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Deploy and configure Azure Monitor

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Overview

  • Module 1: In this module, you learn how to create and configure access to a Log Analytics workspace. You also learn how to configure data retention and to enable health status alerts for a Log Analytics workspace.
    • Create a Log Analytics workspace
    • Configure access to a Log Analytics Workspace
    • Configure data retention for a Log Analytics workspace
    • Configure Health Status Alerts for a Log Analytics workspace
  • Module 2: In this module you learn how to use Application Insights to monitor application performance and how to use Azure ASQL Insights to improve performance of Azure SQL database applications.
    • Describe how Application Insights is used to monitor application performance
    • Distinguish between the different Application Insights sampling rates
    • Describe Azure diagnostic settings and resource logs
    • Leverage Azure SQL Insights to improve performance of Azure SQL database applications
  • Module 3: In this module, you learn how the Azure Monitor Agent can be deployed to IaaS VMs, how VM Insights can be used to monitor IaaS VM performance, and how to enable data collection rules to collect operating system and application logs.
    • Describe the Azure Monitor Agent and how it can be deployed to IaaS Virtual Machines
    • Explain VM Insights and how to use it to monitor IaaS VM performance
    • Enable data collection rules to collect operating system and application logs
  • Module 4: In this module, you learn how to use the following Azure Network Watcher functionality to monitor and diagnose Azure networks: Azure Network Watcher topology. Connection Monitor. IP flow verify and NSG diagnostics. Packet capture.
    • Create and configure an Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor
    • Create and configure a flow log
    • Enable Traffic Analytics
    • Configure access to flow logs
  • Module 5: In this module, you learn how Azure Monitoring alerts proactively notifies you when Azure Monitor data indicates there might be a problem with your infrastructure or applications before the problem becomes one for your users.
    • Describe the purpose of and identify the different types of alerts
    • Explain how action groups are used to notify users about alerts
    • Configure and manage alert rules
    • Configure alert processing rules to modify triggered alerts
    • Describe how Change Analysis provides insight into changes made to Azure resources
  • Module 6: In this module, you practice configuring monitoring of various workloads and infrastructure services using Azure Monitor. The skills validated include deploying and configuring Log Analytics, configuring monitoring for Web apps, monitoring compute and networking services, and configuring alerts.
    • Deploy and configure Log Analytics.
    • Configure monitoring for Web apps.
    • Monitor compute and networking services.
    • Configure alerts.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Module 1: 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
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Module 2: Configure monitoring for applications
    • Introduction
    • Understand Application Insights
    • Application Insights sampling
    • Diagnostic settings and resource logs
    • Azure SQL Insights
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Module 3: 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
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Module 4: Configure monitoring for virtual networks
    • Introduction
    • Topology
    • Connection Monitor
    • IP flow verify and NSG diagnostics
    • Packet capture
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Module 5: Configure alerts and responses
    • Introduction
    • Azure Monitor alerts
    • Action groups
    • Alert rules
    • Alert processing rules
    • Azure Monitor change analysis
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Module 6: 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
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary

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