Analyzing Resource Utilization and Consumption

In the previous chapter, we covered how to create and manage the different aspects of Azure subscriptions and resources. 

This chapter will cover the second part of Managing Azure Subscriptions and Resources objective. In this chapter, we are going to illustrate how to monitor your different Azure resources using Azure Monitor. You will learn about the different capabilities of Azure Monitor and how to create and analyze different metrics and alerts, thereby using Azure Monitor to provide valuable insights about the performance and behavior of all your Azure resources. To finish this chapter, we're going to look at Azure Log Analytics and how it's integrated inside Azure Monitor. You'll also learn how to create Log Search Query functions.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Azure Monitor
• Creating and analyzing metrics and alerts
• Creating action groups
• Configuring diagnostic settings on resources
• Azure Log Analytics
• Utilizing Log Search Query functions