The Complete Guide to Azure Monitoring

Monitoring an Azure environment involves navigating its distributed and dynamic architecture, but tools like Azure Monitor and the ELK Stack offer solutions to these challenges. Azure Monitor, an Azure-native service, provides integrated support for Azure resources, offering scalability, high availability, and advanced analytics, though it has limitations in data customization and integration with external sources. The ELK Stack, comprising Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, is popular for its open-source flexibility and community support, though it requires more setup and management to ensure resilience and scalability in production environments. Logz.io, a managed ELK service, simplifies Azure monitoring by providing seamless integration and allowing users to focus on their core business applications. While each solution has distinct advantages and limitations, the choice between them depends on an organization's willingness to invest resources in managing their monitoring stack versus focusing on application performance.