Microsoft Azure, formerly known as Windows Azure, is Microsoft's public cloud computing platform. It provides a range of cloud services, including those for computing, analytics, storage, and networking. Users can pick and choose from these services to develop and scale new applications, or run existing applications, in the public cloud.
Applications Manager connects with Microsoft Azure through Azure APIs to determine the health status and other performance counters. Users can now monitor several Microsoft Azure services, all under a single window. With Applications Manager's Microsoft Azure monitoring tool, you can:
In this help document, you will learn how to get started with Microsoft Azure monitoring, along with the list of parameters that are monitored using Applications Manager.
Prerequisites for monitoring Azure metrics: Click here
Using the REST API to add a new Azure monitor: Click here
To create a new Microsoft Azure monitor, follow the steps given below:
Go to the Monitors Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Click on Microsoft Azure under the Cloud Apps table. Displayed is the Microsoft Azure bulk configuration view distributed into three tabs:
Microsoft Azure Monitor provides a concise overview of the Azure services within the selected subscription. Click on the monitor name to access all service details monitored in Microsoft Azure Monitoring in their corresponding tabs:
Refer to the table given below to view the categories of the Microsoft Azure monitor along with their respective child monitors and help pages:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Name of the Microsoft Azure monitor. |
| Subscription ID | Subscription ID of the Azure subscription. |
| Azure Services | The services that are monitored under this subscription. |
| Account Type | The type of Microsoft Azure account. |
| Discovery Mode | The discovery mode chosen while creating the monitor. |
| Tenant ID | Tenant ID of the Active Directory. |
| Client ID | Client ID of the Active Directory Application. |
| Child Monitor Discovery | The Child Monitor Discovery mode. |
| Advanced Settings | Indicates whether the Advanced Settings have been enabled or not. |
| Timeout | Timeout Duration in seconds. |
| Associated Groups | The monitor groups to which the monitor is associated. |
| Last Polled at | Specifies the time at which the last poll was performed. |
| Next Poll at | Specifies the time at which the next poll is scheduled. |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Analytics | |
| Number of Synapse Analytics Workspaces | Total number of Synapse Analytics workspaces under this subscription. |
| Containers | |
| Number of Azure Kubernetes Service Clusters | Number of Azure Kubernetes Service Clusters available. |
| Compute Resources | |
| Number of Azure Web Apps | Total number of Azure Web Applications. |
| Number of Azure Functions | Total number of Azure Functions. |
| Number of Azure Virtual Machines Provisioned | Total number of Virtual Machines under this subscription. |
| Number of Azure Virtual Machines Running | Total number of Virtual Machines in running state. |
| Number of Azure VM Scale Sets | Total number of Azure VM Scale Sets. |
| Database Resources | |
| Number of Azure Cosmos DBs | Number of Azure Cosmos DBs available. |
| Number of Azure MariaDB Servers | Number of Azure MariaDB Servers available. |
| Number of Azure MySQL Servers | Number of Azure MySQL Servers available. |
| Number of Azure PostgreSQL Servers | Number of Azure PostgreSQL Servers available. |
| Number of Azure Redis Caches | Number of Azure Redis Caches available. |
| Number of Azure SQL Databases | Number of Azure SQL Databases available. |
| Number of Azure SQL Managed Instances | Number of Azure SQL Managed Instances available. |
| Integration | |
| Number of Azure Service Bus Namespaces | Number of Azure Service Bus Namespaces available. |
| Storage Resources | |
| Number of Azure Premium Storage Accounts | Number of Premium Storage Accounts available. |
| Number of Azure Standard Storage Accounts | Number of Standard Storage Accounts available. |
| Network Resources | |
| Number of Azure Application Gateways | Number of Azure Application Gateways available. |
| Number of Azure Connections | Number of Azure Connections available. |
| Number of Azure DNS Zones | Number of Azure DNS Zones available. |
| Number of Azure ExpressRoute Circuits | Number of Azure ExpressRoute Circuits available. |
| Number of Azure Firewalls | Number of Azure Firewalls available. |
| Number of Azure Front Door And CDN Profiles | Number of Azure Front Door And CDN Profiles available. |
| Number of Azure Basic Load Balancers | Number of Basic Load Balancers available. |
| Number of Azure Standard Load Balancers | Number of Azure Standard Load Balancers available. |
| Number of Azure Network Interfaces | Number of Azure Network Interfaces available. |
| Number of Network Watcher Connection | Number of Network Watcher Connection available. |
| Number of Azure Private DNS Zones | Number of Azure Private DNS Zones available. |
| Number of Azure Public IP Addresses | Number of Azure Public IP Addresses available. |
| Number of Azure Traffic Manager Profiles | Number of Azure Traffic Manager Profiles available. |
| Number of Azure Virtual Networks | Number of Azure Virtual Networks available. |
| Number of Azure Virtual Networks Gateways | Number of Azure Virtual Networks Gateways available. |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Workspace Name | The name of the workspace. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the Resource Group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The provisioning state of the resource. |
By clicking on the synapse analytic's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Synapse Analytics monitoring dashboard.
