Configure monitoring for virtual machines

Intermediate
Administrator
Azure

Understand how to deploy and configure Azure Monitor Agent on IaaS VMs and how to enable VM Insights and Data Collection Rules to monitor performance and application telemetry.

Learning objectives

  • Describe the Azure Monitor Agent and how it can be deployed to IaaS Virtual Machines
  • Explain VM Insights and how to use it to monitor IaaS VM performance
  • Enable data collection rules to collect operating system and application logs