An Introduction to Azure Monitoring

Welcome to this Azure Monitoring Course

We are very excited to get this course out to you. This course will take you from being a beginner to an expert in Azure Monitor.

In this course you will Learn by example, as we demonstrate all the concepts discussed - so that you can see them working, and you can try them out for yourself as well.

My step-by-step training will initiate you into the world of Azure monitoring.

Azure monitor is designed to collect, analyze and respond to incoming data from a variety of sources - from  the cloud as well as on-premises servers. Whether it is your front line application or your virtual machine based infrastructure, Azure monitor can manage it all. Combine Azure Monitor with Azure Log analytics to get a holistic picture of what is going on in your stack.

Why Learn Azure Monitor?

Another Question: How can you monitor your Azure/cloud infrastructure?

Whether you are new to Azure or an advanced user, Azure Monitor will give you the end to end observability you require to monitor your cloud infrastructure. Azure Monitor utilizes a single data platform for all metrics, events, logs, and traces and delivers the ability to visualize, analyze, and troubleshoot your entire Azure environment. In this course you will practice Azure monitoring using VM's, NodeJS applications, and SQL DB's. Azure monitor can monitor all other parts of your cloud infrastructure as well. Before moving onto the practical application we will learn the architecture around Azure Monitoring as well as how the pricing works.

Azure Monitoring will help you in all stages of observability. Be it collecting of logs and metrics to alerting and visualizing using dashboards.  With Azure  Monitoring, you can find errors and issues in your applications by using a variety of tools like workbooks, KQL [Kusto Query Language] and Azure Insights. Not sure about why your queries are running slow? Use Azure Monitoring! Using a combination of integrations Azure Monitor will notify you of any upcoming threat or a performance breakdown. You can even setup dynamic baselines. At thee end of the day the goal is to make customer and developer experience smoother. With the growth of cloud computing, monitoring performance has become so important.

This is an in-demand skill and can potentially land you a 6-7 figure job. The goal being to be an expert who can monitor and give advice on any company's cloud/on-premises environment. Take this step to grow your career.

By the end of the course you will have set up and learnt to manage Azure like a pro.

Everything is well documented and separated, so you can find what you need. Assignments and Quizzes will make sure you stay on track and test your knowledge. The course will have a combination of theory and practical examples.