What is Azure Monitor?

• A powerful reporting and analytics tool
• A comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments
• Full observability into your applications, infrastructure, and network
• Azure Monitor collects and aggregates data from a variety of sources into a common data platform where it can be used for analysis, visualization, and alerting

High-level overview

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Why to use?

• Modern monitoring solution
• Gaining insights from your data
• Reveal hidden patterns using the advanced analytic engine and built-in machine learning constructs
• Integrate with popular DevOps