Preface

In an era where digital transformation is at the forefront of organizational strategies, the ability to monitor, manage, and optimize IT infrastructure has never been more critical. As organizations migrate to the cloud, leveraging its scalability and flexibility, they are also confronted with unprecedented complexity. Traditional approaches to monitoring systems are often inadequate in this dynamic and distributed environment. This book is your guide to navigating this new landscape by learning the details of Azure Monitor—a comprehensive suite of monitoring services provided by Microsoft Azure.

Azure Monitor is designed to maximize the availability and performance of your applications and services by delivering a robust monitoring solution. It offers deep visibility into every layer of your IT environment, from infrastructure and network to applications and databases. Azure Monitor helps organizations ensure their systems’ reliability, performance, and security through an array of tools described in detail in this book.

The cloud’s dynamism requires not just monitoring but true observability—where systems can be examined from multiple perspectives to understand their current state and predict potential issues. Azure Monitor embodies this principle, offering features, such as Application Insights for detailed application monitoring, Log Analytics for deep data analysis, and Azure Metrics for real-time performance tracking.