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2026 (8)

March (6)

azure: Retirement: Deprecation of sidecar for remote-write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus

Azure Updates

2026-03-30

Azure Monitor will deprecate the sidecar used for remote-write of Prometheus metrics to Azure Monitor Workspace on March 31, 2027. Microsoft recommends moving to a self-hosted configuration and notes the change is intended to improve reliability and reduce complexity.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: AKS managed GPU metrics in Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

AKS public preview adds managed GPU metrics for NVIDIA GPU-enabled node pools. The metrics are exposed automatically into managed Prometheus, giving teams GPU performance and utilization visibility alongside Kubernetes metrics.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Prometheus community recommended alerts for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Monitor now lets you enable Prometheus recommended alerts with one click in the Azure Portal for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. The alerts are based on enhanced Prometheus community rules and expand monitoring coverage for cluster scenarios.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Ingest OTLP data into Azure Monitor with the OpenTelemetry Collector

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Monitor now has public preview support for native OTLP ingestion. You can send telemetry from OpenTelemetry-instrumented apps and platforms directly to Azure Monitor using the OpenTelemetry Collector.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Summary rules in Log Analytics workspace now support manual “Retry bin”

Azure Updates

2026-03-12

Log Analytics workspace summary rules now support a manual “Retry bin” action in generally available release. This lets you rerun failed bins to fill gaps in summarized data.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL dashboards with Grafana

Azure Updates

2026-03-11

Azure Database for PostgreSQL now has built-in Grafana dashboards in the Azure portal. The integration uses Azure Monitor, so you do not need a separate Grafana instance to view metrics.

February (2)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Secure ingestion and pod placement for Azure Monitor pipeline

Azure Updates

2026-02-26

Azure Monitor pipeline adds public-preview support for secure ingestion from external endpoints using TLS/mTLS and Bring Your Own Certificates (BYOC), plus new controls for pod placement.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor pipeline data transformations

Azure Updates

2026-02-06

Azure Monitor pipeline data transformations is now in public preview, allowing telemetry to be transformed before ingestion into Azure Monitor.

2025 (4)

November (4)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure Monitor is available in public preview for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters running OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift. It provides a complete set of monitoring services to track the health and performance of Kubernetes infrastructure layers and the applications that depend on them.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Recommended alerts for Azure Monitor Workspace

Azure Updates

2025-11-19

Azure Monitor is in public preview with one-click enablement of recommended alerts in the Azure portal for Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus customers. These alerts monitor Azure Monitor Workspace ingestion limits to help prevent metric ingestion issues.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Advanced sampling and richer data collection in Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure has made generally available enhanced sampling and richer data collection capabilities in the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro (which powers Azure Monitor Application Insights). The release introduces new sampling options including rate-limited sampling and trace-based log sampling to give teams finer control over telemetry volume and correlation.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Monitor now provides a unified, single-click onboarding experience for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters and virtual machines (VMs), now generally available. The new experience simplifies setup by automatically deploying the latest Azure Monitor capabilities.