--- title: "Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source | Grafana Plugins documentation" description: "Use the Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source to query and visualize Prometheus-compatible metrics from Azure in Grafana." --- > For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt). # Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source The Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source plugin lets you query and visualize metrics from [Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/metrics/prometheus-metrics-overview) in Grafana. Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is a Prometheus-compatible, fully managed service that monitors and provides alerts on containerized applications and infrastructure at scale. This plugin includes all the features of the core Grafana Prometheus data source, with Azure authentication built into the configuration page. ## Supported features The following table lists the features that the Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source supports. Expand table | Feature | Supported | |-------------|-----------| | Metrics | Yes | | Logs | No | | Traces | No | | Alerting | Yes | | Annotations | Yes | | Exemplars | Yes | ## Requirements Before you use the Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source, ensure you have the following: - A supported version of Grafana. This plugin requires Grafana `>=11.6.11 <12`, `>=12.0.10 <12.1`, `>=12.1.7 <12.2`, or `>=12.2.5`. If your Grafana version isn’t in this list, use the core Prometheus data source instead. - An Azure Monitor workspace and its Prometheus query endpoint URL. - Microsoft Entra ID credentials or an Azure identity with permission to query the workspace. ## Get started The following documents help you get started with the data source: - [Install the Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus plugin](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/install/) - [Configure the Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/configure/) - [Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus query editor](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/query-editor/) - [Template variables](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/template-variables/) - [Annotations](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/annotations/) - [Alerting](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/alerting/) - [Troubleshooting](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/troubleshooting/) To install the plugin and add the data source: 1. [Install the plugin](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/install/). 2. [Add a new data source in the UI](/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/#add-a-data-source) or [provision one](/docs/grafana/latest/administration/provisioning/#data-sources). 3. [Configure the data source](/docs/plugins/grafana-azureprometheus-datasource/latest/configure/). 4. Start querying your metrics. ## Migrate from core Prometheus to Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus Azure AD authentication is deprecated in the core Prometheus data source. If you use the core Prometheus data source with Azure AD authentication, migrate to the Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source. In Grafana 13, this migration is automatic. Data sources that use Azure AD authentication are migrated to the Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus plugin on startup, and your dashboards, alerts, and queries continue to work without changes. For migration steps, how to check migration status, and rollback instructions, refer to [Migrate from Prometheus Azure AD to Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus](/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/prometheus/configure/azure-authentication/). ### Update dashboards and alerts If you add a new Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source instead of relying on the automatic migration, update your existing dashboards and alert rules to use the new data source: 1. Get the `UID` of your existing Prometheus data source that uses Azure AD authentication. 2. Get the `UID` of your new Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source. 3. Update dashboards to use the new data source `UID`. 4. Update alert rules. Export the provisioning files and update the data source in the model, or create new alert rules. 5. Recreate any correlations. 6. Recreate any recorded queries. ## Pre-built dashboards The plugin includes the following pre-built dashboards that you can import to monitor Prometheus and Grafana itself: - **Prometheus Stats** - **Prometheus 2.0 Stats** - **Grafana Stats** To import a pre-built dashboard: 1. Click **Connections** in the left-side menu. 2. Under **Connections**, click **Data sources**. 3. Select your Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus data source. 4. Click the **Dashboards** tab. 5. Click **Import** next to the dashboard you want to use. ## Additional features After you configure the data source, you can: - Use [Explore](/docs/grafana/latest/explore/) to query data without building a dashboard. - Add [transformations](/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualizations/query-transform-data/transform-data/) to manipulate query results. - Set up [alerting](/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/) rules. ## Plugin updates Always ensure that your plugin version is up-to-date so you have access to all current features and improvements. Navigate to **Plugins and data** > **Plugins** to check for updates. Grafana recommends upgrading to the latest Grafana version, and this applies to plugins as well. > Note > > Plugins are automatically updated in Grafana Cloud. ## Related resources - [Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/metrics/prometheus-metrics-overview) - [Grafana community forum](https://community.grafana.com/) - [Grafana Azure Prometheus data source GitHub repository](https://github.com/grafana/azure-prometheus-datasource)