[Tables] Post-release updates (Azure#40936)

- Increment version
- Update AAD -> Entra ID
- Drop Python 3.8 support

Signed-off-by: Paul Van Eck <[email protected]>

Author: pvaneck

sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 12.7.0b1 (Unreleased)
+## 12.8.0b1 (Unreleased)
 
 ### Features Added
+
 * Added to support customized encoding and decoding in entity CRUD operations.
 * Added to support Entity property in Tuple and Enum types.
 * Added to support flatten Entity metadata in entity deserialization by passing kwarg `flatten_result_entity` when creating clients.
-* Added support for configuring custom audiences for `TokenCredential` authentication when initializing a `TableClient` or `TableServiceClient`. ([#40487](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/40487))
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
+
 * Fixed duplicate odata tag bug in encoder when Entity property has "@odata.type" provided.
 * Fixed a bug in encoder that int32 and int64 are mapped to int32 when no "@odata.type" provided.
 
 ### Other Changes
+
 * Removed value range validation for Entity property in int64.
 
+## 12.7.0 (2025-05-06)
+
+### Features Added
+
+* Added support for configuring custom audiences for `TokenCredential` authentication when initializing a `TableClient` or `TableServiceClient`. ([#40487](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/40487))
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* Python 3.8 is no longer supported. Please use Python version 3.9 or later.
+
 ## 12.6.0 (2024-11-21)
 
 ### Features Added

sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_authentication.py

@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ def _get_canonicalized_resource_query(self, request):
 class BearerTokenChallengePolicy(BearerTokenCredentialPolicy):
     """Adds a bearer token Authorization header to requests, for the tenant provided in authentication challenges.
 
-    See https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/claims-challenge for documentation on AAD
-    authentication challenges.
+    See https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/claims-challenge for documentation on Microsoft
+    Entra authentication challenges.
 
     :param credential: The credential.
     :type credential: ~azure.core.TokenCredential

sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/_version.py

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # license information.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-VERSION = "12.7.0b1"
+VERSION = "12.8.0b1"

sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/azure/data/tables/aio/_authentication_async.py

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 class AsyncBearerTokenChallengePolicy(AsyncBearerTokenCredentialPolicy):
     """Adds a bearer token Authorization header to requests, for the tenant provided in authentication challenges.
 
-    See https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/claims-challenge for documentation on AAD
-    authentication challenges.
+    See https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/claims-challenge for documentation on Microsoft
+    Entra authentication challenges.
 
     :param credential: The credential.
     :type credential: ~azure.core.credentials_async.AsyncTokenCredential

sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/samples/async_samples/sample_authentication_async.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         * shared access key
         * generating a sas token with which the returned signature can be used with
     the credential parameter of any TableServiceClient or TableClient
-        * Azure Active Directory(AAD)
+        * Microsoft Entra ID
 
 USAGE:
     python sample_authentication_async.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     The following environment variables are required for using azure-identity's DefaultAzureCredential.
     For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/docs#azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredential
     4) AZURE_TENANT_ID - the tenant ID in Azure Active Directory
-    5) AZURE_CLIENT_ID - the application (client) ID registered in the AAD tenant
+    5) AZURE_CLIENT_ID - the application (client) ID registered in the Microsoft Entra tenant
     6) AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET - the client secret for the registered application
 """
 
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ async def authentication_by_shared_access_signature(self):
             print(f"{properties}")
         # [END auth_by_sas]
 
-    async def authentication_by_AAD(self):
+    async def authentication_by_entra(self):
         print("Instantiate a TableServiceClient using a TokenCredential")
-        # [START auth_from_aad]
+        # [START auth_from_entra]
         from azure.data.tables.aio import TableServiceClient
         from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
 
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ async def authentication_by_AAD(self):
         ) as table_service_client:
             properties = await table_service_client.get_service_properties()
             print(f"{properties}")
-        # [END auth_from_aad]
+        # [END auth_from_entra]
 
 
 async def main():
     sample = TableAuthSamples()
     await sample.authentication_by_connection_string()
     await sample.authentication_by_shared_key()
     await sample.authentication_by_shared_access_signature()
-    await sample.authentication_by_AAD()
+    await sample.authentication_by_entra()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/samples/sample_authentication.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         * shared access key
         * generating a sas token with which the returned signature can be used with
     the credential parameter of any TableServiceClient or TableClient
-        * Azure Active Directory(AAD)
+        * Microsoft Entra ID
 
 USAGE:
     python sample_authentication.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     The following environment variables are required for using azure-identity's DefaultAzureCredential.
     For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/docs#azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredential
     4) AZURE_TENANT_ID - the tenant ID in Azure Active Directory
-    5) AZURE_CLIENT_ID - the application (client) ID registered in the AAD tenant
+    5) AZURE_CLIENT_ID - the application (client) ID registered in the Microsoft Entra tenant
     6) AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET - the client secret for the registered application
 """
 
@@ -89,21 +89,21 @@ def authentication_by_shared_access_signature(self):
             print(f"{properties}")
         # [END auth_from_sas]
 
-    def authentication_by_AAD(self):
+    def authentication_by_entra(self):
         print("Instantiate a TableServiceClient using a TokenCredential")
-        # [START auth_from_aad]
+        # [START auth_from_entra]
         from azure.data.tables import TableServiceClient
         from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
 
         with TableServiceClient(endpoint=self.endpoint, credential=DefaultAzureCredential()) as table_service_client:
             properties = table_service_client.get_service_properties()
             print(f"{properties}")
-        # [END auth_from_aad]
+        # [END auth_from_entra]
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sample = TableAuthSamples()
     sample.authentication_by_connection_string()
     sample.authentication_by_shared_key()
     sample.authentication_by_shared_access_signature()
-    sample.authentication_by_AAD()
+    sample.authentication_by_entra()

sdk/tables/azure-data-tables/setup.py

@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     ],
     zip_safe=False,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             "azure.data",
         ]
     ),
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     install_requires=[
         "azure-core>=1.29.4",
         "yarl>=1.0",