Secure, monitor, troubleshoot Azure solutions

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Microsoft — Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts - Bicep, ARM template & Terraform AzAPI reference | Microsoft Learn

WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria Name Description Value componentId The Application Insights resource Id. string (required) failedLocationCount The number of failed locations. int (required)
Microsoft — Monitoring Azure SQL Database with metrics and alerts - Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Learn

Log IO percentage log_write_percent This metric shows the transaction log write throughput consumption toward the user workload limit of a database or an elastic pool,
Microsoft — Azure Key Vault VM extension for Windows - Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Learn

You can no longer configure a specific version of a certificate. The extension now always stores private keys by using Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG)
Microsoft — Azure Key Vault virtual machine extension for Linux - Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Learn

Azure CLI: az vm get-instance-view --resource-group <resource group name> --name <vmName> --query "instanceView.extensions"
Microsoft — Creating and configuring a key vault for Azure Disk Encryption - Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Learn

On September 15, 2028, ADE-enabled workloads will continue to run, but encrypted disks will fail to unlock after VM reboots, resulting in service disruption.
Microsoft — Troubleshoot performance issues with Intelligent Insights - Azure SQL Database & Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Learn

The MAXDOP server configuration option is used to control how many CPU cores can be used to execute the same query in parallel.
Microsoft — Azure Virtual Desktop diagnostics log analytics - Azure - Azure Virtual Desktop | Microsoft Learn

The value on ServiceError should always equal false for these types of issues. If ServiceError equals true , you'll need to escalate the issue to
Microsoft — Managed Identity in Microsoft Entra for Azure SQL - Azure SQL Database & Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Learn

UMIs are independent from logical servers or managed instances. When you delete a logical server or instance, the system also deletes the SMI. UMIs aren't
Microsoft — Azure Service Fabric monitoring best practices - Azure Service Fabric | Microsoft Learn

It is recommended that you set up application monitoring with Application Insights , Azure's application monitoring tool.
Microsoft — Collect & analyze resource logs - Azure Container Instances | Microsoft Learn

For a more full-featured integration that supports private endpoints, consider using Diagnostic Settings instead.
Microsoft — Grant access to Azure resources on a Service Fabric cluster - Azure Service Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Under Role , from the dropdown list, select Storage Blob Data Reader . In the next dropdown list, under Assign access to , choose User