Sign in into the **Microsoft Azure Portal**

Type **Monitor** in the search bar and click on the **Monitor** to view the Monitor dashboard

**What is Monitor in Azure?**\
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Azure Monitor is a comprehensive monitoring service in Azure that provides full visibility into the performance and health of your applications and infrastructure. It collects, analyzes, and acts on telemetry data from your Azure resources, on-premises environments, and other cloud platforms. 

**Monitor** wizard will open, click on the **Overview** from the left bar, here you can view Insights and Monitoring specific Azure resources

Click on the **Activity log** from the left bar, here you can view all the logs for the Azure resources

**What is Activity log?**\
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The Activity Log in Azure is a platform log that provides insights into subscription-level events and operations. It records all write operations (PUT, POST, DELETE) for your Azure resources, allowing you to track changes, diagnose issues, and understand the operational status of your resources. The Activity Log helps you monitor actions like resource creation, modification, and deletion, providing a comprehensive audit trail for your Azure environment.

Click on the **Alerts** from the left bar, here you can view all the Alerts for the Azure resources

**What are Alerts?**\
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In Azure, **Alerts** are notifications triggered by specific conditions or thresholds related to the performance, health, and availability of your resources. They help you proactively monitor your environment by notifying you of potential issues or changes that require attention. Alerts can be configured to notify you via email, SMS, or other channels, and they can trigger automated actions to mitigate issues, ensuring the smooth operation of your applications and services.

To create a new **Alert rule**, click on the **Create** dropdown button and select the option **Alert rule** on the top left side

To view Metrics for Azure resources, click on the **Metrics** from the left bar

**What are Metrics?**\
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In Azure, **Metrics** are numerical data points that represent the performance and health of your resources over time. They provide insights into various aspects of resource usage, such as CPU utilization, memory consumption, disk I/O, and network traffic. Metrics help you monitor and analyze the behavior of your Azure resources, identify trends, and make informed decisions to optimize performance and capacity.

On the right side **Select a scope** wizard will open, here you can select a scope for the metrics

After selecting the scope, scroll the page and click on the **Apply** button to save the changes

Click on the **Storage accounts** from the left bar, here you can view all the Storage accounts for the Azure resources

**What are Storage accounts?**\
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In Azure, **Storage Accounts** are containers that provide a unified namespace for managing Azure storage services. They allow you to store and access data objects such as blobs, files, queues, and tables. Storage accounts offer features like high availability, scalability, security, and data redundancy, enabling you to efficiently manage your data storage needs for applications and services.

Congratulations on completing this lab and Understanding Monitoring Azure with Azure Monitor! Good Job!

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