Community support for .NET 5 in Azure App Service is retiring on May 8th 2022

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Community support for .NET 5 in Azure App Service is retiring on May 8th 2022

Deadline: May 08, 2022 Impacted Services:

• Azure App Service

More information:

• https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/net5/
• https://github.com/Azure/app-service-linux-docs/blob/master/Runtime_Support/dot_net_core.md#how-to-update-your-app-to-target-a-different-version-of-net-or-net-core

Notice

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

On 8 May 2022, extended support for .NET 5 will end. After that date, your applications that are hosted on App Service will continue to run and your existing workloads will not be impacted. However, we'll no longer provide patches or customer service for .NET 5.

Timeline

Phase	Date	Description
Announcement	Mar 16, 2022	Deprecation was announced
Deprecation	May 08, 2022	App Service apps will continue to run but no longer receive patches nor support

Impact

Community support for .NET 5 in Azure App Service is retiring on May 8th 2022 and upgrade to .NET 6 is required.

Required Action

A migration guide to upgrade .NET version is available here.

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

To minimize risk and potential security vulnerabilities, follow the steps to update your applications to .NET 6 before 8 May 2022.

Contact

You can get in touch through the following options:

• Get answers from Microsoft Q&A (link).
• Contact Azure support (link).

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