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October 2022

Oct 26

Public preview: New metrics capabilities in OpenTelemetry-based Application Insights

IN PREVIEW

Use OpenTelemetry vender-neutral APIs to power distributed tracing and metrics experiences in Azure Monitor Application Insights.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Oct 12

Public preview: Azure Monitor application insights Java profiling, using Java Flight Recorder

IN PREVIEW

Java application profiling using Java Flight Recorder (JFR) is now in preview in Azure Monitor application insights.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Ignite

September 2022

Sep 30

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.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Application Insights
  • Retirements
Sep 30

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.

  • Retirements
Sep 29

Public preview: Policy analytics for Azure Firewall

IN PREVIEW

You can now manage firewall rules over time by providing insights and analysis of traffic flowing through Azure Firewall.

  • Azure Firewall
  • Azure Firewall Manager
  • Security
  • Features

August 2022

Aug 22

Generally available: vRealize Log Insight Cloud with Azure VMware Solution integration

NOW AVAILABLE

vRealize Log Insights Cloud with Azure VMware Solution support is now generally available.

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
Aug 17

Generally available: Azure Monitor Logs data export supports application insights tables

NOW AVAILABLE

Investigate alert incidences with Azure Monitor Logs connector scoped to the exact time range of alert.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Aug 1

General availability: Application Insights in China North 3 and China East 3

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Application Insights
  • Regions & Datacenters

July 2022

Jul 19

Public preview: Azure Spring Apps feature updates

IN PREVIEW

New Azure Spring Apps updates and features for basic/standard and enterprise tiers are in preview.

  • Features
Jul 6

Generally available: Azure Digital Twins Data history

NOW AVAILABLE

Data history is an integration feature of Azure Digital Twins.

  • Azure Digital Twins
  • Features
Jul 6

General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for Application Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication for Azure Monitor Application helps ensure that only authenticated telemetry is ingested in your Application Insights resources.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Jul 6

General availability: Application Insights standard test for synthetic monitoring

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

June 2022

Jun 30

General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for Application Insights

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Application Insights
  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Security
  • Features

May 2022

May 24

Public preview: Azure Machine Learning updates

IN PREVIEW

Azure Machine Learning now offers a Responsible AI dashboard and scorecard as well as additional enhancements in preview.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Microsoft Build
  • Services
May 24

Public preview: Azure Monitor application insights JavaScript web snippet auto-injection for node.js

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor application insights node.js customers can enable web monitoring with a simple configuration.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 24

Public preview: AIOps powered intelligent view in application maps

IN PREVIEW

You can now use AIOps powered intelligent view in application map to filter out noise and find real issues faster.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 6

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.

  • Retirements

March 2022

Mar 21

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.

  • Application Insights
  • Retirements

February 2022

Feb 2

Public preview: Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on an exact time range

IN PREVIEW

Investigate alert incidences with Azure Monitor Logs connector scoped to an exact time range of alert.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features

January 2022

Jan 27

General availability: Azure Key Vault increased service limits for all its customers

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Key Vault service throughput limits have been increased for each vault, driving higher performance for your applications.

  • Key Vault
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings

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