If you are using Azure cloud services, you might be known how to manage and monitor your resources and operations effectively. In this post, we will introduce some tools that can help you achieve this goal.

Azure Portal
The Azure portal is a web-based interface that allows you to access and manage your Azure resources. You can use the portal to create, configure, delete, and monitor your resources, as well as to view metrics, alerts, logs, and diagnostics. The portal also provides a dashboard where you can customize your view of the most important information for your workloads.

Azure PowerShell and Azure CLI
If you prefer to use command-line tools, you can use Azure PowerShell or Azure CLI to manage and monitor your Azure resources. Both tools are cross-platform and support scripting and automation. You can use them to perform the same tasks as the portal, as well as to access advanced features and scenarios. For example, you can use Azure PowerShell or Azure CLI to create and run Azure Resource Manager templates, which are JSON files that define the resources and configurations for your deployments.

Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor is a service that collects and analyzes data from your Azure resources and applications. You can use Azure Monitor to gain insight into the performance, availability, and reliability of your workloads, as well as to troubleshoot issues and optimize your costs. Azure Monitor provides several features, such as:

– Metrics: numerical values that represent the state or activity of your resources over time.
– Logs: records of events and activities that occur in your resources and applications.
– Alerts: notifications that are triggered when a condition or threshold is met.
– Dashboards: visualizations of metrics, logs, alerts, and other data sources.
– Workbooks: interactive reports that combine text, charts, tables, and parameters.
– Application Insights: a feature that monitors the performance and usage of your web applications.
– Log Analytics: a feature that collects and analyzes data from your virtual machines, containers, network devices, and other sources.

Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor is a service that provides personalized recommendations to optimize your Azure resources. You can use Azure Advisor to improve the performance, security, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of your workloads. Azure Advisor analyzes your resource configuration and usage data and suggests best practices and actions that you can take to improve your cloud experience. For example, Azure Advisor can help you to:

– Resize or shut down underutilized virtual machines.
– Enable backup and disaster recovery for your critical resources.
– Apply security patches and enable encryption for your data.
– Migrate to managed disks or premium storage for better performance.
– Delete or reconfigure unused or idle resources.

Azure Resource Graph
Azure Resource Graph is a service that allows you to query and explore your Azure resources at scale. You can use Azure Resource Graph to quickly find information about your resources across multiple subscriptions and resource groups. You can also use it to perform complex analysis and reporting on your resource inventory. For example, you can use Azure Resource Graph to:

– Count the number of resources by type, location, tag, or property.
– Compare the properties of different resources or resource groups.
– Filter the resources by various criteria, such as name, status, or tag value.
– Export the results to CSV or JSON files for further processing.

In this blog post, we have introduced some of the tools and best practices that can help you manage and monitor your Azure cloud resources and operations. By using these tools, you can gain more visibility, control over your cloud environment, and improve the quality and efficiency of your workloads. We hope you find this post useful and informative. To know more about Azure Cloud resources, feel free to write us at [email protected] or leave a comment below.