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Generally available: Azure Monitor log alerts new version
Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-08-01 is now available and fully supported, replacing API version 2021-02-01-preview.
Scheduled Query Rules API preview version 2021-02-01 will be retired on 31 January 2022
Target retirement date: January 31, 2022
Transition to Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-08-01 before 31 January 2022.
Public preview: Create multiple data export rules to the same event hub namespace
When exporting data to event hub, you now have the flexibility to create multiple rules and event hub names to the same event hub namespace. This feature is in preview.
Generally available: A new and improved alert rule creation experience
The ‘Create alert rule’ experience has been simplified and converted into a step wizard, which is now generally available.
General availability: One-minute frequency log alerts
With 1-minute frequency log alerts, query can be evaluated every minute for faster time to fire.
December 2021
Azure Monitor containers insights preview version for Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.x will be retired by 31 May 2022
Target retirement date: May 31, 2022
Transition to Container Insights by 31 May 2022.
Public preview: Measure product effectiveness with new user analytics experience in Application Insights
A new experience based on Google’s “HEART framework” helps you measure product effectiveness.
Public preview: Azure Monitor action rules are now 'alert processing rules'
We are enhancing the preview of alert processing rules with capabilities for richer at-scale management.
General availability: Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries
Azure Monitor logs is announcing a new capability to collect audit logs about query execution
November 2021
Public preview: New SAP HANA telemetry in AMS
SAP HANA license status, delta merges, and more telemetry now available in Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions.
Application Insights auto-instrumentation for .NET6 App Services
With the release of .NET 6.0, Application Insights is offering day-zero auto-instrumentation support for it on Azure App Services
General availability: Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes is now generally available. You can now monitor all Kubernetes, AKS or non-AKS through container insights.
General availability: New troubleshooting experiences in Network Insights for VPN Gateway & Azure Firewall
Rich insights for additional networking resources in Azure Monitor.
General availability: Log Analytics Workspace Insights in Azure Monitor
Log Analytics Workspace Insights provides rich insights on usage, performance, health, agents, queries, and a change log.
Public preview: Manage your Log Analytics data export rules in Azure portal
Data export rules in Azure Monitor log analytics can now be configured and managed directly via Azure Portal with ease.
General availability: EventHub action in Azure Monitor action groups
The new EventHub action enhances your alert configuration capabilities.
Public preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Exporters
Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Exporters provide a vendor-neutral way to instrument your application and send telemetry to Application Insights.
Public preview: Metrics and Metric alerts for Azure Backup
Azure Backup now provides built-in metrics to enable you to monitor the health of your backups and write custom alert rules on these metrics.
October 2021
General availability: Azure Data Explorer Insights
Azure Data Explorer Insights provides comprehensive monitoring of your clusters by delivering a unified view of your cluster performance, usage, ingestion operations, cache, and more.
Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights support for Availability Zones is now generally available in West US 2
Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights are now support Availability Zones capability in West US 2.
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