Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe Azure management and governanceEasy
A small business has deployed a web application on Azure App Service. They want to ensure the application is always available and performing well. They need to collect metrics, logs, and traces from the application and infrastructure, visualize this data, and be notified of potential issues. Which Azure service should they use?
- AAzure Security Center
- BAzure DevOps
- CAzure Monitor
- DAzure Cost Management + Billing
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Correct answer: C. Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor is the comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments. It allows you to monitor the performance and availability of your applications and infrastructure, collect logs/metrics, visualize data, and set up alerts for issues.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Azure Security Center (now Microsoft Defender for Cloud) focuses on security posture management and threat protection, not general application performance and availability monitoring.
- B. Azure DevOps is a suite of development tools for CI/CD, project management, and source control, unrelated to production monitoring.
- D. Azure Cost Management + Billing is for managing and optimizing cloud spending, not for monitoring application performance or availability.
Azure Monitor
A comprehensive monitoring solution for applications, infrastructure, and networks in Azure and on-premises. It collects metrics, logs, and traces to provide insights into performance and availability.
- Collects metrics, logs, and traces.
- Offers visualization and analytics tools.
- Enables alerts and automated actions based on thresholds.
Memory trick: Watch your apps, collect the data, alert on problems.