Updates Archives
Monthly updates for Azure Monitor: February 2021
Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure Government Cloud
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024
Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure China 21Vianet
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024.
Azure Application Gateway analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to Azure Monitor Network Insights workbook.
We’re retiring Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor (classic) on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher.
Datadog integration with Azure: Public Preview
Datadog and Microsoft Azure have worked together to create an integrated Datadog SaaS solution. Built on Azure and available via the Azure Marketplace, this solution provides a seamless and first party like experience for Datadog’s cloud monitoring solution. Azure is the first cloud platform to offer this integrated experience with third-party solutions.
Public preview: Application Insights work item integration for Azure DevOps & GitHub
Azure Monitor Application Insights has released a new way to create work items based on application insights telemetry.
Generally available: Application Insights synthetic monitoring SLA report template
Azure Monitor Application Insights has released a new report template to enable easy reporting of your web tests across Application Insights resources that includes several key features like total application downtime, maintenance data exclusion, and end to end outage identification.
Application Insights availability troubleshooting report for URL tests
Azure Monitor Application Insights has released a troubleshooting report for URL ping web tests to help quickly identify the root cause behind a test failure.
Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation for .NET5 App Services
Azure Monitor application insights now offers auto-instrumentation for .NET5 based Windows App Services.
IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Paris version
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.
General availability: Application Insight in UAE Central & Japan West
Application Insight, a part of Azure Monitor, is now generally available in UAE Central & Japan West regions for customers to collect telemetry and analyze their service health in production environments.
General availability: Azure Log Analytics in UAE Central & Japan West
Log Analytics, a feature of Azure Monitor, is now generally available for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyzing their services for health and usage in UAE Central & Japan West.
New Azure Monitor Agent available on latest Linux distros and new regions
The new Azure Monitor Agent now supports the latest Linux distros and can be installed on additional new regions using Data Collection Rules.
Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in Australia Central 2
Azure Log Analytics is now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyzing their services for health and usage in Australia Central 2.
Support for SAP Application (NetWeaver) and Operating System (Linux) telemetry in Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (AMS) now supports SAP Application (NetWeaver) in private preview and Operating System (Linux) provider in Public Preview. Both providers are available in the following Azure regions - West Europe, US East, US East 2 and US West 2.
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