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Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in Germany West Central, UAE North, and Switzerland West
Germany West Central, UAE North, and Switzerland West are now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage using Azure Log Analytics.
General availability: Azure Log Analytics in Brazil Southeast and Norway East
Log Analytics, a feature of Azure Monitor, is now generally available for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage in Brazil Southeast and Norway East.
October 2020
Public Preview: Azure Log Analytics in Brazil Southeast and Norway East
Brazil Southeast and Norway East are now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage using Azure Log Analytics.
Log Analytics Linux Agent for Fall 2020 now available
A new release of the Linux Agent is now available with support fixes and a new troubleshooting tool.
New alert query examples topic in Log Analytics
The logs experience was recently updated with examples queries for common log alerts.
September 2020
Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI improvements September 2020
Log Analytics UI gets several improvements in September including, search in query history, search in query dialog, and time picker enhancements.
Log Analytics Agent for Windows August 2020 release is now available
The August 2020 release contains bug fixes and improvements to stability and reliability.
August 2020
Azure Monitor Logs – Log Analytics REST APIs general availability
Log Analytics control plane REST APIs are generally available under a new consolidated version 2020-08-01.
Ingestion data isolation in Log Analytics
To provide you with additional service stability, we have added the ingestion volume rate limit to additional Log Analytics data sources including Diagnostic Settings, agents, and data collector API.
Log Analytics new System Center configuration blade
System center configuration now has it’s own dedicated blade in Log Analytics.
Line numbers in Log Analytics query editor
Log Analytics query editor now show line numbers when composing a query
July 2020
Azure Monitor Log Analytics Quick Start content is moving to the Overview page
Target availability: Q3 2020
In order to simplify and streamline Azure Monitor Logs, we're moving all links and content from the Quick Start page to the Overview page. The Quick Start page will be removed in August 2020.
Azure Log Analytics saved searches functionality is moving to query explorer
Azure Log Analytics saved searches functionality is now available in query explorer.
June 2020
A new consolidated API version in Azure Monitor Logs is now available
A new API version for Azure Monitor Logs resource provider, 2020-03-01-preview, is now available. This API supports new functionality like customer-managed keys (CMK), bring your own storage (BYOS), along with other capabilities.
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 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.
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