Is Windows Azure AppFabric Service Discontinued?

Question

I am using Azure, and Microsoft offers a service to work with AppFabric in the cloud, there are many articles around the Web about this service in the cloud, but I do not find it in Azure, you'd tell me if this service was renamed and that's why I can not find or was it discontinued?

Answer 1

The services were renamed. Initially, Microsoft used the tag AppFabric for two different things:

• Windows Server AppFabric (local computer)
• Windows Azure AppFabric (cloud services)

In 2012, Microsoft dropped the AppFabric tag from their Azure offerings:

• AppFabric Cache --> Cache (to be retired and replaced by Redis Cache on November 30, 2016)
• AppFabric Service Bus --> Service Bus
• AppFabric Access Control --> Access Control

Answer 2

According to the official AppFabric blog, the support is extended to 2017.

They also recommended how to migrate the AppFabric services to the new Azure offerings, for example, using Azure Redis Cache for Caching scenarios.