Azure Update Story

Update's chronological storyline in context of the previous updates, related to the referenced services
Date Services Event / Source Title / Link / Storyline
Apr 15 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Announcing Public Preview of Query editor in Azure Monitor Metrics
Apr 03 2024
17:42:00 UTC
Notice
Use Logic App to monitor Application Gateway Backend Health
Apr 02 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor introduces Prometheus community recommended alerts
Mar 31 2024
16:11:44 UTC
Notice
Four Strategies for Cost-Effective Azure Monitoring and Log Analytics
Mar 29 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Begin using Azure Monitor–based dashboards in Azure API Management before the built-in analytics dashboards are retired on 15 March 2027
Mar 26 2024
05:57:57 UTC
Notice
Azure Monitor Availability alerts using Resource Graph Queries
Mar 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts
Mar 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Operator and CRD support with Azure Managed Prometheus
Mar 18 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 13 additional Azure regions
Mar 14 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping
Feb 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on exact time range provided dynamically (preview)
Feb 13 2024
18:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcing New Monitoring and Scaling Updates in Azure Firewall
Feb 12 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus
Feb 01 2024
17:37:03 UTC
GA
Azure Monitor- Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API
Jan 29 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift January 2024 updates
Jan 25 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Dedicated clusters in Azure Monitor logs now support any commitment tier
Jan 24 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
New Features for graph-match KQL Operator: Enhanced Pattern Matching and Cycle Control
Jan 23 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor VM Insights Dependency Agent support for RHEL 8.6 Linux VMs
Jan 23 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds new geospatial capabilities
Jan 22 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Advisor integration with Azure Monitor Log Analytics Workspace
Dec 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Change tracking and inventory with Log Analytics agent in Azure Automation will be retired on 31 August 2024
Dec 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
On 31 August 2024, both the update management feature of Azure Automation and the Log Analytics agent it uses will be retired
Dec 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
Dec 01 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Application Insights Availability Tests TLS 1.3 Enablement
Nov 30 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications
Nov 27 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Create and manage Azure Monitor managed Prometheus rules in Azure portal
Nov 20 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Collect Syslog from AKS nodes using Azure Monitor Container Insights
Nov 20 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Azure Monitor Application Insights Browser SDK Loader for Node.js
Nov 16 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support with Connection Monitor
Nov 15 2023
23:32:20 UTC
Notice
Announcing GA: Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
Nov 15 2023
18:01:49 UTC
Notice
What’s new in Azure Monitor @ Ignite 2023
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General Availability of Application Insights Enhancements for Azure Logic Apps (standard)
Nov 14 2023
17:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcing GA: Collect Syslog from your AKS nodes using Container Insights
Nov 13 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Alerts integration with Event Grid for Azure Key Vault system events
Nov 13 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection
Nov 08 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Logs archive provides up to 12 years of retention
Nov 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 7 additional Azure regions
Nov 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Ability to add dynamic values in Alert’s custom fields
Oct 30 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Project Flash update: Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability monitoring
Oct 25 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Site Recovery
Oct 06 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Migrate to Azure Monitor agent–based VM insights by 31 August 2024
Oct 02 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Resource Graph (ARG)
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor support for OpenCensus will end on 30 September 2024 - transition to using Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Python Distro
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Action required: Migrate to using ARG query for “Get Alert Summary” in Azure Monitor
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Transition to the ContainerLogV2 table by 30 September 2026
Sep 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Transition to using standard tests for single-step availability testing in Azure Monitor application insights by 30 September 2026
Sep 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Data Collection API Retirement 
Sep 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor for AKS-Engine will not be supported on 14 September 2026
Sep 20 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python
Sep 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Alerts timeline view
Sep 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Authenticate Azure Monitor logs connector in Logic App with managed identity
Aug 31 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent
May 16 2023
17:27:01 UTC
GA
Announcing the General Availability of Azure Monitor HCI Insights
May 03 2023
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Microsoft Cost Management updates—April 2023
Mar 15 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Protect against cyberattacks with the new Azure Firewall Basic
Nov 10 2022
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New Project Flash Update: Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability monitoring
Aug 31 2022
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available
May 26 2021
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New Azure capabilities to simplify deployment and management
Nov 23 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Guest health feature in Azure Monitor for virtual machines
Sep 29 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New Datadog integration with Azure offers a seamless configuration experience
Jul 15 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is now in preview
Jun 25 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing Azure Load Balancer insights using Azure Monitor for Networks
Jun 11 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New features and insights in Azure Monitor
Mar 18 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Unified network monitoring with Connection Monitor now in preview
Mar 16 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing the general availability of Azure Monitor for virtual machines
Feb 05 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Backup Explorer now available in preview
Sep 24 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
12 TB VMs, Expanded SAP partnership on Blockchain, Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions
Feb 25 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing Azure Monitor AIOps Alerts with Dynamic Thresholds
Dec 11 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Monitor for containers now generally available
May 10 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Enhancements in Application Insights Profiler and Snapshot Debugger
Apr 03 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing a new way to purchase Azure monitoring services
Mar 27 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Monitor–General availability of multi-dimensional metrics APIs
Mar 21 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
The next generation of Azure Alerts has arrived
Mar 31 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing Azure Advisor, Monitor, and resource health general availability
Mar 31 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing the general availability of Azure Monitor
Feb 13 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Application Insights JavaScript SDK: reliability and performance improvements