Dependency
Agent and VM
Insights Map will be retired on June 30, 2028 and no
longer be supported.
With
this retirement, all functionality associated with the VM
Insights Map and the Dependency Agent will be completely
retired.
After this
date, customers:
- Will not be able to access the
Map tab in VM Insights in the Azure Portal;
- Will not be able to access
the Connections Overview workbook which utilizes VM Insights Map
data;
- Will not be able to install
the Dependency Agent on new VMs from the Azure Portal.
- Will not be able to send new
data to Azure Monitor Log Analytics using the Dependency
Agent.
- Will not be able to query the
Service Map API
Existing data will remain in your Log Analytics workspace as per your
configured retention policy.
As part of
the retirement process,
- No new Operating System
versions will be supported starting June 30, 2025
- Customer will not be able
onboard new VMs from the Azure portal after September 30, 2025
Please see our retirement and migration guidance.
Recommended
action
We
recommend considering a replacement solution from the Azure
Marketplace if you want to continue collecting data about processes
running on virtual machines and external process dependencies.