The following is the list of services displayed in the 'Compute' tab:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Web App Name | Name of the Web App. |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource group of the Web Apps. |
| Location | Location of the app service. |
| Web App State | Current state of the app. Possible values: Running, Stopped. |
| Web App Usage | State indicating whether the app has exceeded its usage quota. Possible values: Exceeded, Normal. |
By clicking on the app service's name, you will be redirected to the Azure App Service monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Function App Name | Name of the Function App. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the Resource Group. |
| Location | Location of the app service. |
| Function App State | The current state of the app. Possible values: Running, Stopped. |
By clicking on the function app's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Functions monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Virtual Machine Name | Name of the VM. |
| Resource group name | The resource group which has this VM. |
| Location | Location at which the VM is set up. |
| Status | State of the VM. |
| OS Type | VM's Operating system. |
| Public IP Address | Public IP of the VM. |
You can perform the following admin actions on the Azure Virtual Machines (VMs):
By clicking on the Virtual Machine's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Virtual Machine monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| VM Scale Set Name | Name of the VM Scale Set. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The provisioning state of the VM Scale Set. Possible values: Succeeded, Failed. |
By clicking on the VM scale set's name, you will be redirected to the VM Scale Sets monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| ClusterName | Name of the Kubernetes cluster. |
| Resource Group Name | Specifies the Resource Group of the Kubernetes cluster. |
| Cluster Location | Location where the cluster resides. |
| Cluster Status | Current status of the Kubernetes cluster. (Running or Stopped) |
By clicking on the cluster's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Kubernetes Service monitoring dashboard.
The following is the list of services displayed in the 'Database' tab:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Cosmos DB Name | Name of the Cosmos DB. |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource group. |
| Location | Geo location where the resource resides. |
| Provisioning State | Provisioning state of the resource. |
| Cosmos Type | Type of Cosmos DB. Possible Values: Cassandra, Gremlin, MongoDB, No SQL, Table. |
| Created At | Time and date of creation. |
By clicking on the Cosmos DB's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Cosmos DB monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Server Name | Name of the Maria DB server. |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource group. |
| Location | Geo location where the resource resides. |
| SKU | The name of the deployed SKU. |
| Tier | The tier of the deployed SKU. Possible values: Basic, GeneralPurpose, MemoryOptimized. |
| State | The state of the MariaDB server. |
By clicking on the Maria DB server's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Database for MariaDB Server monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Server Name | Name of the MySQL server. |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource group. |
| Location | Geo location where the resource resides. |
| State | State of the Server. |
| SKU | The name of the deployed SKU. |
| Tier | The tier of the deployed SKU. Possible values: Basic, GeneralPurpose, MemoryOptimized. |
By clicking on the MySQL server's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Database for MySQL Server monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Server Name | Name of the PostgreSQL server. |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource group. |
| Location | Indicates the location/region of the PostgreSQL server. |
| State | Current status of the PostgreSQL server. Possible values: Disabled, Dropping, Ready, Starting, Stopped, Stopping, Updating. |
| SKU | The name of the SKU (Stock-keeping-Unit), displayed in the format <tier>_<family>_<cores>. Eg. B_Gen4_1, GP_Gen5_8. |
| Tier | The tier of the particular SKU. Possible values: Basic, GeneralPurpose, MemoryOptimized. |
| Server Type | Type of the PostgreSQL server. Possible values: Single, Flexible. |
By clicking on the PostgreSQL server's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Database for PostgreSQL monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Cache Name | Name of the Redis Cache. |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource group. |
| Location | Geo location where the resource resides. |
| Provisioning State | The provisioning state of the Redis Cache. |
| SKU Name | The type of Redis Cache deployed. Possible values: Basic, Standard, Premium. |
| Cache Type | The type of the Redis Cache resource. Possible values: Cache(Standard/Premium), Enterprise. |
