AZ01 - Azure Monitor: 3-Wk PoC Offering

In a hybrid environment, monitoring has become increasingly complex. Azure Monitor helps you maximize the availability and performance of your applications and services. It delivers a comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments. This information helps you understand how your applications are performing and proactively identify issues affecting them and the resources they depend on.

Mindcore has developed an Azure Monitor Framework, based on PowerShell and a Runbook, that ensures

• Automation regarding setup of alerts for components in Azure (monitor framework)
• Flexibility regarding setup of monitoring and future monitoring
• Pre-defined alert rules setup ("Templates") to ensure a good start with Azure Monitor
• Modern Authentication (App registration / Runbook)
• Continue to develop the monitoring framework with minimal effort
• The possibility for expanding automation to include more tenants
• Define own actions on alerts and the option to expand with more automatic on alerts

It is important to remember that working with Azure Monitor is continuous work, as all environments are different and are in constant change. Mindcore’s Azure Monitor Framework is a great place to start.

1. WHERE DO WE START?

• Alignment of expectations
• Review of pre-defined alert definitions / thresholds
• Setup dialogue
• Customer Customization Input

2. SETUP OF FRAMEWORK

• Implementation of Runbook, consisting of 23 Azure components
• Certificates
• Automation Account
• PowerShell code (pre-defined alert definitions)
• App registration
• Rights

3. TEST PHASE

• Monitor initial setup
• The option to expand with more types of components
• Get insights in your Azure Services

4. EVALUATION

• Evaluate detail and extent of alerts etc.
• Tweaking of thresholds / action groups
• Handling of alerts

5. NEXT STEP

• Decide if there are additional needs for monitoring
• Discuss what to do with alerts
• Discuss potential for automation based on alerts
• Decide on potential next step