Monitoring
CoreAzure Monitor
Unified platform for metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and observability across Azure and hybrid resources.
Key points
- Azure Monitor combines platform metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and health signals across resource boundaries.
- Collection, routing, retention, alert ownership, and access must be designed for each telemetry consumer.
Best-known use cases
- Correlate cross-resource health and create actionable alerts tied to service objectives.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Azure Monitor is the observability platform; a Log Analytics workspace is one queryable log destination within that design.
Key takeaway
Choose Azure Monitor to compose signals and alerts, then select destinations and boundaries for each telemetry purpose.
Relevant exam tasks
- D1.1.S1 — Recommend a logging solution
- D1.1.S2 — Recommend a solution for routing logs
- D1.1.S3 — Recommend a monitoring solution