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March 2024

Mar 14

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping for Prometheus instance served with TLS. To enable TLS and mTLS based scraping, you can configure the TLS settings in the ConfigMap.

  • Managed Prometheus
  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

February 2024

Feb 19

Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on exact time range provided dynamically (preview)

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor Logs connector lets you query data in your Log Analytics workspace or Application Insights components per Logic App trigger or schedule, and list or visualize results. The Time range…

  • Log Analytics
  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Feb 12

Public preview: AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus

IN PREVIEW

You can now monitor the health, load and performance of the API server and etcd in the control plane of your AKS clusters

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

January 2024

Jan 31

Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API

NOW AVAILABLE

General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data plane API We are excited to share Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API is Now Generally Available! Unlock enhanced insights into the monitoring of your Azure resources with our powerful API. Explore its features and elevate your monitoring experience today!

  • Azure Monitor
  • Metrics
  • Batch
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
Jan 29

Azure Red Hat OpenShift January 2024 updates

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Azure Red Hat OpenShift now offers Resource Health for clusters with integration with Azure Monitor via Signals and Alerts.

  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jan 24

New Features for graph-match KQL Operator: Enhanced Pattern Matching and Cycle Control

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

The graph-match operator in Kusto Query Language (KQL) allows you to query your data as a graph and find matches for a specified pattern. The latest update introduces two new features: the cycles parameter and the nonlinear patterns. These features enable you to control how cycles are matched and express more complex and flexible patterns in your graph queries.

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jan 23

General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds new geospatial capabilities

NOW AVAILABLE

Kusto now has three new geospatial functions: geo_polygon_to_h3cells(), geo_angle() and geo_azimuth(). These functions are designed to help you better understand and analyze your geospatial data.

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jan 23

Generally Available: Azure Monitor VM Insights Dependency Agent support for RHEL 8.6 Linux VMs

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor VM Insights now supports Dependency Agent for RHEL 8.6 Linux VMs, enabling you to monitor their network connections and processes in the Azure portal.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Services
  • Features

December 2023

Dec 18

Generally Available: Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights is designed to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis. This feature allows you to seamlessly collect and store multiple lines of log data within a single log entry, enhancing the ease with which you can view and analyze logs from your containerized applications.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Dec 1

Application Insights Availability Tests TLS 1.3 Enablement

IN DEVELOPMENT

TLS 1.3 will be enabled for Availability Tests in Azure Monitor Application Insights starting on 4 December 2023

  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • Compliance

November 2023

Nov 30

Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.

  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
  • SDK and Tools
Nov 27

Public Preview: Create and manage Azure Monitor managed Prometheus rules in Azure portal

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

You can now create and manage Azure Managed Prometheus rule groups, alert rules and recording rules in the Azure Portal

  • Azure Monitor
  • Managed Prometheus
  • Alerts
  • Features
Nov 20

Generally Available: Collect Syslog from AKS nodes using Azure Monitor Container Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

The Syslog collection feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights is generally available.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 13

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Monitoring Agent team has released for public preview JSON log collection. New collection types enable customers to migrate from other competing data collection services to Azure Monitor.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

October 2023

Oct 25

Public preview: Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Site Recovery

IN PREVIEW

Learn about the new and improved alerting capabilities offered for Azure Site Recovery, via Azure Monitor

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
Oct 6

Migrate to Azure Monitor agent–based VM insights by 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

Log Analytics agent–based VM insights will be retired.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Oct 2

Public Preview: Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Resource Graph (ARG)

IN PREVIEW

We are now introducing support for running queries also on Azure Resource Graph (ARG) tables, and even joining data between Azure Resource Graph (ARG) data sources from your Log Analytics workspace and Application Insights resources in a single query.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Alerts
  • Azure Resource Graph
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 29

Transition to the ContainerLogV2 table by 30 September 2026

Target retirement date: September 30, 2026

With the upgraded offering of ContainerLogV2 becoming generally available, on 30th September 2026, the ContainerLog table will be retired. If you currently ingest container insights data to the ContainerLog table, please make sure to transition to using ContainerLogV2 prior to that date.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Sep 29

Azure Monitor support for OpenCensus will end on 30 September 2024 - transition to using Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Python Distro

Target retirement date: September 29, 2023

Azure Monitor support for OpenCensus will end on 30 September 2024

  • Azure Monitor
  • Application Insights
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Azure Monitor Data Collection API Retirement 

Target retirement date: September 18, 2026

Support for Data Collector API feature is being discontinued. This feature allowed users to ingest custom logs into Log Analytics workspaces. DCR-based Log Ingestion API now provides similar capabilities with added flexibility of data transformation and support of secure authentication methods.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements

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