Getting started – an overview of Network Watcher
As mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, Network Watcher is an additional component that you can leverage when working with networking in Azure. Because networking is an area that is difficult to manage and debug in the cloud (due to the lack of access to the hardware and the use of virtualized network devices), sometimes you may struggle to find the root cause of an issue or track packets being transported over your resources. This is where Network Watcher comes in handy – it covers areas including diagnostics, metrics, and monitoring to help you troubleshoot issues with connectivity, VPNs, and network security groups, and can even capture network packets. Let’s see what tools are available when working with Network Watcher.
Network Watcher toolset
As already pointed out, Network Watcher offers a variety of different tools that you can use to work with your network. For our examination, we will divide...