Microsoft Azure Connection

Microsoft Azure Connection - An Overview

Azure Connection deals with the network connections between various Azure resources and external systems. It can be either cloud-to-cloud scenarios or on-premises-to-cloud scenarios. You have multiple options available to establish the connection like VNet-to-VNet, Site-to-site (IPsec), ExpressRoute and so on. Applications Manager's Azure Connection monitoring tool keeps track of the key performance metrics, helps to gain indepth insights and thus effectively troubleshoots the issues.

Creating a new Microsoft Azure Connection Monitor

To learn how to create a new Microsoft Azure Connection Monitor, click here.

Monitored Parameters

Navigate to the Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Hover over 'Child Monitors' under Microsoft Azure in the Cloud Apps table, and then select the Connections monitor from the displayed tooltip. This action will display the bulk configuration view for Azure Connections in three tabs:

  • Availability tab gives the Availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
  • Performance tab gives the Health Status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
  • List view enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.

The Microsoft Azure monitor provides a brief detail of the Azure Connection under the given subscription. Following are the list of metrics monitored in Azure Connection Monitoring in their corresponding tabs:

Overview

Parameter Description
OVERALL DATA TRANSFERRED
Data Received The total amount of data received by the connection since it was created (in GiB).
Data Sent The total amount of data sent out from the connection since it was created (in GiB).
INCOMING DATA
Rate of Incoming Data The average Megabits of data ingressing Azure per second, between the poll interval (in Mb/s).
OUTGOING DATA
Rate of Outgoing Data The average Megabits of data egressing Azure per second, between the poll interval (in Mb/s).

Configuration

Parameter Description
CONFIGURATION
Resource Group Name The name of the resource group.
Location The location of the resource.
Provisioning State The current provisioning state. Possible values:
  • Deleting
  • Failed
  • Succeeded
  • Updating
Connection Status The status of the connection. Possible values:
  • Connected
  • Connecting
  • NotConnected
  • Unknown
Connection Type Type of the connection. Possible values:
  • ExpressRoute
  • IPsec
  • VPNClient
  • Vnet2Vnet
Connection Protocol The connection protocol used for the connection. Possible values: IKEv1/IKEv2.
Connection Mode The connection mode for the connection. Possible values:
  • Default
  • InitiatorOnly
  • ResponderOnly
Routing Weight The routing weight of the connection.
DPD Timeout The dead peer detection timeout of the connection (in seconds).
ADVANCED SETTINGS
Azure Private IP Address Used Indicates whether 'Use Azure Private IP Address' is enabled or not for the connection. Possible values: Yes/No.
BGP Enabled Indicates whether BGP flag is enabled or not. Possible values: Yes/No.
Policy Based Traffic Selectors Used Indicates whether 'Use policy based traffic selector' is enabled or not for the connection. Possible values: Yes/No.
Express Route Gateway Bypassed Indicates whether the connection bypasses Express Route Gateway for data forwarding. Possible values: Yes/No.