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March 2019
Service Map available in Central Canada and UK South
Service Map is now available in Central Canada and UK South.
Application Insights is now available in France Central and Korea Central
Application Insights is now available in France Central and Korea Central.
Upcoming change to Azure Monitor Application Insights Smart Detection emails
On April 1, 2019, we’re changing the default roles that receive email notifications from Azure Monitor Application Insights Smart Detection. The new default roles are Monitoring Reader and Monitoring Contributor.
New capabilities in Azure Monitor alerts
Azure Monitor has two new capabilities: multi-resource alerts and dynamic thresholds that make it easier and scalable for you to create Azure Monitor metric alerts.
Azure Monitor Log Analytics is now available in Azure China
Azure Monitor is a fully managed monitoring service that collects and analyzes telemetry from your Azure and on-premises resources and applications and allows you to maximize the performance and availability of your application.
February 2019
Public preview: Azure Log Analytics is available in new regions in Australia
Azure Log Analytics is available for preview in Australia East and in Australia Central.
Remove Application Insights connections via PowerShell
To stop application data from reaching your workspace after OMS portal deprecation, remove existing connections by using a PowerShell script.
Application Insights is now available in Australia East and Japan East
Application Insights is now available in Australia East and Japan East.
Azure Monitor status blog is now available
Azure Monitor Status blog provides timely updates on the health of Azure Monitor products (Application Insights, Log Analytics, Service Map, Azure Alerts).
OMS Agent for Linux February release now available
The OMS Agent for Linux February 2019 release is now available. This release contains many stability and reliability improvements.
Azure Log Analytics is available in West US 2
Azure Log Analytics is available in the West US 2 region.
Extend alerts created in the Azure Government cloud's OMS portal to Azure
Azure Government customers who use the OMS portal can now extend their log query–based alerts to the Azure portal.
January 2019
What's new in Azure Log Analytics – January 2019
A lot has changed recently in the Azure Log Analytics UX. This post covers some of the latest updates, to help you make the most of the log experience.
Public preview: Azure Monitor for containers support for AKS-engine
Azure Monitor for containers support for AKS-engine is available in public preview.
Azure Monitor for containers: January updates
We're updating the Azure Monitor for containers agent to enhance reliability and performance for the agent.
Final reminder: OMS portal moving to the Azure portal
The OMS portal will be retired on January 15, 2019. You can continue to use your existing services and licensing in the Azure portal.
December 2018
Log Analytics solutions and views will soon drill in to the new Logs UX
Three months ago, we announced the new Azure Monitor Logs UX. Starting in early January, solutions and views will open the new Logs UX instead, offering an improved query editor and a full schema view.
Azure Monitor for Containers agent updates
Updates to the Azure Monitor for Containers agent include the auto-upgrade feature, along with enhancements and bug fixes.
Azure Monitor for containers is now available
Azure Monitor for containers is now generally available. Azure Monitor for containers monitors the health and performance of Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Application Insights is available in UK South
Azure Application Insights is now available in UK South.
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