Course Overview
In this learning path, you learn to deploy and configure Azure Monitor, including creating a Log Analytics workspace, and configuring monitoring for applications, virtual machines, and virtual networks. You also learn to create and configure alerts and responses. Finally, you practice these skills in a guided lab project.
Course Content
Create and configure a Log Analytics workspace
- Introduction
- Create a Log Analytics workspace
- Configure access to Log Analytics workspaces
- Configure Log Analytics data retention
- Configure Log Analytics health status alerts
- Module assessment
- Summary
Configure monitoring for applications
- Introduction
- Understand Application Insights
- Application Insights sampling
- Diagnostic settings and resource logs
- Azure SQL Insights
- Module assessment
- Summary
Configure monitoring for virtual machines
- Introduction
- Deploy Azure Monitor Agent to IaaS Virtual Machines
- Monitor Performance with VM insights
- Configure data collection rules for IaaS VM logs
- Module assessment
- Summary
Configure monitoring for virtual networks
- Introduction
- Topology
- Connection Monitor
- IP flow verify and NSG diagnostics
- Packet capture
- Module assessment
- Summary
Configure alerts and responses
- Introduction
- Azure Monitor alerts
- Action groups
- Alert rules
- Alert processing rules
- Module assessment
- Summary
Guided Project – Deploy and configure Azure Monitor
- Introduction
- Exercise - Prepare your Azure environment
- Exercise - Deploy Log Analytics
- Exercise - Monitor web apps
- Exercise - Configure monitoring for compute services
- Exercise - Configure alerts
- Module assessment
- Summary
Prerequisites
Understand the basic functionality of Azure Monitor and Log Analytics workspaces.