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2026 1

  1. Introducing Data Series Colors: tell clearer stories with ADX Dashboards

2025 6

  1. Billing Announcement: Azure Data Explorer Storage Adjustment (November 2025)
  2. Labeling Kusto Data in Azure Managed Grafana for Machine Learning Workflows
  3. Azure Data Explorer's Advanced Geospatial Analysis: Breaking New Ground
  4. Deprecation of variable length edge dot notation in graph-match
  5. New ADX Dashboards Customization Features: More Control, Better Usability, and Improved Performance
  6. Retirement of Virtual Network Injection for Azure Data Explorer Extended to May 1st 2025

2024 36

  1. Synapse Data Explorer (SDX) to Eventhouse Migration Capability (Preview)
  2. Query Acceleration for Delta External Tables (Preview)
  3. Exploring the New Kraph Features: Unlocking Powerful Patterns and Operations
  4. Country and Region Information in current_principal_details
  5. Performing ETL in Real-Time Intelligence with Microsoft Fabric
  6. Time Weighted Average and Value in Azure Data Explorer
  7. New Custom and Managed Python images in Azure Data Explorer
  8. Advanced Time Series Anomaly Detector in Fabric
  9. Visualizing Data as Graphs with Fabric and KQL
  10. ADX Web UI updates - July 2023
  11. Store images in Kusto and visualize them with Power BI or Azure Data Explorer Dashboards
  12. Ad-Hoc Visual Data Exploration Feature
  13. Deprecation of Virtual Network Injection for Azure Data Explorer
  14. Update records in a Kusto Database (General Availability)
  15. ADX Web updates – May 2024
  16. Graph Semantics for Kusto are Generally Available
  17. The #1 factor in ADX/KQL database performance
  18. Monitor your data using Azure Monitor log search alerts and the Azure Data Explorer (ADX) Database
  19. How to use M dynamic parameters without most limitations
  20. ARM Templates for Kusto
  21. Azure SQL Database Watcher and Azure Data Explorer Integration
  22. Timespan/duration values in KQL, Power Query and Power BI
  23. Breaking changes February 2024
  24. Update records in a Kusto Database (Public Preview)
  25. ADX Continuous Export to Delta Table - Public Preview
  26. To BE or not to be – case sensitive using Power BI and ADX/RTA in Fabric
  27. ADX Web updates – Jan 2024
  28. Introducing Dashboards Base Queries: Enhancing Productivity and Consistency
  29. Why are 273 queries needed to refresh one chart in Power BI ?
  30. Visualizing narrow Kusto tables with Azure Managed Grafana
  31. ADX Query Performance Unleashed: Best Practices and Pro Tips
  32. Ingest data using Splunk Universal forwarder into Azure Data Explorer
  33. Optimizing Vector Similarity Search on Azure Data Explorer – Performance Update
  34. How Kusto graph semantics can help solve a classic graph problem: the Seven Bridges of Königsberg
  35. Storing OPC UA Information Models in Azure Data Explorer
  36. Migrate your existing ADX cluster to support multiple availability zones- Public Preview release