By clicking on the Redis cache's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Cache for Redis monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Database Name | Name of the Azure SQL Database. |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource group. |
| Database Location | Location of the SQL database |
| Database Status | Status of the Azure SQL database. |
| Database Server | Name of the SQL server. |
| Database Usage | Amount of space currently used in the database (in GB). |
| Total Database Size | Total amount of space allocated to the SQL database (in GB). |
By clicking on the database's name, you will be redirected to the Azure SQL database monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| InstanceName | Name of the Azure SQL Managed Instance. |
| Resource Group Name | Specifies the Resource Group of the SQL Managed Instance. |
| Location | Indicates the location/region of the SQL Managed Instance. |
| Instance State | Current state of the SQL Managed Instance. |
| Tier | The tier or edition of the particular SKU (Basic or Premium). |
| Storage Usage | Indicates the amount of storage utilized by the SQL Managed Instance. |
| Total Storage Space | Total amount of storage space allocated for the instance (in GB). |
| Virtual Core Count | The number of vCores. Possible values: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 64, and 80. |
By clicking on the instance's name, you will be redirected to the Azure SQL Managed Instance monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Namespace | Name of the Service Bus Namespace. |
| Resource Group | Specifies the Resource Group of the Service Bus Namespace. |
| Location | Indicates the location/region of the Service Bus Namespace. |
| Status | Status of the Service Bus Namespace. |
| Tier | Indicates the tier used in the Service Bus Namespace. Possible values: Basic, Standard and Premium. |
By clicking on the database's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Service Bus monitoring dashboard.
The following is the list of services displayed in the 'Network' tab:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Application Gateway Name | Name of the Azure Application Gateway. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The provisioning state of the Application Gateway. Possible values: Succeeded, Failed, Updating, Deleting. |
| Operational State | The operational state of the Application Gateway. Possible values: Running, Starting, Stopped, Stopping. |
| Tier | The tier of the application gateway resource. Possible values: Standard, Standard_v2, WAF, WAF_v2. |
By clicking on the application gateway's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Application Gateway monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Connection Name | Name of the Azure Connection. |
| 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. |
By clicking on the connection's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Connection monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Zone Name | Name of the Azure DNS Zone. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the DNS Zone. |
| Zone Type | The type of DNS zone. Possible values: Public, Private. |
By clicking on the DNS zone's name, you will be redirected to the Azure DNS Zone monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Circuit Name | Name of the ExpressRoute Circuit. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Circuit Provisioning State | The current provisioning state of the circuit. Possible values: Enabled, Disabled. |
| SKU Tier | The SKU tier of the Azure service. Possible values: Basic, Local, Premium, Standard. |
| Billing Model | The billing model of the Azure service. Possible values: MeteredData, UnlimitedData. |
By clicking on the ExpressRoute circuit's name, you will be redirected to the Azure ExpressRoute Circuit monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Firewall Name | Name of the Azure Firewall. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The current provisioning state of the Firewall resource. Possible values: Succeeded, Failed, Updating, Deleting. |
| SKU | The SKU of the Firewall. Possible values: Premium, Standard, Basic. |
By clicking on the Firewall's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Firewall monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Profile Name | Name of the Front Door and CDN Profile. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The provisioning state of the Front Door and CDN Profile. Possible values: Creating, Deleting, Failed, Succeeded, Updating. |
| Type | The type of profile used by portals to differentiate between the traditional CDN profile and new AFD profile. Possible values: cdn, frontdoor. |
| SKU | The SKU tier of the Front Door and CDN Profile. Possible Values: Standard_Microsoft, Classic_AzureFrontDoor, Premium_AzureFrontDoor, Standard_AzureFrontDoor. |
By clicking on the Front Door and CDN Profile's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Front Door and CDN Profile monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Load Balancer Name | Name of the Azure Load Balancer. |
