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Monthly updates for Azure Monitor: May 2020
Azure Monitor Logs—New experience for agents is now available
The management and download page for Azure Monitor Logs agents has been updated and enhanced with a new menu item and an improved UI.
Log Analytics New Query Experience - Example Queries
Introducing the new Example Query experience in Log Analytics. Example queries are now "front and center" complete with a brand new look and over 250 example queries for our top Azure resources
Azure Monitor Logs IntelliSense improvements are now available
Target availability: Q2 2020
Azure Monitor Logs IntelliSense has been upgraded. IntelliSense now features a variety of new features and enhancements designed to make query and insight creation quicker and easier.
Improved Azure Monitor Logs workspace delete and recovery experiences
Workspace soft-delete functionality has been added to help you recover your workspace if necessary. In that situation, the workspace goes into a soft-delete state to allow its recovery, including data and connected agents within 14 days. It’s also possible to override the soft-delete behavior and permanently delete your workspace.
Azure Private Link for Azure Monitor is now available
Azure Private Link now supports multiple new Azure services in general availability and preview.
Azure Monitor enhancements are now available
New enhancements to Azure Monitor maximize performance and provide full stack observability for apps and infrastructure across Azure and hybrid environments.
Azure Monitor for Containers is moving the health feature to limited preview
Target availability: Q2 2020
The health feature of Azure Monitor for Containers (currently in public preview) is moving to limited preview by the end of June 2020. This is being done to minimize the impact for your customers as improvements based on your feedback are implemented. There will be in-product notifications for customers to move to the private preview.
Azure Monitor Logs is now available in the US Gov Arizona region
Azure Monitor Logs, a feature that allows you to collect telemetry and analyze and retrieve data, is now available in the US Gov Arizona region.
Azure Log Analytics agent for Windows SHA-2 signing date has been extended
Target availability: Q3 2020
The Azure Log Analytics agent for Windows will begin to use SHA-2 signing exclusively on Aug. 17, 2020. This change requires action only if you’re running the agent on a legacy OS version.
Select multiple resources in Azure Monitor Logs
Azure Monitor Logs now supports the selection of multiple resources of the same type across scopes.
Azure Monitor Logs—–Additional improvements made to tables side pane
The Azure Monitor Logs tables sidepane was improved with additional features and capabilities. including column descriptions and direct links to documentation.
View and navigate through changes across multiple resources
Newly updated Change Analysis UI now supports viewing changes for all resources under selected subscriptions. The at-scale view helps narrowing down the critical resources and changes to investigate regardless how the applications and resource groups are organized.
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