Merge pull request #175574 from lgayhardt/patch-26

Deprecation note

Author: PRMerger13

articles/azure-monitor/app/availability-multistep.md

@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ ms.date: 07/21/2021
 
 You can monitor a recorded sequence of URLs and interactions with a website via multi-step web tests. This article will walk you through the process of creating a multi-step web test with Visual Studio Enterprise.
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> [Multi-step web tests have been deprecated](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/retirement-notice-transition-to-custom-availability-tests-in-application-insights/). We recommend using [TrackAvailability()](/dotnet/api/microsoft.applicationinsights.telemetryclient.trackavailability) to submit [custom availability tests](availability-azure-functions.md) instead of multi-step web tests. With TrackAvailability() and custom availability tests, you can run tests on any compute you want and use C# to easily author new tests.
+
 > [!NOTE]
 > Multi-step web tests **are not supported** in the [Azure Government](../../azure-government/index.yml) cloud.
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> Multi-step web tests are categorized as classic tests and can be found under **Add Classic Test** in the Availability pane.
+
+Multi-step web tests are categorized as classic tests and can be found under **Add Classic Test** in the Availability pane.
 
 ## Multi-step webtest alternative