Microsoft Azure Private Endpoint/Private Link Service

• Microsoft Azure Private Endpoint/Private Link Service - An Overview
• Creating a new Azure Private Endpoint/Private Link Service Monitor
• Monitored Parameters

Microsoft Azure Private Endpoint/Private Link Service - An Overview

Microsoft Azure Private Endpoint is a network interface that connects you privately and securely to Azure services, such as Azure Storage, SQL Database, and Key Vault, using a private IP address from your virtual network (VNet). 

Microsoft Azure Private Link Service allows you to securely access Azure services and your own services over a private endpoint within your virtual network. It enables private connectivity from a VNet to Azure services, avoiding exposure to the public internet and ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements.

An Azure Private Endpoint monitoring tool / Azure Private Link Service monitoring tool is essential to ensure security, performance, availability, compliance, and operational efficiency. With Applications Manager, you can keep a close watch on these services, maintain robust and secure connectivity, optimize resource usage, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, ultimately supporting business continuity and delivering a seamless user experience.

Creating a new Microsoft Azure Private Endpoint/Private Link Service Monitor

To learn how to create a new Microsoft Azure Private Endpoint/Private Link Service 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 Private Endpoints (or) Private Link Services monitor from the displayed tooltip. This action will display the bulk configuration view for Azure Private Endpoint/Azure Private Link Service 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 Private Endpoint/Azure Private Link Service under the given subscription. Following are the list of metrics monitored in Azure Private Endpoint monitoring tool/Azure Private Link Service monitoring tool in their corresponding tabs:

• Performance Overview
• Configuration

Performance Overview

Configuration

Parameter	Description	Monitor Type
		Private Endpoints	Private Link Services
CONFIGURATION
Resource Group Name	The name of the resource group.
Location	The location of the resource.
Provisioning State	The provisioning state of the resource. Possible values: Deleting/Failed/Succeeded/Updating.
Virtual Network	The name of the virtual network.
Subnet	The subnet of the virtual network.
Network Interface	The name of the custom network interface.
Alias Name	The alias of the private link service.
No. of Private Link Service Connections	The number of Private Link Service Connections configured.
No. of Manual Private Link Service Connections	The number of Manual Private Link Service Connections configured.
No. of Private Endpoint Connections	The number of Private Endpoint connections configured.
Proxy Protocol Enabled	Indicates whether the private link service is enabled for proxy protocol or not. Possible values: Yes/No.
PRIMARY IP CONFIGURATION
IP Configuration Name	The name of the Private Link Service IP configuration.
IP Provisioning State	The provisioning state of the Private Link Service IP configuration resource.
Private IP Address	The private IP address of the IP configuration.
Private IP Address Version	Indicates whether the IP configuration version is IPv4 or IPv6.
Private IP Allocation Method	The Private IP address allocation method.
Virtual Network	The name of the virtual network.
Subnet Name	The subnet of the virtual network.