Added release notes and version entries for 2024.55.0

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+author: meshcloud
+title: Release 2024.55.0
+---
+
+Release period: 2024-12-09 to 2024-12-12
+
+This release includes the following issues:
+* Expiring API Key Reminder Notifications
+* Simplified Building Block Creation
+* Fix for Failing Azure Subscription Owner Removals
+* ABAC Support for Azure Role Assignments
+* Deactivate meshCustomer Endpoints
+* Enforce Versioned Accept Header for API
+* Access Overview For Tenant Movement
+* Display Email Instead of Username in Workspace Access Area
+* Search for Users in Workspace Access
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+
+## Ticket Details
+### Expiring API Key Reminder Notifications
+**Audience:** User<br>
+
+#### Description
+As workspace owners or managers, you will now automatically receive reminders about expiring API keys. This ensures you can renew or replace them in time, avoiding disruptions to your applications.
+
+### Simplified Building Block Creation
+**Audience:** User<br>
+
+#### Description
+In the service management area, it is now possible to create building 
+blocks directly in the building block definition view. Simply select 
+an existing tenant and configure the building block.
+
+### Fix for Failing Azure Subscription Owner Removals
+**Audience:** Operator<br>
+
+#### Description
+In some environments the removal of the replicator principal from new Azure Subscriptions
+failed because of a bug in existing role detection. This has been fixed.
+
+### ABAC Support for Azure Role Assignments
+**Audience:** User<br>
+
+#### Description
+With this update, we enable the support for ABAC role assignments.
+This Azure functionality allows more fine-grained control of how your users
+can access your Subscription and resources.
+This feature currently needs to be enabled via a feature flag.
+Please contact the support if you want to try it out.
+
+#### How to use
+After the feature is enabled in your environment you can use the landing
+zone configuration page to set up the Azure ABAC conditions in the role mapping
+options. The ABAC condition is actively checked during replication and if needed 
+is re-applied by the replication process.
+
+### Deactivate meshCustomer Endpoints
+**Audience:** Partner, Customer<br>
+
+#### Description
+After we have renamed meshCustomer to meshWorkspace, our meshCustomer
+endpoints have remained available to ensure a smooth migration process for
+every customer.
+We have previously announced that our legacy meshCustomer API endpoints will
+eventually be removed, and we have gradually deactivated the legacy endpoints
+in more and more customer environments. With this release, the meshCustomer
+API endpoints are now deactivated in all customer environments.
+Most customers are not impacted by this change, since we have already
+deactivated the legacy meshCustomer endpoints in the past for these environments.
+
+#### How to use
+For every meshCustomer endpoint that has been deactivated, there is a
+corresponding meshWorkspace endpoint. Please follow our API docs for more
+details.
+
+### Enforce Versioned Accept Header for API
+**Audience:** Partner, Customer<br>
+
+#### Description
+After we have previously announced that our API endpoints will require a
+versioned Accept header, we have gradually enforced this in more and more
+customer environments. With this release, all customer environments are now
+configured such that the versioned Accept header is required.
+Most customers are not impacted by this change, since we have already
+introduced this configuration change in the past for these environments.
+
+#### How to use
+Please be aware that the Accept header is also required when you call a POST or PUT endpoint.
+This information is included in the API documentation. Following the API docs
+will ensure your requests work correctly.
+
+### Access Overview For Tenant Movement
+**Audience:** User<br>
+
+#### Description
+With this update, we've made moving tenants clearer with a new step showing access and permissions for the destination project, so you know exactly 
+who will have access for tenants after you move it.
+
+### Display Email Instead of Username in Workspace Access Area
+**Audience:** User<br>
+
+#### Description
+This update resolves a cosmetic issue by ensuring that user email 
+addresses are consistently displayed in the user lists within both 
+the project and workspace access screens.
+
+### Search for Users in Workspace Access
+**Audience:** Partner<br>
+
+#### Description
+Finding and managing users' workspace access is now easier with a new search bar in the Workspace Access section.
+This search control is also available when managing workspace access from the Admin Area. 
+This update simplifies member searches and streamlines workspace management.
+