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Azure Managed Grafana uses a deprecated version of Grafana#

Reliability · Azure Managed Grafana · Rule · 2025_03 · Important

Grafana workspaces should be on Grafana version 10.

Description#

Support for Grafana version 10 within Azure Managed Grafana is deprecated. Azure Managed Grafana supports Grafana version 11. In August 2025, all Grafana workspaces running Grafana version 10 will be automatically upgraded to Grafana version 11.

However, Grafana 11 introduces several breaking changes. To avoid support disruptions, familiarize yourself with the breaking changes and start planning your upgrade. Plan to complete your upgrade to Grafana 11 before the deadline.

Recommendation#

Consider familiarize yourself with the breaking changes introduced in Grafana 11, and plan to upgrade your Azure Managed Grafana workspaces before the deadline to avoid support disruptions.

Examples#

Configure with Bicep#

To deploy Azure Managed Grafana workspaces that pass this rule:

  • Set the properties.grafanaMajorVersion property to 11.

For example:

Azure Bicep snippet
resource grafana 'Microsoft.Dashboard/grafana@2024-10-01' = {
  name: name
  location: location
  sku: {
    name: 'Standard'
  }
  identity: {
    type: 'SystemAssigned'
  }
  properties: {
    grafanaMajorVersion: '11'
    zoneRedundancy: 'Enabled'
  }
}

Configure with Azure template#

To deploy Azure Managed Grafana workspaces that pass this rule:

  • Set the properties.grafanaMajorVersion property to 11.

For example:

Azure Template snippet
{
  "type": "Microsoft.Dashboard/grafana",
  "apiVersion": "2024-10-01",
  "name": "[parameters('name')]",
  "location": "[parameters('location')]",
  "sku": {
    "name": "Standard"
  },
  "identity": {
    "type": "SystemAssigned"
  },
  "properties": {
    "grafanaMajorVersion": "11",
    "zoneRedundancy": "Enabled"
  }
}

Configure with Azure CLI#

Azure CLI snippet
az grafana update --name <azure-managed-grafana-workspace> --major-version 11

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