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Azure Integration Guide for Business

By : Joshua Garverick, Jack Lee, Mélony Qin, Trevoir Williams
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Azure Integration Guide for Business

By: Joshua Garverick, Jack Lee, Mélony Qin, Trevoir Williams

Overview of this book

Azure Integration Guide for Business is essential for decision makers planning to transform their business with Microsoft Azure. The Microsoft Azure cloud platform can improve the availability, scalability, and cost-efficiency of any business. The guidance in this book will help decision makers gain valuable insights into proactively managing their applications and infrastructure. You'll learn to apply best practices in Azure Virtual Network and Azure Storage design, ensuring an efficient and secure cloud infrastructure. You'll also discover how to automate Azure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and leverage various Azure services to support OLTP applications. Next, you’ll explore how to implement Azure offerings for event-driven architectural solutions and serverless applications. Additionally, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge on how to develop an automated, secure, and scalable solutions. Core elements of the Azure ecosystem will be discussed in the final chapters of the book, such as big data solutions, cost governance, and best practices to help you optimize your business. By the end of this book, you’ll understand what a well-architected Azure solution looks like and how to lead your organization toward a tailored Azure solution that meets your business needs.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Why do we need monitoring with Azure?

Monitoring plays a central role in ensuring the continuous and optimal operation of applications. It also serves as a proactive measure to identify and address any potential issues before they impact users, thereby minimizing disruptions and maintaining a positive experience for users.

Through effective monitoring practices, businesses can mitigate risks, improve the user experience, and maintain the desired levels of performance and availability for their applications. Furthermore, businesses can gain valuable insights into the performance, availability, and health of their applications using these monitoring tools.

In this section, we will explore the monitoring capabilities available on Azure. These tools enable businesses to proactively track and analyze metrics, logs, and other relevant data to identify performance bottlenecks, troubleshoot issues, and optimize their applications’ overall efficiency.