Azure Copilot Observability Agent, an AI-powered operational companion in Azure Monitor, is now covering Log Analytics data in Basic and Auxiliary table plans during interactive analysis and deep investigations. Teams can move high-volume telemetry - incl

The Auxiliary table plan in Azure Monitor Logs is a cost-effective option for ingesting and retaining high-volume, verbose logs used for compliance and auditing. Auxiliary Logs is now generally available in the sovereign clouds: Azure Government (Fairfax)

The Auxiliary table plan in Azure Monitor Logs gives you a cost-effective way to ingest and retain high-volume, verbose logs that you keep for compliance and auditing but rarely query. Two highly requested capabilities are now generally available.Auxiliar

Control plane metrics collection for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), powered by Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus, is now generally available.This capability gives AKS customers native observability into key managed control plane components, in

This capability shares telemetry from Azure Monitor Log Analytics workspaces into Microsoft Fabric, making observability data available in OneLake as Delta Parquet, the open format, without duplication and with near real-time availability. All Azure Monit

Azure Monitor Application Insights now stores generative AI content in a dedicated GenAIContent table (AppGenAIContent in Log Analytics), making it possible to apply newly available access controls to sensitive AI telemetry. Because Application Insights p

Starting July 15, 2026, advanced platform metrics are available in Public Preview. This update provides enhanced visibility into platform performance, resource health, and operational trends across supported Azure services. With advanced platform metrics,

The Log Analytics Export job enables you to export historical data from a Log Analytics workspace to an Azure Storage account based on a specified query and time range. This allows you to extract only the data you need and move it to external systems for

A new Azure portal experience for Summary Rules in Log Analytics is now available. Summary Rules enable aggregation of high-volume log data at a defined cadence and store it in summarized tables for improved query performance, reporting, or enhanced data

Metrics Usage Insights now includes an Ingestion Volume Change dashboard to help you compare ingestion volume over time. Quickly detect spikes or drops in time series counts and event ingestion rates, enabling faster investigation of cost changes and more

Azure Monitor's support for native ingestion of OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) signals is now generally available. This enables you to send telemetry data directly from OpenTelemetry-instrumented applications and platforms to Azure Monitor. You can configu