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Date Published
Author
Jamie Smith
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791
Language
English
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None

Summary

Elastic Observability 7.13 introduces several enhancements aimed at improving integration, scalability, and analysis capabilities. A key highlight is the seamless integration with Azure, facilitated by a strategic partnership with Microsoft, which allows users to manage Elastic deployments directly from the Azure console, simplifying the onboarding of logs and metrics from Azure services. The introduction of Fleet Server offers better scalability and flexibility in data ingestion, while new features in the APM workflows enhance root cause analysis with tools like time comparison views and scatterplot visualization. Additionally, the release supports enhanced management of APM Server and introduces exploratory data views, native OpenTelemetry support, and beta features like the synthetics agent, all designed to streamline observability and security data management within Elastic Stack 7.13.