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General availability: Log alerts for Application Insights
Log alerts for Application Insights are generally available as part of Azure Monitor.
Public preview: Query across applications in log alerts
Cross-app query support is in preview, as part of log alerts for Application Insights.
April 2017
Azure Functions integration with Application Insights
With minimal effort, you can add Application Insights to your Azure functions and have a powerful tool for monitoring your applications.
November 2016
Application Insights: Telemetry data will require HTTPS
Application Insights will no longer accept telemetry data sent using HTTP. Additionally, we recommend updating the JavaScript SDK snippet to download the SDL library via HTTPS.
Application Insights: General availability in additional regions and resource location update
Application Insights is generally available in East US, South Central US, West Europe, and North Europe. The US resource location has changed to align with the location of analytics data.
January 2016
A new way to deploy VSTS in the Azure portal
Learn about the differences you may encounter when you set up a deployment from source control in the Azure portal.
October 2015
Application Insights: More control of availability tests
Now you have more control over availability web tests; can reduce the number of a false-positive alerts; and can control the frequency of tests, the number of failed locations that cause an alert, and the test interval.
August 2015
Application Insights tiles enabled for auto-refresh
Application Insights tiles are enabled for auto-refresh
July 2015
Application Insights blade usability
Blade usability is standardized. This may affect customized pages.
June 2015
Application Insights supports exporting data to Excel
Application Insights enables exporting charts and tables from Metric Explorer to Excel files.
Application Insights pricing in effect
Application Insights pricing starts with a free tier and is based on data volume. There's also a free trial of the Premium tier.
May 2015
Application Insights adds support for iOS and Android apps, improved Java app support, and fine-time selection
Application Insights Public Preview includes iOS and Android support, performance counters and unhandled exceptions for Java apps, and fine-time selection.
April 2015
Application Insights supports ASP.NET 5 applications
Application Insights for the ASP.NET 5 web applications allows you to monitor and troubleshoot the new generation of ASP.NET applications.
Public Preview: Visual Studio Application Insights
Development teams can gain insights into the performance, availability, and usage of their server, web, and mobile applications by using Visual Studio Application Insights.
Application Insights: Synthetic data filtering and additional updates
Updates to the Application Insights service and SDKs enable synthetic data filtering and provide a new usage experience for ASP.NET and usage calculations.
March 2015
Application Insights: Save Diagnostic Search queries and get alerts for export configuration issues
Diagnostic Search queries can be saved and shared, and Continuous Export can easily be enabled and disabled, and an alert will be sent if it fails.
Application Insights SDK and support for Java
Application Insights SDK enables actionable insights into your live Java web application.
February 2015
Application Insights supports collecting custom metrics and properties
Visual Studio Application Insights supports collecting custom metrics, events, and properties.
January 2015
Application Insights support for Windows Phone and Windows Store
Application Insights adds a landing page and improved visualizations for Windows Phone and Windows Store Apps.
December 2014
Application Insights Status Monitor and SDK updates
The Application Insights Status Monitor and SDK are updated.
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