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Monthly updates for Azure Monitor: August 2021
Multi-step web tests will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Transition to custom availability tests in Application Insights by 31 August 2024.
Transition to new work item integration in Application Insights by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
Work item integration (classic) will be retired on 31 August 2022.
Release annotations using API keys will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Transition to new release annotations without using API keys in Application Insights.
We're retiring the Log Analytics agent in Azure Monitor on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Start using the Azure Monitor agent instead of the Log Analytics agent before 31 August 2024.
Enhanced troubleshooting experiences now generally available for additional resources in Network Insights
You can now access resource topology views and pre-built monitoring workbooks for Private Link, NAT Gateway, Public IP, and NIC resources in Azure, via Network Insights.
Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation of .NET apps on Linux
Application Insights, an Application Performance Management (APM) observability feature of Azure Monitor, is announcing the release of several key features including .NET on Linux auto-instrumentation for the preview of .NET6, including support for self-contained and framework-dependent deployments.
Azure Monitor’s Baseline and CalculateBaseline APIs will be retired on 30 November 2021
Target retirement date: November 30, 2021
Azure Monitor’s Baseline and CalculateBaseline APIs will be retired on 30 November 2021, use the MetricBaselines API instead.
Public preview: Azure Monitor Scheduled Query Rules API 2021-02-01-preview
Target retirement date: October 31, 2021
Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-02-01-preview is now available and is replacing API version 2020-05-01-preview.
General availability: Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters
Leverage advanced features in Azure Monitor like customer-managed key, Lockbox, infrastructure encryption for lower capacity reservation commitment.
General availability: Azure Monitor IT Service Management Connector is now certified with ServiceNow Quebec version
The Azure IT Service Management Connector is certified on the Quebec version of ServiceNow, enabling alerts integration with ITSM products.
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