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Monitoring and security
Observe and protect Azure workloads.
📖 Key ideas
- Azure Monitor collects metrics and logs; Log Analytics queries them with KQL.
- Application Insights monitors app performance.
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud gives security posture and alerts.
- Key Vault stores secrets, keys and certificates.
- Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud SIEM.
💡 Real-life example: Azure Monitor is the dashboard; Key Vault is the bank locker; Defender is the security guard.
Azure MonitorMetrics and logs platform
KQLKusto Query Language
Key VaultSecrets and keys store
Defender for CloudSecurity posture management