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RSS feedOctober 2022
Public preview: New metrics capabilities in OpenTelemetry-based Application Insights
Use OpenTelemetry vender-neutral APIs to power distributed tracing and metrics experiences in Azure Monitor Application Insights.
Public preview: Azure Monitor application insights Java profiling, using Java Flight Recorder
Java application profiling using Java Flight Recorder (JFR) is now in preview in Azure Monitor application insights.
September 2022
The application insights Java 2.X SDK will be retired on 30 September 2025
Target retirement date: September 30, 2025
Upgrade to application insights Java 3.X auto-instrumentation by 30 September 2025.
DevOps Starter is being retired. Use Azure Developer CLI for quick-start deployments to Azure
Target retirement date: March 31, 2023
DevOps Starter is being retired. Use Azure Developer CLI for quick-start deployments to Azure. Monitor existing CI/CD pipelines from their native experiences in Azure DevOps or GitHub.
Public preview: Policy analytics for Azure Firewall
You can now manage firewall rules over time by providing insights and analysis of traffic flowing through Azure Firewall.
August 2022
Generally available: vRealize Log Insight Cloud with Azure VMware Solution integration
vRealize Log Insights Cloud with Azure VMware Solution support is now generally available.
Generally available: Azure Monitor Logs data export supports application insights tables
Investigate alert incidences with Azure Monitor Logs connector scoped to the exact time range of alert.
General availability: Application Insights in China North 3 and China East 3
Application Insights, a part of Azure Monitor, is now generally available in China North 3 and China East 3 regions for you to collect telemetry and analyze your service health in production environments.
July 2022
Public preview: Azure Spring Apps feature updates
New Azure Spring Apps updates and features for basic/standard and enterprise tiers are in preview.
Generally available: Azure Digital Twins Data history
Data history is an integration feature of Azure Digital Twins.
General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for Application Insights
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication for Azure Monitor Application helps ensure that only authenticated telemetry is ingested in your Application Insights resources.
General availability: Application Insights standard test for synthetic monitoring
Standard tests are a single request test which also includes SSL certificate validity, proactive lifetime check, HTTP request verb, custom headers, and custom data associated with your HTTP request.
June 2022
General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for Application Insights
Target availability: Q2 2022
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication for Azure Monitor Application helps ensure that only authenticated telemetry is ingested in your Application Insights resources.
May 2022
Public preview: Azure Machine Learning updates
Azure Machine Learning now offers a Responsible AI dashboard and scorecard as well as additional enhancements in preview.
Public preview: Azure Monitor application insights JavaScript web snippet auto-injection for node.js
Azure Monitor application insights node.js customers can enable web monitoring with a simple configuration.
Public preview: AIOps powered intelligent view in application maps
You can now use AIOps powered intelligent view in application map to filter out noise and find real issues faster.
Azure VM insights guest health (preview) will be retired on 30 November 2022
Target retirement date: November 30, 2022
Transition to Azure Monitor log alerts for VM guest health by 30 November 2022.
March 2022
Transition to using connection strings for data ingestion by 31 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
Technical support for instrumentation key–based global ingestion in Application Insights will end on 31 March 2025.
February 2022
Public preview: Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on an exact time range
Investigate alert incidences with Azure Monitor Logs connector scoped to an exact time range of alert.
January 2022
General availability: Azure Key Vault increased service limits for all its customers
Azure Key Vault service throughput limits have been increased for each vault, driving higher performance for your applications.
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