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Cloud Computing · Foundational

Azure Monitor

Azure's comprehensive monitoring platform collecting metrics and logs from Azure, hybrid and multicloud resources.

Definition

Azure Monitor stores numerical metrics in a time-series database and logs in Log Analytics workspaces queried with KQL. It provides alerts with action groups, workbooks, dashboards and insights for VMs, containers and networks. The Azure Monitor Agent with data collection rules replaced the legacy Log Analytics agent.

Example

A metric alert triggers an action group that emails the team and opens an ITSM ticket when VM CPU exceeds 90 percent.

Exam tip

Action groups define who is notified and what automation runs; alert rules define the condition.

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