2023 71

  1. Using KQL query settings in Power BI
  2. ANNOUNCEMENT: CMK on ADX Leader/Follower Cluster
  3. Breaking changes November 2023
  4. Kusto Schema Validation
  5. How many to many relationships affect the number of queries required to refresh matrices and tables
  6. Kusto NLog connector now supports Azure Data Explorer Free Clusters
  7. Integrating Azure Data Explorer with Cosmos DB to analyze data in near real-time
  8. New outbound dependency for Azure Data Explorer
  9. Filtering and visualizing Kusto data in local time
  10. Calculating distinct counts in Power BI with data in Kusto
  11. How to visualize graphs in Kusto using Plotly and Python
  12. Getting started with Microsoft Azure Data Explorer Add-On for Splunk
  13. Sending Azure Cost Management to Azure Data Explorer/Fabric KQL DB
  14. ADX Web UI updates – August 2023
  15. Introducing the New Get Data Experience: Streamlining Your Data Ingestion Journey
  16. How Date and Time values from ADX are reflected in Power BI
  17. Relationships between ADX tables on two databases or two clusters
  18. KQL joins in Power BI and not only
  19. ADX Web UI updates - July 2023
  20. AiTM & BEC threat hunting with KQL
  21. Near real time reports in PBI + Kusto
  22. Orchestrating ADX queries using managed Airflow
  23. Optimizing Vector Similarity Searches at Scale
  24. New ADX Version Deployment Notification
  25. Kusto EngineV2 end of Life announcement
  26. New generation of cache recommendations for Azure Data Explorer
  27. Generally Available: Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link
  28. Kusto Emulator on Linux
  29. Simplifying data streaming from Event Hubs to ADX
  30. Unveiling the Epic Opportunity: A Fun Game to Explore the Synapse Real-Time Analytics
  31. Using .show queries to understand and optimize the KQL sent from PBI to Kusto
  32. ADX Web Updates - May 2023
  33. Techniques and Strategies for Optimal Performance using ADX export
  34. Cosmos DB Data Connection - New role required
  35. Getting started with Fluent bit and Azure Data Explorer
  36. What’s New in Kusto – Build 2023 !
  37. 🔍🎬 Introducing Kusto Detective Agency Season 2: Bigger, Better, and Brimming with Prizes! 🎉🔍
  38. Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) Bindings for Azure Functions - Public Preview
  39. Getting started with NLog and Azure Data Explorer
  40. Confidential VM option for Azure Data Explorer- Public Preview release
  41. How to force filtering on at least one criterion when querying ADX data in direct query mode
  42. Breaking changes notification
  43. Search text in a Kusto/ADX table using any number of terms from Power BI
  44. How to architect a multi-tenant solution with Azure Data Explorer
  45. Azure Data Explorer for Vector Similarity Search
  46. Connecting from Power BI to ADX on a private end point
  47. Log Clustering in Azure Data Explorer
  48. 5 reasons to use Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer integration
  49. ADX Web updates – March 2023
  50. Importing Data from RabbitMQ into Azure Data Explorer via Event Hubs
  51. Free Event Hub data analysis with Azure Data Explorer
  52. Getting started with Serilog and Azure Data Explorer
  53. ARM Deploy Cosmos DB Data connection
  54. Power BI modeling with ADX - cheat sheet
  55. Does news affect Bitcoin rates? Use Logstash & Free Kusto to analyze Bitcoin rates and news reports
  56. Private Endpoint support for Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link
  57. ADX Web UI updates - February 2023
  58. What's wrong with 1:M relationships between ADX tables In Power BI
  59. Overcoming the Challenges of Big Data Export with ADX Export
  60. General availability: ADX Dashboards
  61. Using Azure Data Factory orchestrating Kusto query-ingest
  62. Using Dual Mode dimension in Power BI with ADX data
  63. Ingest Azure Databricks logs into Azure Data Explorer using Log4j2-ADX connector
  64. How to handle data updates in Azure Data Explorer
  65. A Step-by-Step Guide to migrate data from Elasticsearch to Azure Data Explorer(ADX) using Logstash
  66. ADX Web UI updates – January 2023
  67. Cross highlight when using direct query in PBI
  68. Plotly visualizations in Azure Data Explorer
  69. Observability using ADX
  70. Announcing Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link (public preview)
  71. Getting started with Apache Log4j and Azure Data Explorer

