DOCSP-29105 BACKPORT (#2942)

Author: Dave Cuthbert

source/administration/free-monitoring.txt

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+.. warning:: Free monitoring is deprecated 
+
+   Free monitoring will be deprecated in April 2023 and decommissioned
+   in August 2023. 
+
+   Beginning in April 2023, new users can’t enable free monitoring on
+   MongoDB Community instances. Deployments currently using free
+   monitoring can continue to access the free monitoring UI until August
+   2023.
+
+   You can choose another monitoring option for your deployment:
+
+   - **Deploy a MongoDB Atlas dedicated cluster**. :ref:`Migrate your
+     data <live-migration>` to a :ref:`MongoDB Atlas
+     <atlas-getting-started>` dedicated cluster sized M10 or greater,
+     which includes several advanced monitoring and alerting features:
+
+     - :ref:`Query Profiler <query-profiler>`
+     - :ref:`Performance Advisor <performance-advisor>`
+     - :ref:`Real-Time Performance Panel <real-time-metrics-status-tab>`
+
+     Get $100 in Atlas credits by applying the code
+     ``FREE-MONITORING-100``. Limited to the first 300 users.
+
+   - **Deploy a MongoDB Atlas free cluster**. A free Atlas cluster includes
+     basic monitoring and alerting capabilities. After you
+     :atlas:`create a free cluster
+     </tutorial/deploy-free-tier-cluster/>`, use :binary:`mongodump` and
+     :binary:`mongorestore` to manually create a backup of your database
+     and import your data from your MongoDB Community instance.
+
+   - **Use MongoDB Cloud Manager**. The `MongoDB Cloud Manager
+     <https://docs.cloudmanager.mongodb.com/>`_ free tier includes basic
+     monitoring capabilities.
+
 .. versionadded:: 4.0
 
 Starting in version 4.0, MongoDB (Community Edition) offers free Cloud