| title | description | author | services | ms.service | ms.topic | ms.date | ms.author | ms.component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sources of monitoring data in Azure |
Learn about all the monitoring data sources available on Azure today. |
johnkemnetz |
azure-monitor |
azure-monitor |
conceptual |
06/12/2018 |
johnkem |
Across the Azure platform, we are bringing together monitoring data in a single place with the Azure Monitor pipeline, but practically acknowledge that today not all monitoring data is available in that pipeline yet. In this article, we will summarize the various ways you can programmatically access monitoring data from Azure services.
| Data type | Category | Supported Services | Methods of access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Monitor platform-level metrics | Metrics | See list here |
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| Compute guest OS metrics (eg. perf counters) | Metrics | Windows and Linux Virtual Machines (v2), Cloud Services, Service Fabric |
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| Custom or application metrics | Metrics | Any application instrumented with Application Insights |
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| Storage metrics | Metrics | Azure Storage |
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| Billing data | Metrics | All Azure services |
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| Activity Log | Events | All Azure services |
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| Azure Monitor Diagnostic Logs | Events | See list here |
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| Compute guest OS logs (eg. IIS, ETW, syslogs) | Events | Windows and Linux Virtual Machines (v2), Cloud Services, Service Fabric |
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| App Service logs | Events | App services |
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| Storage logs | Events | Azure Storage |
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| Security Center alerts | Events | Azure Security Center |
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| Active Directory reporting | Events | Azure Active Directory |
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| Security Center resource status | Status | All supported resources |
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| Resource Health | Status | Supported services |
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| Azure Monitor metric alerts | Notifications | See list here |
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| Azure Monitor Activity Log alerts | Notifications | All Azure services |
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| Autoscale notifications | Notifications | See list here | |
| Log Search Query alerts | Notifications | Log Analytics |
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| Application Insights metric alerts | Notifications | Application Insights |
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| Application Insights web tests | Notifications | Application Insights |
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- Learn more about Azure Monitor metrics
- Learn more about the Azure Activity Log
- Learn more about Azure Diagnostic Logs