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Workspace Instana
Categories Azure
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 23, 2026

Collect Azure VM tags in addition to VM metadata

Instana currently collects Azure VM properties automatically within AZURE_METADATA  (vmId, name, vmSize, and location), but VM tags are not included.  

Tags on other Azure resources are collected and appear in the UI correctly - apart from Azure VM Tags.  The Customer would like all Azure VM tags to be automatically brought into instana dynamically.  Tagging can then be used to configure alerts, custom dashboards etc.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Admin
    Rodoljub Radivojevic
    Jun 3, 2026

    This feature will be delivered in SaaS release 321 on June 29th.

  • Admin
    Rodoljub Radivojevic
    May 6, 2026

    Rough ETA is early 3Q, 2026.

  • Guest
    Apr 28, 2026

    Please add this functionality at the earliest. Given the size of Unilever, having to manage the tags and corresponding values,  and also ensuring they are updated\synced will add a lot of extra complexity and overhead to Unilever operations. The tagging of vm hosts is of vital importance given the requirement in instana to groups related services\applications together.