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General availability: Azure Monitor application insights in Azure Spring Cloud
Azure is making it easier to observe Java Spring Boot workloads running on Azure Spring Cloud with application insights.
General availability: Azure Monitor container insights portal experience update
Refreshed experience with accessibility updates and new reliable recommended alerts & metrics for monitoring your container resources.
September 2021
Public preview: Distributed tracing for Java apps on Azure Functions Linux
Distributed tracing for Java apps on Azure Functions can now be enabled through Azure portal. This integration provides additional insights into end-to-end transactions that were not previously supported, completes the application map, which aggregates many transactions to show a topological view your system, and lets you detect and diagnose performance bottlenecks.
Public preview: At-scale management of Azure Monitor alerts in Backup center
You can now manage your Azure Monitor alerts via Backup center.
Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules now support Windows Server 2022
Now with Windows Server 2022 generally available, you can start using this agent to monitor your resources running the latest Windows operating systems
General availability: Cross service queries between Azure Monitor and Azure Data Explorer
You can now write cross service queries between Azure Monitor and Azure Data Explorer, to access relevant data where you need it.
Generally available: Azure Monitor support for Availability Zones
Azure Monitor support for Availability Zones (AZ) is now available on West US 2 and East US 2. Currently, only workspaces created on dedicated clusters can have AZ support, by selecting to use Availability Zones when creating the cluster.
August 2021
Multi-step web tests will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Transition to custom availability tests in Application Insights by 31 August 2024.
Transition to new work item integration in Application Insights by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
Work item integration (classic) will be retired on 31 August 2022.
Release annotations using API keys will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Transition to new release annotations without using API keys in Application Insights.
We're retiring the Log Analytics agent in Azure Monitor on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Start using the Azure Monitor agent instead of the Log Analytics agent before 31 August 2024.
Enhanced troubleshooting experiences now generally available for additional resources in Network Insights
You can now access resource topology views and pre-built monitoring workbooks for Private Link, NAT Gateway, Public IP, and NIC resources in Azure, via Network Insights.
Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation of .NET apps on Linux
Application Insights, an Application Performance Management (APM) observability feature of Azure Monitor, is announcing the release of several key features including .NET on Linux auto-instrumentation for the preview of .NET6, including support for self-contained and framework-dependent deployments.
Azure Monitor’s Baseline and CalculateBaseline APIs will be retired on 30 November 2021
Target retirement date: November 30, 2021
Azure Monitor’s Baseline and CalculateBaseline APIs will be retired on 30 November 2021, use the MetricBaselines API instead.
Public preview: Azure Monitor Scheduled Query Rules API 2021-02-01-preview
Target retirement date: October 31, 2021
Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-02-01-preview is now available and is replacing API version 2020-05-01-preview.
General availability: Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters
Leverage advanced features in Azure Monitor like customer-managed key, Lockbox, infrastructure encryption for lower capacity reservation commitment.
General availability: Azure Monitor IT Service Management Connector is now certified with ServiceNow Quebec version
The Azure IT Service Management Connector is certified on the Quebec version of ServiceNow, enabling alerts integration with ITSM products.
July 2021
General availability: Better integration between Azure Monitor and Grafana
Customers using Grafana for visualizing Azure Monitor metrics can now enable additional data sources and have easier authentication using managed identity.
General availability: Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules now support direct proxies and Log Analytics gateway
If you use a proxy server or Log Analytics gateway to communicate to Azure Monitor, you can now start using the new Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) and Data Collection Rules (DCR) in these network configurations.
General availability: Python Functions now support custom telemetry in Application Insights
Azure Monitor is releasing a new PyPI package that expands distributed tracing support in Application Insights for Python Functions.
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