Transition to using standard tests for single-step availability testing in Azure Monitor application insights by 30 September 2026

Management + Governance, Azure Portal

Start using the using the new Edge browser from Microsoft.

09/12/2020

Management + Governance, Azure Policy

A new Azure Monitor built-in policy gives you control to provision central Log Analytics workspaces and linked automation account across your subscriptions consistently.

14/07/2021

Management + Governance, Azure Backup

Azure Virtual Machine backup protects Write Accelerator enabled disks

24/05/2022

Management + Governance, Azure Monitor

The initial stable release of the Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries is now available. Upload custom logs to Log Analytics workspaces in .NET, Java, JavaScript, and Python.

01/03/2023

Management + Governance, Azure Backup

Azure VM backup now takes a SQL COPY_ONLY_FULL snapshots in SQL Virtual machines to avoid reset of Log sequence numbers and reduce snapshot delays

09/01/2023

Management + Governance, Azure Policy

With Azure Monitor built-in policy definitions for data encryption, you can enforce organizational standards and assess compliance of data encryption settings in your environment.

14/04/2021

Management + Governance, Azure Monitor

Managed Identity is a secure & simplified authentication model where our agent uses the cluster’s managed identity to send data to Azure Monitor.

13/06/2023

Management + Governance, Azure Monitor

Alert rules, alert processing rules and action groups can now be viewed in the portal alongside all Azure resources.

13/06/2023

Management + Governance, Cost Management

Learn about how Azure Cost Management can help you achieve your goals. See what's coming for partners, learn about Marketplace usage for pay-as-you-go subscriptions, Cost Management Labs, saving and sharing…

02/08/2019

Management + Governance, Azure Backup

Azure Backup enables you to configure cost-efficient backups while meeting your data residency requirements.

17/10/2022

Management + Governance, Cost Management

Azure Cost Management + Billing cost allocation is now in public preview.

22/09/2020

Management + Governance, Automation

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

23/02/2021