| Resource Group Name | Specifies the Resource Group of the Load Balancer. |
| Location | Indicates the location/region of the Load Balancer. |
| Provisioning State | Current provisioning state of the Load Balancer (Deleting, Failed, Succeeded, Updating). |
| SKU | Possible SKUs (Stock-keeping-Unit) are Basic, Standard and Gateway Load balancer. |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Load Balancer Name | Name of the Azure Load Balancer. |
| Resource Group Name | Specifies the Resource Group of the Load Balancer. |
| Location | Location where the load balancer resides. |
| Basic LB Provisioning State | Current provisioning state of the Load Balancer. Possible values: Deleting, Failed, Succeeded, Updating. |
| SKU | Possible SKUs (Stock-keeping-Unit) are Basic, Standard and Gateway Load balancer. |
| Tier | Possible Tiers are Regional and Global. |
By clicking on the Load Balancer's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Load Balancer monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Network Interface Name | Name of the Network Interface. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the Resource Group. |
| Location | The location of the Network Interface. |
| Provisioning State | The current provisioning state of the network interface resource. Possible values: Succeeded, Failed, Updating, Deleting. |
| Virtual Machine | The name of the Virtual Machine to which the Network Interface is attached. |
By clicking on the Network Interface's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Network Interface monitoring dashboard.
Note: The Network Watcher Connection Monitor is not supported for Azure Government Cloud accounts due to Azure API limitations in Applications Manager.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Connection Name | Name of the Connection. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The current provisioning state. Possible values: Succeeded, Failed, Updating, Deleting. |
| Connection Test Status | The Connection monitor test result. Possible values: Indeterinate, Passed, Warning, Failed. |
| Connection Monitor Type | The type of connection monitor. Possible values: MultiEndpoint, SingleSourceDestination. |
By clicking on the Network Watcher Connection's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Network Watcher Connection monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Zone Name | Name of the Private DNS Zone. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The current provisioning state of the resource. Possible values: Canceled, Creating, Deleting, Failed, Succeeded, Updating. |
By clicking on the Private DNS Zone's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Private DNS Zone monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| IP Address Name | Name of the Public IP Address. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The provisioning state of the public IP address resource. Possible values: Succeeded, Failed, Updating, Deleting. |
| SKU | The type of SKU of the Azure service. Possible Values: Standard, Basic. |
| IP Address | The IP address associated with the public IP address resource. |
By clicking on the Public IP Addresses's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Public IP Addresses monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Profile Name | Name of the Traffic Manager Profile. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Profile Status | The status of the Traffic Manager profile. Possible values: Enabled, Disabled. |
| Profile Monitor Status | The profile-level monitoring status of the Traffic Manager profile. Possible values: CheckingEndpoints, Degraded, Disabled, Inactive, Online. |
| Traffic Routing Method | The traffic routing method of the Traffic Manager profile. Possible values: Geographic, MultiValue, Performance, Priority, Subnet, Weighted. |
By clicking on the Traffic Manager profile's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Traffic Manager profile monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Virtual Network Name | Name of the Virtual Network. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the Resource Group. |
| Location | The location of the Virtual network. |
| Provisioning State | The current provisioning state. Possible values: Deleting, Failed, Succeeded, Updating. |
By clicking on the virtual network's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Virtual Network monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Gateway Name | Name of the Virtual Network Gateway. |
| Resource Group Name | The name of the resource group. |
| Location | The location of the resource. |
| Provisioning State | The current provisioning state of the virtual network gateway resource. Possible values: Deleting/Failed/Succeeded/Updating. |
| Gateway Type | Type of the Virtual Network Gateway. Possible values: ExpressRoute/LocalGateway/VPN. |
| VPN Type | Type of the VPN gateway. Possible values: Routebased/Policybased. |
By clicking on the virtual network gateway's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Virtual Network Gateway monitoring dashboard.
