Azure Monitor

Learn Azure Monitor in your own Azure environment | Including Log Analytics & KQL

What you'll learn
- Basics – Azure: Build a strong foundation in Microsoft Azure, understanding its ecosystem, core services, and how monitoring fits into cloud operations.
- Basics – Azure Management Tools: Explore essential Azure management tools such as Azure Portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell or Azure Copilot.
- Azure Log Analytics: Learn how Azure Log Analytics serves as the central engine for collecting, querying, and analyzing data across Azure resources using KQL.
- Azure Monitor: Gain a complete understanding of Azure Monitor, its architecture, and how it delivers full-stack observability.
- Azure Monitor – Data Sources: Discover the various data sources Azure Monitor collects from — including metrics, logs, application telemetry, and platform data.
- Azure Monitor – Data Platform & KQL: Understand how Azure Monitor uses its data platform and KQL to store, process, and analyze massive volumes of telemetry.
- Azure Monitor – Insights: Explore Azure Monitor Insights such as VM Insights, Container Insights, and Application Insights.
- Azure Monitor – Visualize: Learn to create dashboards, workbooks, charts, and visual reports to present data in a meaningful and actionable way.
- Azure Monitor – Analyze: Master techniques to query, filter, and correlate data to troubleshoot issues, detect anomalies, and optimize performance.
- Azure Monitor – Respond: Discover how to configure alerts, automated actions, notifications, and integrations o enable proactive responses.

Requirements
- Basic IT Knowledge
- Willingness to learn cool stuff!

Description
Azure Monitor by Christopher Nett is a thoughtfully structured Udemy course designed for IT professionals, cloud engineers, and DevOps practitioners aiming to master monitoring and observability in Microsoft Azure. This course takes you step-by-step from foundational Azure knowledge to advanced techniques for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing telemetry data using Azure Monitor.

By mastering Azure Monitor, you’ll gain the expertise needed to proactively manage cloud environments, enhance system reliability, and drive operational excellence in modern IT infrastructures. Key Benefits for you:

Basics – Azure:Build a strong foundation in Microsoft Azure, understanding its ecosystem, core services, and how monitoring fits into cloud operations.

Basics – Azure Management Tools:Explore essential Azure management tools such as Azure Portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, and ARM templates to efficiently manage and monitor your Azure resources.

Azure Log Analytics:Learn how Azure Log Analytics serves as the central engine for collecting, querying, and analyzing data across Azure resources using KQL.

Azure Monitor: Gain a complete understanding of Azure Monitor, its architecture, and how it delivers full-stack observability across infrastructure, applications, and services.

Azure Monitor – Data Sources:Discover the various data sources Azure Monitor collects from — including metrics, logs, application telemetry, and platform data — and learn how to configure them effectively.

Azure Monitor – Data Platform & KQL:Understand how Azure Monitor uses its data platform and Kusto Query Language (KQL) to store, process, and analyze massive volumes of telemetry data.

Azure Monitor – Insights:Explore Azure Monitor Insights such as VM Insights, Container Insights, and Application Insights to gain deep, resource-specific visibility and performance metrics.

Azure Monitor – Visualize:Learn to create dashboards, workbooks, charts, and visual reports to present data in a meaningful and actionable way.

Azure Monitor – Analyze:Master techniques to query, filter, and correlate data to troubleshoot issues, detect anomalies, and optimize performance.

Azure Monitor – Respond:Discover how to configure alerts, automated actions, notifications, and integrations with ITSM or workflows to enable proactive responses and incident management.

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Azure Monitor, from data collection and analysis to visualization and automated responses. You’ll learn best practices for implementing observability in Azure environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and operational efficiency across your cloud infrastructure.

Who this course is for:
- Cloud Engineer
- Cloud Architect
- Cloud Administrator
- Azure Administrator
- SOC Analyst
- Security Engineer
- Security Consultant
- IT Manager
- Data Architect
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