Chapter 10 of 10 · Microsoft AZ-400
Implement an instrumentation strategy
Azure Monitor, Application Insights, pipeline alerts, metrics, distributed tracing and basic KQL.
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Topics in this chapter
Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
- 1Configuring Monitoring for DevOpsAZ-400 monitoring: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, VM and container insights, GitHub charts, and alerts for Azure Pipelines…6 min
- 2Analyzing Metrics, Logs and TracesAZ-400 telemetry analysis: CPU, memory, disk and network indicators, Application Insights views, distributed tracing and basic…Diagram6 min
About this chapter
What this chapter covers
Shipping a change is only half the job. You also need to know how it behaves. This domain is worth 5 to 10 percent of the exam. It covers configuring monitoring with Azure Monitor, Application Insights and the resource insights, alerting on pipeline and workflow events, and analyzing metrics, logs and traces, including basic KQL queries.
The key skill is choosing the right telemetry source and the right query or chart for the question being asked.
How the topics fit together
- Configuring monitoring for DevOps covers Azure Monitor, Application Insights, VM, container, storage and network insights, GitHub charts and pipeline alerts.
- Analyzing metrics, logs and traces covers performance indicators, usage and performance analysis, distributed tracing and KQL.
Metrics are numbers over time and are cheap and fast. Logs are detailed events you query. Alerts can use either.
How to use these pages
Each topic page has the same shape, so you can skim for what you need.
- What it is: the idea in plain words.
- How it works: the mechanism, with examples and tables.
- What to remember for the exam: the facts to memorise and how questions are phrased.
- Common mistakes: the classic traps.
- Check yourself: three questions to test your understanding.
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