Study guide for the Applied Skills assessment lab: Deploy and configure Azure Monitor

Purpose of this document

This study guide provides a summary of the topics covered in the assessment lab, along with additional resources to help you prepare. Note that the learning path on the credential details page may include more modules than the "Tasks performed" to provide a cohesive learning experience.

Tasks at a glance

Create and configure a Log Analytics workspace

Configure monitoring for applications

  • Create an Application Insights resource

  • Configure data sampling rate

  • Configure daily cap for Application Insights (non-workspace-based resources)

  • Configure smart detection email notifications via alert rules and action groups

  • Configure diagnostic logging

    Supporting module (s):

Configure monitoring for virtual machines (VMs)

Configure monitoring for virtual networks

  • Create and configure an Azure Network Watcher connection monitor

  • Create and configure a virtual network flow log

  • Enable traffic analytics

  • Configure access to virtual network flow logs

    Supporting module (s):

Configure alerts and responses

  • Create an action group

  • Create an alert rule

  • Create an alert processing rule to suppress notifications during a specific time window

  • Configure automated responses to alerts, including notifications and runbooks

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