azure-monitor

What this skill does

# Azure Monitor Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Monitor. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

## How to Use This Skill

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file

> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:
- **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
- **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.

## Category Index

| Category | Location | Description |
|----------|----------|-------------|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L91 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Monitor data/agent issues (AMA, Log Analytics, pipelines, DCRs), alerts, workbooks, Application Insights, containers, and VM performance/health problems. |
| Best Practices | L92-L127 | Designing performant, reliable, and cost‑efficient Azure Monitor setups: alerts, autoscale, AKS/VM monitoring, logs/PromQL queries, workbooks, multicloud, and data collection best practices. |
| Decision Making | L128-L168 | Guidance for planning, choosing, and migrating Azure Monitor agents, alerts, workspaces, costs, pipelines, and integrations (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, SCOM, Splunk, diagnostics). |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L169-L174 | Designing Azure Monitor architectures: enterprise-wide layouts, Private Link network patterns, choosing single vs multiple workspaces, and using workspace replication for resilience. |
| Limits & Quotas | L175-L243 | Limits, quotas, performance planning, and supported regions/resources for Azure Monitor agents, logs, metrics, autoscale, Prometheus, Container Insights, Workbooks, and service-specific metric references |
| Security | L244-L299 | Securing Azure Monitor: auth (Entra, RBAC, keys), network (NSP, firewalls, Private Link, TLS), secure ITSM/Grafana/workbooks, and analyzing security/audit logs from Azure and third‑party services. |
| Configuration | [configuration.md](configuration.md) | Configuring Azure Monitor end to end: agents, DCRs, pipelines, alerts, autoscale, networking/Private Link, Application Insights, Kubernetes/Prometheus, and detailed logs/metrics schemas for Azure and partner services. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | [integrations.md](integrations.md) | Patterns and code for integrating Azure Monitor with apps and tools: alerts, webhooks, ITSM, Prometheus/Grafana, OTEL, REST/Logs APIs, and KQL examples for many log tables. |
| Deployment | [deployment.md](deployment.md) | Deploying and migrating Azure Monitor agents/resources at scale, configuring diagnostics, alerts, workspaces, Profiler, and Grafana across VMs, App Service, Service Fabric, and hybrid environments |

### Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|-------|-----|
| Troubleshoot Azure Log Analytics Linux agent issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/agent-linux-troubleshoot |
| Troubleshoot Log Analytics agent for Windows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/agent-windows-troubleshoot |
| Monitor and troubleshoot Azure Monitor Agent health at scale | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-health |
| Troubleshoot Azure Monitor agent on Linux VMs and scale sets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-troubleshoot-linux-vm |
| Fix syslog collection issues with Azure Monitor Agent on Linux | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-troubleshoot-linux-vm-rsyslog |
| Fix Azure Monitor agent problems on Windows Arc servers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-troubleshoot-windows-arc |
| Diagnose Azure Monitor agent issues on Windows VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/azure-monitor-agent-troubleshoot-windows-vm |
| Troubleshoot Azure Diagnostics extension issues on Azure resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/diagnostics-extension-troubleshooting |
| Use AMA Linux troubleshooter to diagnose agent issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/troubleshooter-ama-linux |
| Use AMA Windows troubleshooter to diagnose agent issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/troubleshooter-ama-windows |
| Troubleshoot Azure Log Analytics VM extension on Windows and Linux | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/agents/vmext-troubleshoot |
| Troubleshoot Azure Copilot observability agent problems | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/aiops/observability-agent-troubleshooting |
| Troubleshoot tenant-level Azure service health alerts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-create-tenant-level-service-heath-alerts |
| Diagnose and fix common Azure Monitor alert issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-troubleshoot |
| Diagnose and fix Azure Monitor log alert rule problems | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-troubleshoot-log |
| Resolve problems with Azure Monitor metric alerts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-troubleshoot-metric |
| Resolve ITSMC dashboard connector status errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/itsmc-dashboard-errors |
| Fix ServiceNow sync and token issues for ITSMC | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/itsmc-resync-servicenow |
| Troubleshoot Azure Monitor ITSM Connector issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/itsmc-troubleshoot-overview |
| Interpret and resolve test action group error codes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/test-action-group-errors |
| Investigate failures and performance with Application Insights views | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/failures-performance-transactions |
| Troubleshoot telemetry issues using Application Insights SDK stats | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/sdk-stats |
| Troubleshoot Azure Monitor autoscale behavior and actions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/autoscale/autoscale-troubleshoot |
| Use Live Data in Container insights for real-time AKS troubleshooting | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-livedata-overview |
| Diagnose and fix Azure Monitor container log issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/container-insights-troubleshoot |
| Troubleshoot Prometheus metrics collection in Azure Monitor | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/containers/prometheus-metrics-troubleshoot |
| Monitor and troubleshoot DCR-based data collection in Azure Monitor | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/data-collection/data-collection-monitor |
| Troubleshoot Azure Monitor pipeline issues and errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/data-collection/pipeline-faq |
| Troubleshoot Azure Monitor pipeline deployment and data issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-mo