Azure Monitor data sources
Azure Monitor gathers and consolidates data from every layer and component of your system and this data is stored in a common data platform for consumption by a shared set of tools capable of correlating, analyzing, visualizing, and responding to the data.
This section outlines the prevalent sources of monitoring data amassed by Azure Monitor, supplementing the data generated by Azure resources.
Azure Monitor enables the integration of monitoring data generated by Azure resources and data from applications, infrastructure, and custom sources outside of Azure, whether on-premises or in other clouds. This is why the monitoring data sources for an application that can be collected in Azure Monitor can be classified as follows:
- Custom application or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) workload data: This data can originate from Azure, on-premises, or other clouds:
- In the case of a custom application, it refers to the performance, health, and activity...
