Application Monitoring and Feedback Loops

Overview

This course will cover general application monitoring and feedback loop practices and principles, including different kinds of feedback. You will learn how feedback is used in different stages of the value stream, and its benefits. You will learn about the different kinds of telemetry, who can benefit from it and how it is used to collect data from monitoring.

You will be introduced to Application Performance Management, the monitoring and management of performance and availability of software applications.

We will also cover Health and Performance Monitoring with Application Insights, including which features it contains, how to use it to monitor your application availability, usage, and performance and diagnostics.

The course also covers Log Analytics, including Operations Management Suite (OMS) Log Analytics. It will cover how to set up and configure Log Analytics for data collection and how to use Log Analytics to search and analyze data. It also covers OMS solutions as well as how to configure visualizations and how to configure alerts.

Finally, the course will cover Third-Party Monitoring Tools, including New Relic, Loggly and Nagios Core.

Syllabus

Module 0 | Course Introduction
- Course Overview
Module 1 | Application Monitoring Practices and Principles
- Module 1 Objectives
- General App Monitoring and Feedback Loop Practices and Principles
- Application Performance Management
- Module 1 Review Questions
Module 2 | Health and Performance Monitoring with Application Insights
- Module 2 Objectives
- Application Insights
- Configuration
- Search and Analysis
- Analytics
- Integration
- Developer Tools
- Module 2 Review Questions
Module 3 | Log Analytics
- Module 3 Objectives
- Log Analytics
- Connected Sources
- Data Sources
- Log Search
- Data Visualization
- Alerts
- Log Analytics REST API
- Module 3 Review Questions
Module 4 | Integrating Third-Party Monitoring Tools
- Module 4 Objectives
- New Relic
- Loggly
- Nagios Core current section
- Module 4 Review Questions
Final Exam
- Final Exam
Post-Course Survey
- Post-Course Survey