Instrument Application with Azure Monitor Application Insights from Pluralsight

Microsoft Azure's Application Insights is a popular application performance monitoring tool. This course will show you how to embed application insights into your project and how to analyze that collected telemetry from the Azure portal.

Part of building a successful web application is understanding how your application is being used and capturing exceptions before your users have a chance to report them. This requires embedding application monitoring within the logic of your application. In this course, Instrument Microsoft Azure Application Insights in a Web Application, you will receive an overview of how Application Insights can help you achieve this. First, you will learn how to integrate the SDK into your project. Next, you will explore the different metrics available for tracking. Finally, you will discover several different means to review and analyze these metrics within the Azure portal. When you are finished with this course, you’ll have a foundational knowledge of the types of metrics available to help you monitor your application.

What's inside

Syllabus

Course Overview

Implementing Azure Application Insights SDK in Code

Configure Instrumentation in a Web Application

Good to know

Know what's good

, what to watch for

, and possible dealbreakers

Provides valuable monitoring capabilities for web applications

Taught by Jeff Hopper, an experienced instructor

Part of a series of courses, potentially indicating comprehensive coverage

Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in Instrument Application with Azure Monitor Application Insights with these activities:

Review the basics of telemetry

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This will help you understand the concepts behind telemetry and how it can be used to monitor your applications.

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Read an article or blog post about telemetry.
Watch a video tutorial on telemetry.
Work through a hands-on lab or tutorial on telemetry.

Follow a tutorial on using Application Insights

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This will help you get started with using Application Insights quickly and easily.

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Find a tutorial on using Application Insights.
Follow the steps in the tutorial.
Ask questions if you get stuck.

Find a mentor who can help you learn more about Application Insights

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This will give you the opportunity to learn from someone who has experience using Application Insights.

Browse courses on Application Insights

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Identify the skills or knowledge you want to learn.
Look for people who have those skills or knowledge.
Reach out to them and ask for help.
Meet with them regularly and learn from their experience.

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Configure Application Insights in a web application

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This will give you hands-on experience with configuring Application Insights in a web application.

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Create a new web application.
Install the Application Insights SDK.
Configure the Application Insights SDK.
Run the web application.
View the telemetry data in the Azure portal.

Discuss best practices for using Application Insights

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This will give you an opportunity to learn from others and share your own experiences with using Application Insights.

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Find a peer group or online forum.
Start a discussion about best practices for using Application Insights.
Share your own experiences and insights.
Learn from others.

Create a dashboard to visualize telemetry data

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This will help you learn how to create a dashboard that you can use to visualize the telemetry data from your web application.

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Create a new dashboard in the Azure portal.
Add widgets to the dashboard.
Configure the widgets to display the telemetry data.
Save the dashboard.

Write a blog post or article about Application Insights

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This will help you learn more about Application Insights and share your knowledge with others.

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Choose a topic to write about.
Research the topic.
Write the blog post or article.
Publish the blog post or article.

Contribute to the Application Insights SDK

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This will help you learn more about the Application Insights SDK and how it works.

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Find a bug or feature request that you can work on.
Create a pull request.
Review the code and make changes as needed.
Merge the pull request.

Career center

Learners who complete Instrument Application with Azure Monitor Application Insights will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

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Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineers manage and maintain cloud computing systems. This often involves setting up and monitoring applications on cloud platforms like Azure. This course can help a Cloud Engineer to better monitor Azure applications, giving them an advantage over other candidates.

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Software Engineer

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Solutions Architect

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