Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services

Version 5.2.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services was released on September 17, 2023.

After upgrading to version 5.0.0 or later of this add-on, you might observe a rise in the usage of memory and CPU resources within your deployment.

Check the release notes for version 5.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services before upgrading to the latest version as breaking changes were introduced in the Storage Blob input.

Compatibility

Version 5.2.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions	8.2.x, 9.0.x, 9.1.x
CIM version	5.1.0
Supported OS for data collection	Platform independent
Vendor products	Azure Active Directory, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Storage Table, Azure Storage Blob, Azure Audit, Azure Resource Group, and other cloud services.

New Features

Version 5.2.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services has the following new features:

• Updated Azure Resource, Azure Consumption APIs and the Azure Storage Blob SDK to their latest versions.
• Fixed security related issues.
• Updated the read_timeout parameter's default value for the Azure Storage Blob input to 60 seconds.
• Automatic deletion of obsolete Storage Blob file checkpoints after successful migration to KV store.

Fixed issues

Version 5.2.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services fixes the following issues. If no issue appear, then there are no bug fixes reported:

Known issues

Version 5.2.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services contains the following new known issues. If no issues appear, no issues have yet been reported:

Date filed	Issue number	Description
2021-08-19	ADDON-40841	MacOS not supported for MSCS add-on Workaround: None. Splunk add-on for Microsoft CloudServices is not supported on all MacOS versions.

Third-party software attributions

Version 5.2.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services incorporates the following third-party software or libraries.

Third-party software attributions for the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Cloud Services