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Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts
Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor.
February 2024
Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on exact time range provided dynamically (preview)
Azure Monitor Logs connector lets you query data in your Log Analytics workspace or Application Insights components per Logic App trigger or schedule, and list or visualize results. The Time range…
January 2024
Azure Advisor integration with Azure Monitor Log Analytics Workspace
Advisor is a personalized cloud consultant that helps you follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments. It analyzes your resource configuration and usage telemetry and then recommends solutions that can help you improve the cost effectiveness, performance, Reliability, and security of your Azure resources. We in Azure Monitor believe that observability should be cost effective, and we want to help our customers control their cost, operational excellence, performance, reliability, and security of their Azure resources. This, in turn, helps grow their overall satisfaction with, and usage of Azure. We have introduced several cost optimization related recommendations and added Azure Advisor to the Log Analytics Workspace admin experience. more recommendations are on the way.
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink
Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)
December 2023
On 31 August 2024, both the update management feature of Azure Automation and the Log Analytics agent it uses will be retired
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
n 31 August 2024, both the update management feature of Azure Automation and the Log Analytics agent it uses will be retired
Change tracking and inventory with Log Analytics agent in Azure Automation will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
On 31 August 2024, change tracking and inventory with Log Analytics agent in Azure Automation will be retired.
Generally Available: Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
Target availability: Q4 2023
Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights is designed to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis. This feature allows you to seamlessly collect and store multiple lines of log data within a single log entry, enhancing the ease with which you can view and analyze logs from your containerized applications.
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.
General Availability: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier caches for Azure Cache for Redis
Target availability: Q4 2023
Log all connections to your cache.
November 2023
General availability: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support with Connection Monitor
Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support in Connection Monitor for monitoring connectivity across ARC enabled endpoints as sources and destinations
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Monitoring Agent team has released for public preview JSON log collection. New collection types enable customers to migrate from other competing data collection services to Azure Monitor.
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.
ExpressRoute Traffic Collector is now generally available
Use ExpressRoute Traffic Collector to enable collection of flow logs for traffic sent over your ExpressRoute direct circuit.
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.
Azure Activity Logs Legacy solution is replaced by Diagnostic settings
Target retirement date: September 15, 2026
Deprecation of Azure Activity Logs legacy solution and auto migration
Migrate to Azure Monitor agent–based VM insights by 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Log Analytics agent–based VM insights will be retired.
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
GA: Dedicated table support for AKS diagnostics logs
It is now easier and faster to query your logs.
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.
Generally Available: Azure Update Manager
Azure Update Manager, previously known as Update Management Center, is now generally available.
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