Monitor Azure SQL databases with Datadog

This text discusses how to use Datadog to monitor Azure SQL databases alongside other technologies in an infrastructure. It explains the process of integrating Azure with Datadog, exporting database diagnostic and audit logs, visualizing key performance metrics, analyzing and alerting on database logs for better understanding of database performance and activity, and using audit logs to surface potential threats to SQL databases. The text also highlights how Datadog provides full visibility into the health and performance of Azure SQL databases via an out-of-the-box integration dashboard, enabling users to create custom dashboards to track database performance alongside other Azure services and technologies in their stack. Additionally, it mentions how Datadog Log Analytics can be used to surface performance issues like long-running queries and how its Security Monitoring feature can help detect potential threats to SQL databases.