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October 2019
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India regions
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India. It's available around the world in eighteen public regions.
Azure Monitor log analytics ingestion service undergoing maintenance from October 14 – 25
Target availability: Q4 2019
The ingestion service for the log analytics feature of Azure Monitor is undergoing maintenance from October 14 – 25. This shouldn't have any impact on data ingestion or usage of log analytics.
Azure Monitor updates—Containers for China regions, Grafana dashboard template, Agent
Updates on Azure Monitor for containers for China Region, Grafana dashboard template, and Agent.
Azure Monitor for containers is now available in Azure US Government region
Azure Monitor for containers is now generally available in the Azure US Government region.
Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) before general availability release
Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) will be launched in mid-November, 2019, ahead of the general availability (GA) release.
OMS Agent for Linux October release is now available
Target availability: Q4 2019
The OMS Agent for Linux October 2019 release is now available. This release contains many stability and reliability improvements.
Upcoming changes for Service Map data stored in Log Analytics
Updates for Service Map are coming that will change where we store some of our data in Log Analytics. These updates should be completed sometime in November, 2019.
Azure Application Insights is now available in the Brazil South region
Azure Application Insights is now generally available in the Brazil South region.
Azure Application Insights is now available in the North Central US region
Azure Application Insights is now generally available in the North Central US region.
Azure Monitor Log Analytics—New capacity-based pricing option is now available
A new capacity reservations pricing model for Azure Monitor Log Analytics is now available. With this new model, you pay a fixed fee based on the capacity tier you select for data ingestion.
September 2019
Azure Monitor for Azure Virtual Machines is now available in additional regions
Azure Monitor for Azure Virtual Machines is now available in Japan East, North Europe, and East US2.
Service Map feature of Azure Monitor is now available in additional regions
The Service Map feature of Azure Monitor is now available in Japan East, North Europe, and East US2.
August 2019
Azure Monitor Application Insights variable retention is now available in preview
It’s now possible to configure the data retention on your Azure Monitor Application Insights resources from 30 days up to 730 days.
New PowerShell scripts to streamline Azure Monitor Logs query and data collection
Two new scripts are available now in PowerShell Gallery to streamline the query and collection of logs into Azure Monitor Logs.
Azure Monitor Application Insights Status Monitor v2 is now generally available
Announcing Application Insights Status Monitor v2 is now generally available.
Azure Monitor for Containers with Prometheus support for AKS engines is now in preview
Prometheus integration with Azure Monitor for containers is now in preview and brings together the best of two worlds. Typically, to use Prometheus you need to set up and manage a Prometheus server with a database. With the Azure Monitor integration, no Prometheus server is needed—simply expose the Prometheus endpoint through your exporters or pods (application), and the containerized agent for Azure Monitor for containers can scrape the metrics for you. A seamless onboarding experience to collect Prometheus metrics with Azure Monitor is provided.
July 2019
Azure Monitor for containers—Prometheus integration is now in preview
Prometheus integration with Azure Monitor for containers is now available in preview.
Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI updates – June 2019
We are excited and happy to share with you our latest updates and improvements to the Log Analytics UI!1. Log Analytics dashboard picker Log Analytics dashboards can visualize all of your saved log…
Application Insights is Available in South Africa North
Azure Application Insights is now generally available in South Africa North
General availability: Azure Log Analytics in SOUTH AFRICA NORTH, BRAZIL SOUTH, UK WEST and NORTH CENTRAL US
SOUTH AFRICA NORTH, BRAZIL SOUTH, UK WEST and NORTH CENTRAL US regions are now GA for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage by using Azure Log Analytics.
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