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Monitor and Analyze Compute Workloads in Azure

Visibility is the foundation of cloud reliability. In this lab, you will implement a centralized observability strategy using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics. You will learn how to enable diagnostic settings across multiple compute services, build custom performance dashboards, and set up proactive alerts to catch anomalies before they impact users.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Jul 08, 2026
Duration
15m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Enable diagnostics

    Configure diagnostic settings for a pre-provisioned VM and App Service to send logs to a Log Analytics Workspace.

  2. Challenge

    Querying logs

    Use Kusto Query Language (KQL) to identify "404 Errors" in App Service logs or "Failed Logins" in VM logs.

  3. Challenge

    Visualization

    Create a unified Azure Dashboard showing CPU usage and Request Latency for all three compute types.

  4. Challenge

    Incident alerting

    Configure an Action Group to send an email notification when any resource in the group goes offline.

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