Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure China 21Vianet

The [new alerts](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/platform/monitoring-classic-retirement) for Azure Monitor enables you to create a unified monitoring experience that is faster, smarter, and more extensible than the [classic alerts](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/platform/alerts-classic.overview). **With these enhanced benefits, we will retire** **classic alerts on** [**Azure China 21Vianet**](https://docs.azure.cn/zh-cn/) **on 29 of February 2024\.** The classic alerts service in Azure public cloud has been [retired](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/classic-alerting-monitoring-retirement/) since 31 August 2019\. **Recommended action** 1. View the currently used classic alerts in the Azure portal by clicking on Monitor; then click Alerts; then click View classic alerts. Follow the steps in the [migration tool](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/platform/alerts-using-migration-tool#before-you-migrate) to transition, or manually migrate to new metric alerts in Azure Monitor. 1. Update any Azure Resource Manager templates that use the _Microsoft.Insights/alertRules_ resource provider to other new alerts resource types. View template samples [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/samples/resource-manager-samples). Please note that [alert rules on virtual machine guest operating system metrics and retirement metrics](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/platform/alerts-understand-migration#manually-migrating-classic-alerts-to-newer-alerts) are not included in the migration tool. **More information** If you have questions, get answers from community experts in [Microsoft Q&A](https://docs.microsoft.com/answers/topics/azure-monitor.html). If you have a support plan and you need technical help, create a [support request.](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft%5FAzure%5FSupport/HelpAndSupportBlade/newsupportrequest) * Azure Monitor * Retirements * [ Azure Monitor](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/monitor/)