Generally available: Azure Monitor agent extension support for automatic upgrade extension feature

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Published

Feb 2, 2022

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • February 2022
    General Availability

Product

Azure Monitor

Tag

Features
Management
Services
Security

Category

DevOps
Management and governance

Description

Opt-in to new feature updates, security improvements, and bug fixes in the Azure Monitor agent (AMA). These have been rolled out automatically across your virtual machines for new and existing agent installations. Attend to important updates and security fixes by enabling the automatic extension upgrade feature. 

The new opt-in experience is available for Azure virtual machines and scale sets on both Windows and Linux. Review the migration guidance to start migrating from Log Analytics agents to the new agent.