2022 87

  1. ADX Web UI updates – December 2022
  2. Find my partner
  3. Ingest streaming data using Azure Event Hub and Azure Databricks
  4. Azure Stream Analytics no-code editor for ADX
  5. Ingest preexisting Event Hub events to ADX
  6. To Star or not to Star, More about data modeling in Power BI using ADX
  7. Multivariate Anomaly Detection in Azure Data Explorer
  8. Timeline visualization - one way of using the powerful Time Pivot chart (Kusto Explorer)
  9. ADX Web updates – November 2022
  10. The importance of using DAX variables / the Kusto/ADX edition
  11. Building an Azure Service Tag Lookup utility with KQL and a Free Cluster
  12. Migrate seamlessly your ADX cluster to Lsv3-series for reduced costs and better performance
  13. Getting started with Open Telemetry and Azure Data Explorer
  14. Cluster monitoring with Keep Alive metric
  15. How to identify queries send to Kusto from a specific Power BI report
  16. New Experience in Query to Power BI from Kusto Explorer/ Kusto web explorer
  17. ADX Web updates – October 2022
  18. Azure Data Factory to ADX Free Cluster
  19. MS Learn module: Create dashboards in Azure Data Explorer
  20. Kusto Trender
  21. What’s New in Azure Synapse Data Explorer – Ignite 2022 !
  22. Evaluate query performance of Azure Data Explorer
  23. Use Excel to summarize values from Kusto for a list of Ids
  24. Kusto Emulator Installation Video
  25. Check it out: Azure Data Explorer MS Learn modules
  26. Azure Data Explorer Quarterly Newsletter (September 2022)
  27. Introducing Conversion Functions in KQL
  28. Breaking change in window functions
  29. Generally available: Kusto Emulator
  30. Scale your Azure Firewall monitoring with Azure Data Explorer
  31. Return of the Power BI join with Kusto
  32. ADX Web Explorer updates – August 2022
  33. New productivity features in Kusto Explorer
  34. Azure Data Explorer supports native ingestion from Amazon S3
  35. Ingesting Protobuf data from Kafka to Azure Data Explorer
  36. Use fresh and unlimited volume of ADX data (Kusto) from your favorite analytic tool - Excel pivot
  37. How to create the output schema from Kusto query
  38. ADX Web Explorer updates – July 2022
  39. Azure Data Explorer breaking changes [Action Required]
  40. Data pre-processing for Azure Data Explorer with Apache Spark
  41. Azure Data Explorer (ADX) free cluster with Upgrade option
  42. Aviation flight data analytics with Azure Synapse Analytics
  43. Geospatial Analytics for Connected Vehicle with Synapse Data Explorer
  44. ADX Web Explorer updates – June 2022
  45. Best practices in creating aggregations in Power BI and ADX
  46. General availability: Azure Data Explorer connector for Power Automate, Logic Apps, and Power Apps
  47. When to use Azure Data Explorer
  48. Azure Lv3 VM series delivers higher performance at a lower cost for Azure Data Explorer
  49. An Approach to Unit Testing ADX Functions
  50. Welcome to your new Home page!
  51. Azure Data Explorer in 60 minutes with the new samples gallery
  52. Using the new amazing Power BI feature - Field Parameters
  53. Microsoft Defender for Cloud export to Azure Data Explorer
  54. ADX Web Explorer updates – May 2022
  55. Implementing and Optimizing Bounding Box Queries in Azure Data Explorer
  56. Generating and Visualizing H3 Indexed Data with Kusto and Python
  57. Optimized autoscale – predictive planning
  58. Azure Schema Registry, Avro format, and ADX - short survey
  59. Use the one-click sample app generator to create code to ingest and query your data
  60. M dynamic parameters are generally available in Power BI
  61. F1 telemetry analysis with Azure Data Explorer (ADX)
  62. Send data from Node-RED to free Azure Data Explorer (Kusto)
  63. Merging ADX queries in Power BI
  64. ARM Deploy Azure Data Explorer DB with Event Hub connection
  65. Performance Optimizations for Applications using Azure Data Explorer
  66. Multiple databases per data connection (Multi DB data connection)
  67. Sampling the results of a query to be visualize in a line chart
  68. Exporting AWS CloudWatch Logs to Azure Data Explorer
  69. Azure Data Explorer: Zero Trust Security with Conditional Access
  70. ADX useful links
  71. (Preview) Configure ADX table retention, caching and batching policies via one-click
  72. End to end Azure Data Explorer pipeline deployment with ARM
  73. Now in preview: Materialized Views Over Materialized Views
  74. New productivity features in Kusto Explorer
  75. Start for free Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) cluster
  76. Using Query results cache in Azure Data Explorer (aka Kusto) from Power BI
  77. Filtering multiple tables from Kusto by one time slicer in Power BI
  78. Open live Kusto query in Excel
  79. Extracting values from Kusto JSON columns in Power BI
  80. Deleting individual records in a table
  81. Using DateTime columns from Kusto in Power BI - Part 1
  82. Search on Slicer in Power BI with ADX
  83. Automated provisioning in Azure Data Explorer
  84. Kibana dashboards and visualizations on top of Azure Data Explorer are now supported with K2Bridge
  85. Use the sample app generator to create code to ingest and query your data
  86. ADX dashboards January 2022 updates
  87. Use KQL scripts to configure databases E2E

