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Sending a log search alert with cross tenant target resource will no longer be supported
As of March 15, 2024, this behavior will change and sending a log search alert with a cross tenant target resource (except for the lighthouse case) will no longer be supported. Alerts will not be sent to unauthorized target resources, and log search alert rules with an unauthorized target will be ignored. This will ensure that only authorized users can receive and investigate log search alerts.
Support for log alert rules that use cross-workspace queries with resource names or qualified name identifiers will be retired on 31 May 2024
Target retirement date: May 31, 2024
As of May 31, 2024, log alert rules will no longer support cross-workspace queries that use resource names or qualified name identifiers.
December 2023
Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Vancouver version
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.
November 2023
Public Preview: Create and manage Azure Monitor managed Prometheus rules in Azure portal
Target availability: Q4 2023
You can now create and manage Azure Managed Prometheus rule groups, alert rules and recording rules in the Azure Portal
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Alerts integration with Event Grid for Azure Key Vault system events
Azure Monitor alerts as a destination in Event Grid event subscriptions allow you to receive notification of critical events via action groups as Short Message Service (SMS), email, push notification, and more. You can leverage on the low latency event delivery of Event Grid with the flexibility and direct-to-customer notifications of Azure Monitor alerts.
Ability to add dynamic values in Alert’s custom fields
Alerts help you detect and address issues before users notice them by proactively notifying you when Azure Monitor data indicates there might be a problem with your infrastructure or application. We added to the Custom properties section in the alert payload ability to add dynamic value extracted from the alert payload, or a combination of both can be added to the alert notification payload.
October 2023
New E-mail templates for Log search alerts - API version 2021-08-01 and up
During November, we will replace log search alerts (API version 2021-08-01 and up) that uses non-common schema template with an upgraded and more informative email template.
LSA payload update for fixes on 15-Jan
On the 15-Jan we are going to fix those 2 values in LSA payload to contain the correct values according to our other alerts services.
Public Preview: Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Resource Graph (ARG)
We are now introducing support for running queries also on Azure Resource Graph (ARG) tables, and even joining data between Azure Resource Graph (ARG) data sources from your Log Analytics workspace and Application Insights resources in a single query.
September 2023
Action required: Migrate to using ARG query for “Get Alert Summary” in Azure Monitor
Target retirement date: September 30, 2026
The GetAlertSummary API will be retired on 30-Sep-2026.
October 2020
New alert query examples topic in Log Analytics
The logs experience was recently updated with examples queries for common log alerts.
May 2019
Now available: PowerShell cmdlets for Azure Monitor metric and log alerts
PowerShell cmdlets for new metric alerts and log alerts are now available. This release improves the management of alert rules by providing cmdlets to create, update, delete and list new metric alerts. Similarly, new cmdlets are available for creating, updating, deleting and listing log alerts for both Log Analytics and Application Insights.
April 2019
General Availability: New Azure Monitor alerts experience available in Azure Government
New Azure Monitor alerts experience is now available in Azure Government.
February 2019
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).
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.
October 2018
Classic alerts in Azure Monitor to retire in June 2019
Target retirement date: August 31, 2019
The classic alerting and monitoring functionality in Azure Monitor is scheduled for retirement.
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.
July 2018
Public preview: Metric alerts for logs
Metric alerts for logs are now in public preview, with no signup or enablement process.
June 2018
Start/Stop VMs during off-hours in Azure Automation has been updated
Start/Stop VMs during off-hours in Azure Automation has been updated in the areas of email functionality, dependent modules, and runbooks.
May 2018
General availability: Log alerts for Application Insights
Log alerts for Application Insights are generally available as part of Azure Monitor.
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