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October 2018
Classic alerts in Azure Monitor to retire in June 2019
The classic alerting and monitoring functionality in Azure Monitor is scheduled for retirement.
Azure AD activity logs integration with Azure Monitor Diagnostics and Azure Log Analytics is in public preview
Gain insights from Azure AD user activity logs stored in an Azure storage account and streamed to your preferred SIEM or custom environment, or integration with Azure Log Analytics tools directily in the Azure portal.
Send your Azure Active Directory data to Azure Log Analytics
The ability to forward your Azure Active Directory logs to Azure Log Analytics is now available.
General availability: Metric alerts for logs
Metric alerts for logs are generally available, enabling use of metric alerts for popular logs ingested by Log Analytics workspaces.
Log Analytics language documentation site has moved
The language documentation site of Log Analytics and Application Insights has been merged into the standard Log Analytics documentation.
September 2018
New full stack monitoring capabilities in Azure Monitor
We're bringing together our existing capabilities for monitoring infrastructure, apps, and networks under the moniker of Azure Monitor to provide a unified offering that delivers full stack monitoring for your applications.
General availability: Event Hubs for Node.js
Version 1.0 of the Azure Event Hubs package for Node.js is now generally available.
August 2018
Log Analytics workspaces must be created in the Azure portal
Starting July 29, new Log Analytics workspaces can be created only in the Azure portal.
July 2018
Public preview: Metric alerts for logs
Metric alerts for logs are now in public preview, with no signup or enablement process.
Free course on the Log Analytics query language (KQL) now available
Learn KQL (the query language used in Application Insights and Log Analytics). Go from a beginner to a pro in just a few hours through a free, exercise-driven course.
What’s new in Azure Monitor—container health
New feature updates to have been released for Azure Monitor container health for Azure Kubernetes Service since the successful public preview launch at the //build conference.
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for Azure Log Analytics
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for Azure Log Analytics is available in the Azure Marketplace.
June 2018
A new overview page for Azure Log Analytics
A new overview page for Azure Log Analytics helps users get started and quickly find the tool or service they came for—including cost management, logs, and View Designer.
Azure Web Apps Analytics and Azure Network Security Group Analytics available
Two Azure Log Analytics solutions are now open source and available in the Azure Quickstart Templates gallery: Azure Web Apps Analytics and Azure Network Security Group Analytics.
May 2018
Log Analytics query language recommendations for Summarize and Join operators
For the Summarize and Join operators, we recommend that you modify your query syntax where applicable in saved searches and alerts, to avoid result ambiguity.
April 2018
Deprecating the Log Search API for Azure Log Analytics
The Log Search API will be deprecated during the week of April 30, 2018.
What's new in Azure Log Analytics - April 2018
The latest updates to the Log Analytics portal include auto-sorting of results by default, Query Explorer support for renaming and deleting saved items, and new query language functions.
OMS Monitoring solution for Azure Backup using Azure Log Analytics
Now you can use your Operations Management Suite (OMS) workspace and Azure Log Analytics to monitor backups across Recovery Services Vaults and Subscriptions.
Define a data volume cap in Log Analytics
In Azure Log Analytics, you can enable the daily volume cap and limit the daily ingestion for your workspace.
February 2018
Using Azure Log Analytics and an OMS workspace to monitor Azure backups
You can use your OMS workspace and Log Analytics to monitor Azure backups across Recovery Services vaults and subscriptions.
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