2021 44

  1. Automatically stop unused Azure Data Explorer Clusters
  2. Happy Holidays! Draw a tree with KQL
  3. Help us shape Kusto data exploration experience
  4. Direct Query from Excel to Azure Data Explorer (aka Kusto)
  5. Azure Data Explorer offers on AMD SKUs
  6. Help us shape the future of Event/IoT hub with ADX (short survey: 3 min. , 7 questions)
  7. MS Learn: Write your first query with Kusto Query Language
  8. IoT Central data export to Azure Data Explorer and Azure Synapse data explorer
  9. ADX dashboards November 2021 updates
  10. Azure Synapse Analytics - Operationalize your Spark ML model into Data Explorer pool for scoring
  11. New Azure Data Explorer output plugin for Telegraf enables SQL monitoring at huge scale
  12. ADX is now supported as output for Azure Stream Analytics job
  13. Query past data with hot windows
  14. Monitor and optimize the cache usage with ADX Insights
  15. How to start with KQL Oct 2021
  16. Copy data to/from Azure Data Explorer using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics
  17. Using Azure Data Explorer timeseries capabilities in Power BI
  18. Aligning Timeseries Application Requirements into Azure Data Explorer (ADX)
  19. How to ingest historical data into ADX
  20. Hello World: Where should I put my Data on Azure?
  21. Azure Data Explorer cost estimator is now available in Azure pricing calculator
  22. Enhanced experience for Query in ADX Web Explorer
  23. Monitor batching ingestion with ADX Insights
  24. How to start with Azure Data Explorer April 2022
  25. Update on geospatial functions
  26. MS Learn: Introduction to Azure Data Explorer
  27. Azure Data Explorer and subnet delegation
  28. The new SCAN Operator: Process Mining in Azure Data Explorer
  29. Join Azure Data Explorer sessions at Microsoft Build 2021, Digital Event
  30. How to query data located in Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake Store Gen2/1 with ADX
  31. Azure Log Analytics Log Management using Azure Data Explorer
  32. Webinar: <April 21st> Meet the people who created the new technology behind ADX Performance update
  33. Azure Data Explorer performance update (EngineV3) - GA
  34. How to Monitor Batching Ingestion to ADX in Azure Portal
  35. Azure Data Explorer YouTube Channel
  36. Webinar :"Enterprise Readiness with Azure Data Explorer" Feb 24, 2021 09:00 AM PST
  37. How to save ADX cost with the new Predictive Autoscale
  38. New feature announcement: Data landing page
  39. ADX RESULTS GRID SURVEY
  40. How to ingest many local files or blobs with intuitive wizard
  41. Train your Model on Spark/Databricks, score it on ADX
  42. Spotlight on the ADX Web Explorer query results grid
  43. ADX Insights - Azure Monitor for Azure Data Explorer (preview)
  44. Webinar on "How to start with KQL" Jan 27, 2021 09:00 AM PST

2020 63

  1. HowTo: Azure Data Explorer integration into Azure Purview
  2. Announcing Azure Purview Integration with Azure Data Explorer
  3. Fluent Bit connector for Azure Storage to support Azure Data Explorer streaming
  4. Monthly Webinar and Ask Me Anything on Azure Data Explorer
  5. How to ingest historical data with actual creation time to optimized performance
  6. ADX 1-click now supports mapping transformations
  7. How to ingest data from Event Hub to Azure Data Explorer with 1-click
  8. Clickstream analytics in Azure Data Explorer
  9. Grafana query editor for Azure Data Explorer plugin
  10. Dodo Pizza - Let's data take the lead
  11. ADX python() plugin survey
  12. Azure Data Explorer dashboards October update
  13. Power BI dynamic M query parameter support
  14. Announcing an Azure Data Explorer AMA on October 28!
  15. What's new in ADX Web Explorer
  16. Azure Data Explorer Online Event October 14 - Event Summary
  17. Azure Data Explorer - Reimagine Telemetry Analytics
  18. Azure Data Explorer now supports AMD based SKUs
  19. Announcing Azure Data Explorer data connector for Azure Synapse (preview)
  20. (Today) Welcome to the ADX Online Event, October 14th at 09:00 – 12:00 (GMT + 1 & GMT – 7).
  21. Save your spot at the Azure Data Explorer online event!
  22. Azure Data Explorer and Power Apps
  23. Geospatial joins are now supported by Azure Data Explorer
  24. Azure Data Explorer Kafka Connector - new features with version 1.x
  25. Just Enough Azure Data Explorer for Architects
  26. How to migrate from Elasticsearch to Azure Data Explorer
  27. Use Logic Apps to trigger a purge command on ADX
  28. Create a table with the 1-click experience
  29. Tip of the day: how to replicate the stored functions from one ADX cluster to other ADX clusters
  30. Taboola harnesses big data to power the future of online advertising
  31. ADX Dashboards August 2020 update
  32. How to score ONNX models in Azure Data Explorer
  33. Free online courses on Azure Data Explore
  34. ADX Web Explorer usability survey
  35. Introducing Advanced KQL Free Online Course
  36. FF: ADX allows data scientists to access data easily and run complex queries with incredible speed
  37. Learn everything you need to know about Azure Data Explorer
  38. Tip of the day: How to export data from SQL
  39. Azure Data Explorer Newsletter April/May/June 2020
  40. Integration of Azure Data Explorer with Cosmos DB for near real-time analytics
  41. Kafka ingestion into Azure Data Explorer - Part 1
  42. Spotlight on the ADX Time Pivot Visualization
  43. How to stream Microsoft Defender ATP hunting logs in Azure Data Explorer
  44. Azure Data Explorer dashboards – public preview
  45. Ingesting XML data into Azure Data Explorer
  46. Episerver customer story is NOW LIVE on customers.microsoft.com
  47. Tip of the day: What is Azure Data Explorer (Video)?
  48. Calculating downtime using Window functions and Time Series functions in Azure Data Explorer
  49. Train your Model in AML, score it in ADX
  50. Azure Data Explorer and business continuity
  51. Azure Data Explorer support for inline Python is GA
  52. Connect Kibana to Azure Data Explorer with K2Bridge, a new open-source connector
  53. Azure Data Explorer Newsletter March 2020
  54. Azure Data Explorer and Azure Monitor Integration | Short Survey
  55. Ingest chatbot custom telemetry with Azure Data Explorer
  56. Just shipped: VNet Injection for Azure Data Explorer
  57. Ingesting JSON formatted data into Azure Data Explorer
  58. KQL cheat sheets - Quick Reference official page
  59. Row Level Security (RLS) - get more control over your data
  60. How to infer automatically table schema in Azure Data Explorer and more
  61. Use customer managed keys to encrypt data on Azure Data Explorer clusters
  62. Workaround: How to create ADF data flows with Azure Data Explorer
  63. How to Monitor Azure Data Explorer ingestion using diagnostic logs (Preview)

