Advanced Network Observability for your Azure Kubernetes Service clusters through Azure Monitor

Azure Observability Blog > Advanced Network Observability for your Azure Kubernetes Service clusters through Azure Monitor https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/advanced-network-observability-for-your-azure-kubernetes-service/ba-p/4176736 Last year at BUILD we announced the public preview of the Network Observability add-on. Today we’re excited to share a massive upgrade to the network observability capabilities available to AKS customers.    What’s new? We are excited to …

Analyze data using Log Analytics Simple mode

Azure Observability Blog > Analyze data using Log Analytics Simple mode https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/analyze-data-using-log-analytics-simple-mode/ba-p/4152447 Introduction  Azure Monitor Logs offer a powerful set of capabilities for users to explore their logs and derive meaningful insights from their data estate. Until now, Azure Monitor Logs relied on KQL for users to express their questions as queries.KQL is a powerful, …

Public Preview: Log Analytics Workspace Replication

Azure Observability Blog > Public Preview: Log Analytics Workspace Replication https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/public-preview-log-analytics-workspace-replication/ba-p/4150134 Azure Monitor Log Analytics uses workspaces as a logical container for logs. Workspaces are region-bound, but workspace replication allows you to create cross-regional redundancy to increase workspace resilience to regional incidents.   What is Workspace Replication? Workspace replication creates a replica of your workspace …

Announcing Public Preview: Kubernetes Metadata & Logs Filtering in Azure Monitor-Container Insights

Azure Observability Blog > Announcing Public Preview: Kubernetes Metadata & Logs Filtering in Azure Monitor-Container Insights https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/announcing-public-preview-kubernetes-metadata-amp-logs-filtering/ba-p/4144654 Today at Build, we are excited to announce the Public Preview of Kubernetes Metadata and Logs Filtering in Azure Monitor - Container Insights! This new feature enhances the ContainerLogsV2 schema with additional Kubernetes metadata such as PodLabels, PodAnnotations, …

What’s new in observability @ Build 2024

Azure Observability Blog > What's new in observability @ Build 2024 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/what-s-new-in-observability-build-2024/ba-p/4142098 Observability and monitoring are essential for building resilient applications across hybrid, multicloud, and edge environments. At Build 2024, we are excited to announce new capabilities for Azure Monitor and cover a deep dive on Azure Chaos Studio. Whether you are a DevOps engineer, …

New Code Optimizations features – based on your feedback

Azure Observability Blog > New Code Optimizations features - based on your feedback https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/new-code-optimizations-features-based-on-your-feedback/ba-p/4139329 Azure Application Insights Code Optimizations is an AI-based service that helps you detect and remediate performance issues on a code-level in your running .NET applications.   Code Optimizations is used by thousands of developers and operations teams who both proactively and …

Azure Monitor cost optimization using Azure Advisor

Azure Observability Blog > Azure Monitor cost optimization using Azure Advisor https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/azure-monitor-cost-optimization-using-azure-advisor/ba-p/4146052 We in Azure Monitor are committed to assisting you in optimizing your budget allocation, making informed decisions about monitoring options, and discovering features and configurations that enable you to get more out of your infrastructure.   Azure Advisor is a free offering that …

Retrieving more than 30,000 records from Log Analytics Workspace using Azure Data Explorer

Azure Observability Blog > Retrieving more than 30,000 records from Log Analytics Workspace using Azure Data Explorer https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/retrieving-more-than-30-000-records-from-log-analytics-workspace/ba-p/4134946 Introduction: In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, Log Analytics Workspace is used as a tool in Azure to collect logs, edit/run log queries and interactively analyze query results.   As organizations scale their infrastructure and applications, …

Accelerate your observability journey with Azure Monitor pipeline (preview)

Azure Observability Blog > Accelerate your observability journey with Azure Monitor pipeline (preview) https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/accelerate-your-observability-journey-with-azure-monitor/ba-p/4124852 In the ever-evolving landscape of digital infrastructure, transparency in resource and application performance is imperative. Success hinges on visibility, and that’s true whether you’re operating on Azure, on-premise, or at the edge. As organizations scale their infrastructures and applications, the volume of …

Optimizing Cost using the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro

Azure Observability Blog > Optimizing Cost using the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/optimizing-cost-using-the-azure-monitor-opentelemetry-distro/ba-p/4115870 Joe Beernink, Cijo Thomas, and Vishwesh Bankwar contributed to this blog.   When Willow, a global technology company, decided to use Azure Monitor, they leveraged the .NET Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro. The “Distro” is a data collection library which powers Azure Monitor …

Introducing Query editor: Empowering Users with PromQL in Azure Monitor Metrics!

