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Storage account insights Storage account insights uses a Monitor workbook to display some general metrics for the storage accounts in the subscription. These metrics include the number of transactions on the account, a timeline of the transactions, the end-to-end latency, server latency, and client errors. Figure 5-39 displays the storage account overview. Network insights Network…

Configure Application Insights Application Insights is used for development and as a production monitoring solution. It works by installing a package into your app, which can provide a more internal view of what’s going on with your code. Its data includes response times of dependencies, exception traces, debug- ging snapshots, and execution profiles. It provides…

View alerts in Azure Monitor After an alert rule has been created, you can manage the alert rule and action group through Azure Monitor from the Alerts blade by clicking Manage Alert Rules. Alerts can be managed across multiple subscriptions and can be filtered by resource group, resource type, signal type, and status (see Figure…

You can select the signal from the available signals for the target and define the logic test that will be applied to the data from the signal. For example, for a virtual machine, you can use the Percentage CPU metric to generate an alert based on a custom threshold for CPU usage, as shown in…

Save a query to the dashboard In addition to sample queries, you can browse the schema for the currently selected work- space. This is useful for determining the proper case for table and column names because KQL is a case-sensitive query language. You can save authored queries for later or mark them as favorites so…

Query and analyze logs in Azure Monitor As mentioned earlier, Azure Monitor stores and surfaces two types of data: metrics and logs. Metrics are numerical values such as performance counters, whereas logs can be either numerical data or text. For instance, the full text of an exception that is raised in an application or even…

Configure diagnostic settings While the resources you deploy in Azure create metrics automatically, many of them also offer richer diagnostics logs, which can be configured to send their log data to another location, such as a storage account or a Log Analytics workspace. In addition to resource logs, there are also tenant-level services, such as…

Configure log settings in Azure Monitor Log Analytics helps you collect, correlate, search, and act on log and performance data generated by operating systems, applications, and Azure services. It gives you operational insights using rich search and visualizations. Log Analytics provides a single pane of glass for interact- ing with the data from the entire…

Interpret metrics in Azure Monitor Recall that metrics are the numerical values that are output by resources and services within Azure. Metrics are available for a number of Azure resources, but not all resources support metrics at this time. Metrics includes platform metrics, which are created by Azure resources and made available in Azure Monitor…

Skill 5.1: Monitor resources in Azure Azure Monitor maximizes the availability and performance of your applications by delivering a comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments. It helps you understand how your applications are perform- ing and proactively identifies issues affecting them and the resources on which…