Monitoring Lab Guides¶

These hands-on labs provide a structured path through the most important Azure Monitor workflows. Each guide follows the same pattern: prepare a sandbox, execute Azure CLI steps, validate the result, and clean up safely.

graph TD
    A[Monitoring labs] --> B[Log Analytics]
    A --> C[KQL]
    A --> D[Alerts]
    A --> E[Application Insights]
    A --> F[Workbooks]
    B --> B1[Lab 01]
    C --> C1[Lab 02]
    D --> D1[Lab 03]
    E --> E1[Lab 04]
    F --> F1[Lab 05]

Lab Catalog¶

Shared Prerequisites¶

All labs assume:

• Azure CLI authenticated with az login.
• Contributor access to a non-production Azure subscription.
• A dedicated sandbox resource group.
• Permission to create monitoring resources such as workspaces, alerts, and dashboards.
• Basic familiarity with Azure Monitor, KQL, and resource IDs.

Suggested Execution Order¶

1. Lab 01 creates the central workspace and routes data.
2. Lab 02 teaches you how to read that data with reusable KQL.
3. Lab 03 converts those signals into notifications and automation hooks.
4. Lab 04 adds application telemetry to the monitoring estate.
5. Lab 05 turns queries and metrics into visual operational artifacts.

Reusable Variables¶

export LOCATION="koreacentral"
export RG="rg-monitoring-labs"
export WORKSPACE_NAME="lawmonlabs001"
export APP_INSIGHTS_NAME="appimonlabs001"
export ACTION_GROUP_NAME="ag-monitoring-labs"
export DASHBOARD_NAME="dashboard-monitoring-labs"

Validation Expectations¶

You should be able to confirm the following by the end of the sequence:

• A Log Analytics workspace exists and receives telemetry.
• KQL queries return meaningful results and can be saved as functions.
• Metric and log alerts are enabled and point to an action group.
• Application Insights receives requests, dependencies, traces, and custom events.
• A workbook and dashboard display the same monitoring data from the lab environment.

Cleanup Strategy¶

If you want to remove everything at once after Lab 05, delete the shared resource group:

az group delete \
    --name "$RG" \
    --yes \
    --no-wait

See Also¶

• Tutorials
• Operations: Workspace Management
• Operations: Alert Rule Management
• Operations: Workbooks and Dashboards

Sources¶

• Azure Monitor documentation
• Kusto Query Language overview
• Create and manage alerts