative paradigms in cloud technology, reshaping how applications are built, deployed, and managed in today’s software landscape. While the term “serverless” may sound like an oxymoron, there are certainly servers behind the...

On April 30, 2025, Microsoft disclosed a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-33074, affecting Azure Functions. This flaw arises from improper verification of cryptographic signatures, potentially allowing authorized attackers to execute arbitrary code over a network...

When deploying applications to Microsoft Azure, developers and IT administrators often find themselves quickly securing code and dependencies, but may fail to give the same rigorous attention to securing the underlying network. This oversight is dangerous, especially as cloud-based microservices...

Microsoft's latest public preview release introduces an exciting new dimension for developers: an Azure Database for MySQL trigger for Azure Functions. This innovative trigger allows Azure Functions to react immediately when rows in MySQL tables are created, updated, or deleted, marking a...

Welcome to the future of cryptocurrency alerts! If you're navigating the whirlwind of crypto price volatility, having real-time data and timely alerts in your pocket is critical. Enter Azure Functions paired with CoinGecko's robust API: a match made in serverless heaven. Today, we will break...