Monitoring Options for Applications in Azure
Tags: azure, beginners, certification, webdev
Published: 2021-11-06 13:06:31

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> Learn how many types of **monitoring services** available in **Azure** to monitor your **applications**.

## Design a Logging and Monitoring Solution in Azure

Below are the topics you should know:

- Determine levels and storage location for logs.
- Plan for integration with monitoring tools including Azure Monitoring tool and Azure Sentinel.
- Recommend appropriate monitoring tool(s) for a solution.
- Choose a mechanism for event routing and escalation.
- Recommend a logging solution for compliance requirements.

In this article we are focusing on

## Options for Monitoring Applications in Azure

![](https://imgur.com/RRBB8Ya.png)Below are the **services** to Monitor your applications:

**Application-level** monitoring services:

1. Application Insights
2. App Center

**Subscription / resource group / virtual network level** monitoring services:

1. Network Watcher
2. Azure Monitor
3. Security Center
4. Advisor
5. Sentinel

Above services can provide more of an overview than just status of application.

### Application Insight

![](https://imgur.com/z6Hsa09.png)

- use to monitor web app, API and desktop app.
- is a service and part of Azure Monitor.
- from marketing standpoint, it is feature for Azure Monitor.
- in reality it is a Standalone feature.

### Visual Studio App Center

![](https://imgur.com/34J9bDe.png)

- use to monitor mobile app
- also used to deploy and test mobile app

### Network Watcher

![](https://imgur.com/tdsC3xy.png)

- use to monitor and inspect network traffic.

### Azure Monitor

![](https://imgur.com/RcfzQj7.png)

- is a main monitoring service in Azure.
- can see overview of other monitoring services like App Insights.
- analyze and query logs and metrics from other monitoring services.

### Azure Security Center

![](https://imgur.com/IXm0u3e.png)

- provides an overview of security status & recommendations of your services
- helps prevent security incidents

### Azure Advisor

![](https://imgur.com/8Ykd5S9.png)

- monitors all of the recommendations within the azure subscriptions
- provides overview to take actions.
- it’s not strictly monitoring service.

### Sentinel

![](https://imgur.com/GMOLpT8.png)

- security focused service like security center.
- works with security center to analyze and hunt for threats and security incidents and fix them.

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