Azure updates

November 2019

Nov 4

Azure Monitor for containers now supports monitoring containers on-premises and on Azure Stack

IN PREVIEW

For customers who have hybrid environments, we’re now extending support to monitor Kubernetes clusters on-premises and on Azure Stack with AKS Engine (in preview).

Azure Monitor
Features
Microsoft Ignite

Nov 4

New App Service Integration with Azure Monitor (preview)

IN PREVIEW

App Service now has improved integration with Azure Monitor, the cloud's centralized telemetry service. This gives development and operations teams greater insight into their Windows and Linux web apps.

App Service
Azure Monitor
Microsoft Ignite

Nov 4

Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

NOW AVAILABLE

The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is proven guidance to accelerate your cloud adoption journey. It’s a collection of tools, guidance, and best practices to help shape your cloud strategy and achieve the desired business goals.

Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps Projects
Azure Monitor
Azure Resource Manager
Azure Blueprints
Azure Management Groups
Azure Policy
Cost Management + Billing
Azure Database Migration Service
Azure Migrate
Security Center
Azure Advisor
Azure Service Health
Compliance
Management
Microsoft Ignite
Security

October 2019

Oct 28

Azure Monitor's Service Map is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India

NOW AVAILABLE

The Service Map feature of Azure Monitor is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India, so it's now available in eighteen public regions around the world.

Azure Monitor
Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Service Fabric
Cloud Services
Regions & Datacenters

Oct 28

Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India. It's available around the world in eighteen public regions.

Azure Monitor
Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Service Fabric
Cloud Services
Regions & Datacenters

Oct 23

Azure Monitor meter name changes

NOW AVAILABLE

Effective December 1, 2019, the meter names of Azure Monitor custom metrics will change.

Azure Monitor
Pricing & Offerings
Services

Oct 16

Variable retention for Azure Monitor Application Insights is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2019

Variable data retention for Azure Monitor Application Insights is now generally available.

Azure Monitor
Management

Oct 16

Azure Monitor log analytics ingestion service undergoing maintenance from October 14 – 25

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2019

The ingestion service for the log analytics feature of Azure Monitor is undergoing maintenance from October 14 – 25. This shouldn't have any impact on data ingestion or usage of log analytics.

Azure Monitor
Services

Oct 16

Azure Monitor updates—Containers for China regions, Grafana dashboard template, Agent

Updates on Azure Monitor for containers for China Region, Grafana dashboard template, and Agent.

Azure Monitor
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Features
Management

Oct 16

Azure Monitor for containers is now available in Azure US Government region

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor for containers is now generally available in the Azure US Government region.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Monitor
Management
Regions & Datacenters

Oct 15

Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) before general availability release

IN PREVIEW

Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) will be launched in mid-November, 2019, ahead of the general availability (GA) release.

Azure Monitor
Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Service Fabric
Cloud Services
Features
Pricing & Offerings

Oct 15

OMS Agent for Linux October release is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2019

The OMS Agent for Linux October 2019 release is now available. This release contains many stability and reliability improvements.

Azure Monitor
Features

Oct 14

Upcoming changes for Service Map data stored in Log Analytics

NOW AVAILABLE

Updates for Service Map are coming that will change where we store some of our data in Log Analytics. These updates should be completed sometime in November, 2019.

Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Service Fabric
Cloud Services
Azure Monitor
Features

Oct 8

Azure Application Insights is now available in the Brazil South region

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Application Insights is now generally available in the Brazil South region.

Azure Monitor
Regions & Datacenters
Services

Oct 2

Azure Application Insights is now available in the North Central US region

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Application Insights is now generally available in the North Central US region.

Azure Monitor
Application Insights
Regions & Datacenters
Services

Oct 2

Azure Monitor Log Analytics—New capacity-based pricing option is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

A new capacity reservations pricing model for Azure Monitor Log Analytics is now available. With this new model, you pay a fixed fee based on the capacity tier you select for data ingestion.