Configuring proactive alerts in Azure Monitor
In this section, you will learn how to configure the different types of Azure Monitor alerts. However, before explaining the different configurations of each type of alert, it is important to understand the flow of an alert and the components that make it up.
The flow of an alert in Azure is as follows:
- Azure resources emit telemetry to Azure Monitor Logs or Azure Metrics.
- Telemetry is evaluated by the alert rule, which, for a specific scope or resource, captures the signal and checks if it meets a certain condition. If multiple resources are being monitored, the condition is evaluated for each resource.
- If the conditions of the alert rule are met, an alert is triggered for each resource. Alerts have a retention period of 30 days and can be viewed from the Azure portal. Through alert processing rules, alerts can be modified to add or suppress notifications or actions, filter a subset of alerts to apply them to or specify...
