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September 2023

Sep 29

Azure Monitor support for OpenCensus will end on 30 September 2024 - transition to using Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Python Distro

Target retirement date: September 29, 2023

Azure Monitor support for OpenCensus will end on 30 September 2024

  • Azure Monitor
  • Application Insights
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Azure Monitor Data Collection API Retirement 

Target retirement date: September 18, 2026

Support for Data Collector API feature is being discontinued. This feature allowed users to ingest custom logs into Log Analytics workspaces. DCR-based Log Ingestion API now provides similar capabilities with added flexibility of data transformation and support of secure authentication methods.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Transition to using standard tests for single-step availability testing in Azure Monitor application insights by 30 September 2026

Target retirement date: September 30, 2026

URL ping tests in the application insights feature will be retired on 30 September 2026.

  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Sep 20

Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Application Insights
  • SDK and Tools
  • Management
  • Open Source
Sep 18

Authenticate Azure Monitor logs connector in Logic App with managed identity

NOW AVAILABLE

When you enable managed identity authentication in Logic App, and grant it permissions in Log Analytics workspace, or Application Insights component, you can query data without needing...

  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Application Insights
  • Compliance
  • Features
  • Security
Sep 18

Public preview: Alerts timeline view

A new timeline view simplifies the consumption experience of fired alerts.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 31

Generally Available: Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent

NOW AVAILABLE

VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent provides various benefits like cost savings, simplified management experience and enhanced security & performance.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Linux Virtual Machines
  • Windows Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Services
  • Features

July 2023

Jul 5

Public Preview: Ingest events from Azure Event Hubs to Azure Monitor Logs

IN PREVIEW

You can now ingest data directly from an event hub into a Log Analytics workspace

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jul 5

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Pod Sandboxing support in Container insights

IN PREVIEW

Container Insights supports monitoring pod sandboxed containers. Pod Sandboxing safeguards against “Container Breakout” scenarios such as a malicious or legitimate user escaping container isolation to access host machine resources.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jul 5

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Logs improved table-level RBAC

IN PREVIEW

Today we announce an improvement to the table-level RBAC used to assign permissions to specific tables

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jul 5

Public preview: Azure Monitor application insights configurable Real User Monitoring for Java

IN PREVIEW

The new “browserSdkLoader” configuration in the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Java Distro makes it easier than ever to enable Real User Monitoring (RUM) in Application Insights.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jul 5

Public preview: Azure Monitor Agent Health experience

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Monitor Agent Health experience is now available in preview. Identify data collection problems across your organization before they start impacting your business.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jul 5

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent supports VM Insights in Azure Government Cloud

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Government Cloud customers can now enable VM Insights via the new Azure Monitor Agent, to monitor the client workload on the VMs or VMSS.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

June 2023

Jun 22

Public Preview: Network Observability add-on on AKS

IN PREVIEW

Enable network observability add-on on AKS clusters to gain insights into how your cluster operate and to identify potential problems before they cause outages or performance degradation.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Monitor
  • Virtual Network
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 13

Generally available: Azure Monitor container insights for AKS cluster with ARM64 nodes

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor container insights is now generally available for AKS clusters with ARM64 nodes.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jun 13

Generally Available: Managed identity authentication in Azure Monitor container insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Managed Identity is a secure & simplified authentication model where our agent uses the cluster’s managed identity to send data to Azure Monitor.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jun 13

Generally Available: Azure Monitor Alert resources now visible in the Azure portal

NOW AVAILABLE

Alert rules, alert processing rules and action groups can now be viewed in the portal alongside all Azure resources.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

May 2023

May 31

Now Available: Resource-centric log queries in the Azure Monitor Query libraries

NOW AVAILABLE

Resource-centric log query support is available in the latest stable release of the Azure Monitor Query client libraries. Query logs by Azure resource ID using .NET, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • SDKs
  • SDK and Tools
May 23

General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is now Generally Available.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Managed Prometheus
  • Azure Managed Grafana
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  • Management
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
  • Open Source
May 23

Public Preview: Azure Monitor announces Network Observability AKS add-on

IN PREVIEW

The new Network Observability AKS add-on provides complete observability into the network health and connectivity of your AKS cluster.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Managed Grafana
  • Management
  • Microsoft Build
  • Open Source
  • Features

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