May 2, 2024
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Azure Monitoring is a cloud-based service that provides comprehensive monitoring and diagnostics for applications and infrastructure running in Microsoft Azure. It enables you to collect, analyze, and visualize data from your Azure resources, helping you to identify performance issues, troubleshoot errors, and optimize your applications and infrastructure.
Why Learn Azure Monitoring?
There are many reasons why you might want to learn Azure Monitoring. Some of the benefits of learning Azure Monitoring include:
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Reading list
We've selected 22 books
that we think will supplement your
learning. Use these to
develop background knowledge, enrich your coursework, and gain a
deeper understanding of the topics covered in
Azure Monitoring.
Provides a holistic overview of cloud observability with Azure Monitor, covering key concepts, data sources, analysis techniques using KQL, alerting, and visualization. It is particularly useful for gaining a broad understanding and practical insights into designing monitoring strategies for Azure resources. It is valuable as a current reference for cloud engineers, architects, DevOps engineers, and SREs looking to elevate their observability skills.
This guide offers comprehensive coverage of Azure monitoring and management services, including Azure Monitor, with a focus on best practices for design, deployment, and operation. It useful reference for simplifying administration, reducing downtime, controlling costs, and improving problem resolution. It is particularly relevant for professionals involved in delivering efficient and reliable cloud services on Azure.
Kusto Query Language (KQL) is fundamental to analyzing data in Azure Monitor. provides a comprehensive guide to KQL, covering its fundamentals, syntax, operators, and practical applications for operations, defending, and threat hunting. It is essential for anyone working extensively with Azure Monitor logs and analytics. It is highly valuable as a reference for writing efficient queries.
Explores the architectural constructs of Azure monitoring capabilities and delves into design and implementation aspects for various use cases, including IaaS and PaaS scenarios. It helps solidify an understanding of how the operational landscape changes on Azure and covers integration with on-premises systems. It valuable resource for infrastructure and solution architects.
Is designed for individuals preparing for the AZ-104 Azure Administrator certification exam, which includes a significant focus on monitoring. While a study guide, it offers a structured approach to learning key monitoring concepts and their practical application in an administrative context. It is valuable for solidifying understanding and preparing for certification.
Another study guide for the AZ-104 exam, this book provides structured content covering the exam objectives, including monitoring. It's a valuable resource for exam preparation and reinforcing core monitoring concepts required for Azure administrators.
Provides a collection of recipes for common monitoring tasks in Azure. It great resource for anyone who wants to quickly learn how to perform specific monitoring tasks.
Covers various aspects of Azure architecture, including security management, operations, and advanced observability. It provides a broader architectural context for understanding where monitoring fits within a comprehensive cloud solution. It is useful for architects and those seeking a deeper understanding of designing monitorable Azure environments.
While not solely focused on monitoring, this book provides a strong foundation in Azure administration, which is crucial for understanding the context of Azure Monitoring. It covers various Azure services, including setting up monitoring and logging solutions. It good starting point for those new to Azure administration and provides necessary background knowledge.
This comprehensive study guide for the AZ-303 and AZ-304 exams covers a wide range of Azure architecture topics, including monitoring and management. While broad, it provides a foundational understanding of how monitoring fits into overall Azure solution design. It is valuable for those pursuing architect roles and needing a broad view.
Focuses on practical cloud administration tasks in Azure, which would involve monitoring services and resources. It provides hands-on guidance for managing and monitoring Azure environments. It's a good complement to more theoretical monitoring books.
This book, aimed at architects, covers designing solutions on Azure, which includes considerations for monitoring and manageability. It provides a higher-level view of integrating monitoring into overall architectural designs. It's more focused on the 'why' and 'where' of monitoring in architecture.
Focuses on Azure DevOps, which includes components relevant to monitoring within a CI/CD pipeline. It covers topics such as integrating monitoring into development workflows and using Azure DevOps Analytics. It provides valuable insights into how monitoring is integrated into modern DevOps practices on Azure.
Focused on implementing DevOps solutions with Azure, this book would cover the integration of monitoring into the CI/CD pipeline and operational practices. It's relevant for understanding the practical implementation of monitoring within a DevOps framework on Azure.
Offers a task-focused introduction to Azure services. It likely includes sections on basic monitoring tasks as part of daily Azure operations. It's a good resource for getting quickly up to speed with practical aspects of Azure, including fundamental monitoring activities.
This hands-on guide to Azure DevOps includes a section on proactive monitoring and optimization using tools like Application Insights and Azure Cost Management. It provides practical steps for implementing monitoring within a DevOps context. It good resource for gaining hands-on experience with monitoring-related tasks in Azure DevOps.
This cookbook provides practical recipes for various Azure tasks, likely including specific monitoring configurations and solutions. It's a useful reference for quickly implementing specific monitoring scenarios based on proven examples.
Focuses on Azure IaaS, which common area requiring robust monitoring. While not exclusively about monitoring, it provides context on building and migrating solutions that will need to be monitored effectively. It is helpful for understanding the infrastructure being monitored.
Covers best practices for building cloud applications on Azure, which inherently involves considerations for monitoring for performance, availability, and reliability. It provides a developer's perspective on building monitorable applications.
This beginner-friendly guide to Azure DevOps includes an introduction to Azure Monitor in the context of application testing and release. It helps beginners understand the basic role of monitoring within the software development lifecycle on Azure. It's a good introductory resource for those new to both Azure and DevOps.
Provides a foundational understanding of core Azure concepts and services. While an older edition, it can still be useful for absolute beginners to grasp the basics of the Azure platform before diving into specific topics like monitoring. It serves as a good prerequisite reading.
Aims to guide readers from beginner to professional in Azure. It would likely include introductory information on monitoring as part of the core Azure services. It serves as a broad introduction to the platform, with monitoring as one of the covered topics.
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