Elastic 7.9 introduces a broad array of enhancements across its Enterprise Search, Observability, and Security solutions, all built on the Elastic Stack. Key features include the introduction of a free distribution tier for Workplace Search and endpoint security, simplifying data onboarding with the Elastic Agent and Ingest Manager, and enhanced observability through a unified overview page in Kibana. The release strengthens integration with open standards like OpenTelemetry and expands capabilities in Elastic Security with new detection rules and integrated malware prevention. Users can now benefit from faster navigation in Kibana due to architectural improvements and explore the new Event Query Language (EQL) for threat detection. Elastic Cloud has been improved with support for AWS PrivateLink, offering enhanced security and compliance options, and expanded regional availability. Additionally, Elastic Cloud Enterprise 2.6 and Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes 1.2 bring new management capabilities and ease of deployment for Elastic solutions.