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Azure Monitor data source
The Azure Monitor data source plugin allows you to query and visualize data from Azure Monitor, the Azure service to maximize the availability and performance of applications and services in the Azure Cloud.
Supported Azure clouds
The Azure Monitor data source supports the following Azure cloud environments:
- Azure - Azure public cloud (default)
- Azure US Government - Azure Government cloud
- Azure China - Azure China cloud operated by 21Vianet
Supported Azure services
The Azure Monitor data source supports the following Azure services:
Get started
The following documents will help you get started with the Azure Monitor data source:
- Configure the Azure Monitor data source - Set up authentication and connect to Azure
- Azure Monitor query editor - Create and edit queries for Metrics, Logs, Traces, and Resource Graph
- Template variables - Create dynamic dashboards with Azure Monitor variables
- Alerting - Create alert rules using Azure Monitor data
- Troubleshooting - Solve common configuration and query errors
Additional features
After you have configured the Azure Monitor data source, you can:
- Add Annotations to overlay Azure log events on your graphs.
- Configure and use Template variables for dynamic dashboards.
- Add Transformations to manipulate query results.
- Set up Alerting and recording rules using Metrics, Logs, Traces, and Resource Graph queries.
- Use Explore to investigate your Azure data without building a dashboard.
Pre-built dashboards
The Azure Monitor plugin includes the following pre-built dashboards:
- Azure Monitor Overview - Displays key metrics across your Azure subscriptions and resources.
- Azure Storage Account - Shows storage account metrics including availability, latency, and transactions.
To import a pre-built dashboard:
- Go to Connections > Data sources.
- Select your Azure Monitor data source.
- Click the Dashboards tab.
- Click Import next to the dashboard you want to use.