2019 35

  1. How to run SQL query on External Tables in Azure Data Explorer
  2. How to debug inline Python code in Azure Data Explorer
  3. Azure Data Explorer KQL cheat sheets
  4. How to reduce cost with Azure Data Explorer Markup reserved capacity
  5. Ingest once, use in multiple clusters (for different scenarios, teams and cost allocation)
  6. Alerts in Azure Data Explorer Grafana plugin
  7. Redash dashboards native connector for Azure Data Explorer
  8. ADX enforcement of TLS 1.2 version
  9. Just shipped: Geospatial functions support in Azure Data Explorer
  10. Near-real-time data sharing with Azure Data Explorer and Azure Data Share (preview)
  11. Come and meet Azure Data Explorer team @Ignite & PaaS Summit 2019
  12. Just Shipped: Use Azure Data Factory command activity to run Azure Data Explorer control commands
  13. How to: Handle duplicate records in Azure Data Explorer
  14. Just Shipped: Azure Data Factory template for bulk copy from database to Azure Data Explorer
  15. Enhanced security and resiliency with your Azure Data Explorer cluster
  16. How to ingest your data into Azure Data Explorer with one click (preview)
  17. Just shipped : Ingest data from IoT Hub into Azure Data Explorer
  18. Automatically scale your cluster size to optimize query performance and cost
  19. Azure Data Explorer breaking changes [Action Required]
  20. Taboola on AzureDataExplorer "It's magic, interactive & intuitive. My users are in love"
  21. Source Control For Azure Data Explorer(Kusto) Database Schemas
  22. How to change Ingestion batching Policy from 5 Minutes to 5 Seconds?
  23. How to add dynamic data into a table using '.ingest inline into table' command
  24. How to calculate the cost of copy data from AzureBlob to Azure Data Explorer with Azure Data Factory
  25. Azure Data Explorer queries raw data in the lake
  26. How to increase query run-time limitation in Azure Data Explorer
  27. What’s new in Azure Data Explorer at //Build 2019
  28. How to query XMLs with namespaces as dynamic columns in Azure Data Explorer (Kusto)
  29. HowTo: Anomalychart in Azure Data Explorer Web Explorer
  30. Tip of the Week: How to search multiple strings for certain keywords?
  31. HowTo: Creating an AAD Application
  32. Just Shipped Feb 7th: Azure Data Explorer (Kusto), a fast and highly scalable data analytics service
  33. Azure Data Factory (ADF) now supports Azure Data Explorer (Kusto)
  34. How to extend ".show queries" history?
  35. How to Ingest Blobs into Azure Data Explorer