The following is the list of services displayed in the 'Storage' tab:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Storage Account Name | The Azure Storage Account Name. |
| Resource Group | Resource Group where the Storage Account is allocated in. |
| Location | Region where the storage account is provisioned. |
| Provisioning State | Provisioning state of Storage Account. Possible values:
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| Primary Status | Status of Storage Account. Possible Values:
|
| Replication Type | The replication type used by the Storage account. Possible values:
|
By clicking on the storage account's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Standard Storage Account monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Storage Account Name | The Azure Premium Storage Account's name. |
| Resource Group | Resource Group where the Premium Storage Account is present. |
| Location | Region where the Premium Storage Account is present. |
| Provisioning State | Provisioning state of the Premium Storage Account. Possible values: Invalid, Creating, Deleting, Succeeded, Failed, and Cancelled. |
| Primary Status | Status of Premium Storage Account. Possible Values: Available, Unavailable. |
| Replication Type | The replication type used by the Premium Storage account. Possible values: Premium_LRS and Premium_ZRS |
By clicking on the premium storage account's name, you will be redirected to the Azure Premium Storage Account monitoring dashboard.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| DAILY EXPENDITURE | |
| Expense per day | The total cost incurred on the previous day. |
| BILLING SUMMARY | |
| Current billing cycle | Present invoicing period. |
| Total cost till date | Total cost incurred since the beginning of the current billing cycle till the current date. |
| Cost forecast | Current Billing Cycle Forecast cost. |
| Previous billing cycle expenditure | The total cost incurred during the previous billing cycle. |
| Top 10 costs by services | |
| Service Cost | Top 10 costs by services graph shows the top services that you use the most, since the beginning of the current billing cycle till the current date. |
| Costs by services | |
| Service Name | Name of the services. |
| Service Cost (USD) | Total cost in USD incurred per service since the beginning of the current billing cycle till the current date. |
| Top 10 costs by resource groups | |
| Resource group cost | Top 10 costs by resource groups graph shows the top resource groups with the highest costs, since the beginning of the current billing cycle till the current date. |
| Costs by resource groups | |
| Resource Group Name | Name of the resource groups. |
| Resource Group Cost (USD) | Total cost in USD incurred per resource group since the beginning of the current billing cycle till the current date. |
| Top 10 costs by regions | |
| Region Cost | Top 10 costs by regions graph shows the top regions with the highest costs, since the beginning of the current billing cycle till the current date. |
| Costs by regions | |
| Region Name | Name of the regions. |
| Region Cost (USD) | Total cost in USD incurred per region since the beginning of the current billing cycle till the current date. |
1. Error: "Authentication Failed. Access is denied for the provided Azure Organizational Account Credentials"
This error message is displayed upon adding a New Azure monitor using Azure Organizational Account mode. For troubleshooting steps, refer to this link.
2. Error: "Azure Services discovery failed for subscription <subscriptionID>. Invalid Application key"
This error message is displayed upon editing a new Azure monitor using Azure Organizational Account/AD Application & Service Principal mode. For troubleshooting steps, refer to the link given below for respective modes:
3. Error: "Connection to the database failed with error: Cannot open server <ServerName> requested by the login. Client with IP address <SomeIP> is not allowed to access the server. To enable access, use the Windows Azure Management Portal or run sp_set_firewall_rule on the master database to create a firewall rule for this IP address or address range"
This error message is displayed in the monitor details page/Edit monitor page of the Azure SQL Database monitor. For troubleshooting steps, refer to this link.
4. Error: "Connection to the database failed with error: The TCP/IP connection to the host <Azure SQL server>, port 1433 has failed.
[OR]
Error: "Connection timed out: no further information. Verify the connection properties. Make sure that an instance of SQL Server is running on the host and accepting TCP/IP connections at the port. Make sure that TCP connections to the port are not blocked by a firewall."
This error message is displayed in the monitor details page/Edit monitor page of the Azure SQL Database monitor. For troubleshooting steps, refer to this link.
For more troubleshooting steps on Microsoft Azure monitoring, refer to our FAQs.
