Merge pull request #244578 from AbbyMSFT/alerts-timeline

Alerts timeline UI and action group limits

Author: v-regandowner

articles/azure-monitor/alerts/action-groups.md

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ ms.custom: references_regions
 
 When Azure Monitor data indicates that there might be a problem with your infrastructure or application, an alert is triggered. Alerts can contain action groups, which are a collection of notification preferences. Azure Monitor, Azure Service Health, and Azure Advisor use action groups to notify users about the alert and take an action.
 
-This article shows you how to create and manage action groups. Depending on your requirements, you can configure various alerts to use the same action group or different action groups.
+This article shows you how to create and manage action groups. 
 
-Each action is made up of the following properties:
+Each action is made up of:
 
 - **Type**: The notification that's sent or action that's performed. Examples include sending a voice call, SMS, or email. You can also trigger various types of automated actions.
 - **Name**: A unique identifier within the action group.
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Each action is made up of the following properties:
 In general, an action group is a global service. Efforts to make them more available regionally are in development. 
 Global requests from clients can be processed by action group services in any region. If one region of the action group service is down, the traffic is automatically routed and processed in other regions. As a global service, an action group helps provide a disaster recovery solution. Regional requests rely on availability zone redundancy to meet privacy requirements and offer a similar disaster recovery solution.
 
+- You can add up to five action groups to an alert rule.
+- Action groups are executed concurrently, in no specific order.
+- Multiple alert rules can use the same action group.
+
 ## Create an action group in the Azure portal
 
 1. Go to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).

articles/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-manage-alert-instances.md

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 title: Manage your alert instances
 description: The alerts page summarizes all alert instances in all your Azure resources generated in the last 30 days and allows you to manage your alert instances.
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 08/03/2022
+ms.date: 07/11/2023
 ms.reviewer: harelbr
 ---
 # Manage your alert instances
-The **Alerts** page summarizes all alert instances in all your Azure resources generated in the last 30 days. You can see all types of alerts from multiple subscriptions in a single pane. You can search for a specific alert and manage alert instances.
+The **Alerts** page summarizes all alert instances in all your Azure resources generated in the last 30 days. You can search for a specific alert and manage alert instances.
 
-There are a few ways to get to the **Alerts** page:
+You can get to the **Alerts** page in a few ways:
 
 - From the home page in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/), select **Monitor** > **Alerts**.  
 
@@ -24,8 +24,21 @@ The **Alerts** summary pane summarizes the alerts fired in the last 24 hours. Yo
 
 To see more information about a specific alert instance, select the alert instance to open the **Alert details** page.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/alerts-managing-alert-instances/alerts-page.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the Alerts summary page in the Azure portal.":::
+  :::image type="content" source="media/alerts-managing-alert-instances/alerts-page.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the Alerts summary page in the Azure portal.":::
 
+
+
+## View alerts as a timeline (preview)
+
+You can see your alerts in a timeline view. In this view, you can see the number of alerts fired in a specific time range. 
+
+To see the alerts in a timeline view, select **View as timeline** at the top of the Alerts summary page.
+
+  :::image type="content" source="media/alerts-managing-alert-instances/alerts-view-timeline.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the view timeline button in the Alerts summary page in the Azure portal.":::
+
+The timeline shows you which resource the alerts were fired on to give you context of the alert in your Azure hierarchy. The alerts are grouped by the time they were fired. You can filter the alerts by severity, resource, and more. You can also select a specific time range to see the alerts fired in that time range.
+
+  :::image type="content" source="media/alerts-managing-alert-instances/alerts-timeline.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the Alerts timeline page in the Azure portal.":::
 ## Alert details page
 
 The **Alert details** page provides more information about the selected alert: