Extending Observability with Azure Arc

Azure Arc aims to connect on-premises and cloud environments by offering a unified operational approach, combining the automation and scalability of the Azure platform and its services. This way, cloud operations teams can manage and monitor their Windows and Linux servers, as well as virtual machines, regardless of whether they are hosted outside of Azure, on their corporate network, or through a third-party cloud provider.

Figure 8.1 – Azure Arc architecture

In this section, we’ll explain how, through Azure Arc, you can centrally monitor Azure Arc-enabled servers within your Azure business environment. We will not go into the details of how Azure Arc works or the different deployment options, but in the Further reading section of this chapter, you can expand your knowledge about this and other aspects of Azure Arc [2].

Let’s say that as a monitoring team leader for an organization with a...