Azure Fundamentals: Monitoring the Azure Environment

Learners explore how to monitor Azure resources and control cloud-related costs in this 12-video course dealing with AZ-900 entry-level Microsoft Azure certification. You will learn about Azure service offerings including those related to storage virtual machines (VMs) databases and developer solutions and how Azure Resource Monitoring provides performance and security insights for subscribers. First the course demonstrates use of Azure Monitoring to view Azure resource logs and how to configure alert notifications and create custom dashboards. Then learn to utilize Azure cost management with Azure Pricing Calculator and Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator; how to configure billing supports; and how to submit an Azure support request. In the closing exercise learners will enable alerts to administrators notifying when a specific VMs CPU utilization exceeds 85 percent; create a custom dashboard (HQ Admin) that shows Resource Groups and Users and Groups; use Azure Pricing Calculator to estimate costs related to three Linux VMs and one managed Azure SQL Database instance; and configure an Azure billing alert when Azure charges reach $300.