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Azure Monitor for containers - updates to live data settings
Azure Monitor for containers - updates to live data settings
Azure Monitor for Containers - Updates on Windows AKS Support, UI enhancement, and Node Storage Capacity
New features updates for Azure Monitor for Containers for Node Storage, Windows AKS support, and UI enhancements
May 2019
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in West US 2
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in West US 2. Around the world, it's available in seven public regions.
Log Analytics Agent for Linux 1.10 now available
The Log Analytics Agent for Linux v1.10 release is available, and contains important stability and reliability improvements.
Azure Monitor for VMs has a new data set for bound ports
The VMBoundPort data set is now available for Azure Monitor for VMs customers in all supported Log Analytics workspace regions, including East US and West Europe.
Azure Monitor AIOps alerts with Dynamic Thresholds is now generally available
With Dynamic Thresholds you no longer need to manually identify and set thresholds for alerts. The alert rule leverages advanced Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to learn metrics' historical behavior, identify patterns and anomalies that indicate possible service issues.
Application Change Analysis for Azure Monitor is now in public preview
Change Analysis public preview with integration into App Services Diagnose and solve problems tool.
Application Insights Availability in US West Region
Application Insights is now available in US West region.
Now available: PowerShell cmdlets for Azure Monitor metric and log alerts
PowerShell cmdlets for new metric alerts and log alerts are now available. This release improves the management of alert rules by providing cmdlets to create, update, delete and list new metric alerts. Similarly, new cmdlets are available for creating, updating, deleting and listing log alerts for both Log Analytics and Application Insights.
Azure log integration tool deprecation
Target retirement date: June 15, 2019
Azure log integration (AzLog) tool will be deprecated on June 15, 2019.
Azure Monitor Dynamic Threshold meter name change
Effective July 1, 2019, the meter name for Dynamic Threshold feature in Azure Monitor will change.
Azure Monitor BUILD 2019 updates
Azure Monitor is launching a number of exciting features including end to end AKS monitoring, granular RBAC for logs, intelligent and scalable alerts, a new application change analysis capability and more.
Application Insights Availability in Azure US Gov Virginia Region
Application Insights is now available in US Gov Virginia region.
April 2019
General availability: Azure Log Analytics in CENTRAL US, EAST US 2, EAST ASIA, WEST US and SOUTH CENTRAL US
CENTRAL US, EAST US 2, EAST ASIA, WEST US, & SOUTH Central US regions are now GA for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage by using Azure Log Analytics.
General Availability: New Azure Monitor alerts experience available in Azure Government
New Azure Monitor alerts experience is now available in Azure Government.
General Availability: Azure Monitor for containers is now available in Azure China
Azure Monitor for containers is now general available in Azure China.
General Availability: Application Insights is now available in East Asia and East US 2
Azure Application Insights is now available in East Asia and East US 2.
Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in CENTRAL US, EAST US 2, EAST ASIA, WEST US, & SOUTH Central US
CENTRAL US, EAST US 2, EAST ASIA, WEST US, & SOUTH Central US are now 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 France Central, Korea Central, North Europe
France Central, Korea Central, and North Europe regions are now GA for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage by using Azure Log Analytics.
March 2019
New tool available to migrate from classic monitoring alerts
Target retirement date: June 30, 2019
Classic alerts are scheduled to retire, and now you can automatically migrate them to the new Azure Monitor platform.
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