What is the best way to monitor Windows VM with Azure policy

Question

Hello,

I have been looking into automate monitoring for virtual machines in Azure with Azure policys. I have tried diffrent custom policys but have not found a good solution.

Please let me know if you have any good idea.

Not this one bellow. I have tried these policys and it is for the legacy extansion :)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-enable-policy

Answer 1

My approach:
Onbaord Azure Arc to your servers (on-prem and in Azure)
Enable AMA via a data collection rule: Azure Monitor > Data Collection Rule > Create.
(Arc will be used to push out the AMA agent to all servers you specified in the scope of your data collection rule.

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

The AMA option in in public preview. VM Insights has not fully moved over to the newer agent. This will enable the VM Insights views. Custom alert rules and additional data collections may be needed to meet your specific monitoring requirements.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-enable-overview#agents

Answer 3

Thank you for your answers.

I went with the build in AMA and data collection rule policy.