Azure Observability Blog > Introducing Query editor: Empowering Users with PromQL in Azure Monitor Metrics! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/introducing-query-editor-empowering-users-with-promql-in-azure/ba-p/4114826 We're thrilled to announce the public preview launch of Query Editor in Azure Monitor Metrics, an advanced feature that allows customers to query and write PromQL queries directly within their Azure Monitor workspace (AMW). This long-awaited addition comes as …

Observability at scale – Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API

Azure Observability Blog > Observability at scale – Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/observability-at-scale-azure-monitor-metrics-data-plane-api/ba-p/4085850 Azure offers customers the opportunity to scale infrastructure catering to their extensive workload requirements. However, effectively monitoring large deployments across various tenants and subscriptions has posed a challenge. To empower customers with seamless querying capabilities at scale, Microsoft Azure Monitor …

Azure Monitor- Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API

Azure Observability Blog > Azure Monitor- Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/azure-monitor-announcing-general-availability-of-azure-monitor/ba-p/4041394 In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, Azure Monitor has been committed to providing insights into Azure resources. Azure's extensive API services have allowed customers to glean valuable data about their resources, facilitating deep analytics and informed decision-making. …

How To Monitor Your Multi-Tenant Solution on Azure With Azure Monitor

Azure Observability Blog > How To Monitor Your Multi-Tenant Solution on Azure With Azure Monitor https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/how-to-monitor-your-multi-tenant-solution-on-azure-with-azure/ba-p/4042140 1. Multi Tenant solution   Often customers are operating using a multi-tenant architecture in Azure for several reasons: cost-effectiveness, scalability and security. However, this architecture will make it challenging to get an overview of the status of resources across the …

Monitoring ExpressRoute: A Workbook Solution

Azure Observability Blog > Monitoring ExpressRoute: A Workbook Solution https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/monitoring-expressroute-a-workbook-solution/ba-p/4038130 Summary: This workbook addresses a common challenge faced by organizations using Azure ExpressRoute to connect their on-premises networks to Azure cloud services. The challenge is to effectively visualize the health and availability of ExpressRoute components. To address this, we have developed a solution using Azure …

Identify and solve performance issues faster with App Insights Code Optimizations

Azure Observability Blog > Identify and solve performance issues faster with App Insights Code Optimizations https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/identify-and-solve-performance-issues-faster-with-app-insights/ba-p/3997417 If you are part of operations, you likely have already optimized your cloud infrastructure, and are wondering how to make your .NET apps run even more efficiently on Azure. If you are a developer about to release a new …

Making Azure the Best Place to Observe Your Apps with OpenTelemetry

Azure Observability Blog > Making Azure the Best Place to Observe Your Apps with OpenTelemetry https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/making-azure-the-best-place-to-observe-your-apps-with/ba-p/3995896 Thank you to about two dozen colleagues who offered feedback.   Our goal is to make Azure the most observable cloud. To that end, we are refactoring Azure’s native observability platform to be based on OpenTelemetry, an industry standard …

Announcing GA: Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor – Container Insights

Azure Observability Blog > Announcing GA: Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/announcing-ga-multi-line-logging-in-azure-monitor-container/ba-p/3984289 Today, at Ignite, we are thrilled to announce the General Availability of Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor – Container Insights. Multi-Line Logging is a new way to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis in Azure Monitor. This feature allows you …

What’s new in Azure Monitor @ Ignite 2023

Azure Observability Blog > What’s new in Azure Monitor @ Ignite 2023 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/what-s-new-in-azure-monitor-ignite-2023/ba-p/3983596 Azure Monitor offers a rich set of enterprise ready capabilities to ensure complete observability of your hybrid environment, enabling high availability, reliability, and performance. At Ignite, we announce new capabilities that will help you optimize costs and gain streamlined visibility into your application and infrastructure workloads. …

Azure Managed Grafana Adds New SKU and Features

Azure Observability Blog > Azure Managed Grafana Adds New SKU and Features https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-observability-blog/azure-managed-grafana-adds-new-sku-and-features/ba-p/3980412 At the first anniversary of Azure Managed Grafana general availability, we’re excited to announce the preview of the Essential SKU as well as numerous new functionalities and enhancements. These additions bring more choices and value to our users.   Essential SKU We’ve …