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title: "Azure metrics scrape jobs | Grafana Labs"
description: "Collect Azure Monitor metrics using scrape jobs."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## How it works

[Azure metrics scrape jobs architecture: Grafana Cloud pulls from Azure Monitor API](cp-olly-viz-azure-metrics-scrape-jobs-light.svg "Azure metrics scrape jobs architecture: Grafana Cloud pulls from Azure Monitor API")

**Complexity:** Simple | **Infrastructure:** None | **Latency:** Minutes

## Trade-offs

| Pros                          | Cons                                      |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Managed by Grafana Cloud      | Minutes latency                           |
| Simple service principal auth | API rate limits at scale                  |
| Automatic resource discovery  | Per-subscription credentials              |
| Converts to PromQL            | Cross-subscription needs multiple configs |

## When to use

- Getting started with Azure metrics
- Single subscription
- Minimal infrastructure preference

## Learning path

Configure this approach step by step.

[Azure metrics scrape jobs](/docs/learning-hub/intro-to-cp-olly/01-cloud-metrics/17-azure-journey/)