Introduction

Azure Monitor and Azure Network Watcher are powerful tools provided by Microsoft Azure to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into your cloud and on-premises environments.

Imagine you're a cloud engineer for a large organization. The organization's applications and services are now running on various virtual machines and containers, and it's your responsibility to ensure their availability and performance.

You're facing challenges in collecting, analyzing, understanding, and responding proactively to system events. You need a comprehensive monitoring solution to avoid downtime and user dissatisfaction.

Learning objectives

The topics covered in this module include:

• Understanding Azure Monitor capabilities.
• Monitoring a Load Balancer resource with Azure Monitor.
• Understanding Azure Network Watcher capabilities.

After completing this module, you're able to:

• Understand the features and functionalities of Azure Monitor and Azure Network Watcher.
• Set up and monitor an internal load balancer using Azure Monitor.
• Use Azure Network Watcher to monitor and diagnose network conditions.

Prerequisites

• You should have experience with networking concepts, such as IP addressing, Domain Name System (DNS), and routing.
• You should have experience with network connectivity methods, such as VPN or WAN.
• You should have experience with the Azure portal and Azure PowerShell.