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title: "Azure Monitor data source | Grafana Labs"
description: "Query Azure Monitor directly from Grafana."
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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 Monitor data source: Query metrics, Log Analytics, and App Insights from Grafana](cp-olly-azure-monitor-ds-light.svg "Azure Monitor data source: Query metrics, Log Analytics, and App Insights from Grafana")

## What you get

| Capabilities                            | Limitations                 |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Metrics and Log Analytics in one plugin | KQL query learning curve    |
| Application Insights integration        | Azure API latency           |
| Resource graph for discovery            | Subscription-level auth     |
| Multi-subscription support              | Alert evaluation calls API. |
| Template variables                      |                             |

## Authentication options

Service principal, managed identity, or Azure AD app registration

## Documentation

View the full documentation. *Learning path coming soon!*

[Azure Monitor data source](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/azure-monitor/)