Azure Logging and Monitoring Fundamentals

In today's cloud-first world, maintaining visibility into your systems and protecting critical data is essential for any cloud professional. This text-based course guides you through the foundational concepts of cloud monitoring, telemetry, and data protection. You will transition from having zero cloud observability experience to confidently planning diagnostic settings, analyzing logs, and implementing robust backup strategies across databases and file systems. What you'll learn: Understand core cloud observability concepts, including metrics, logs, and traces; Configure Azure Monitor and Log Analytics workspaces to aggregate system telemetry; Analyze diagnostic data to troubleshoot infrastructure issues and track system health; Design data protection policies for cloud databases, storage accounts, and file systems; Apply modern infrastructure-as-code principles conceptually to automate monitoring setup; Implement alert rules and action groups to respond automatically to system anomalies. The course begins with key terminology and foundational concepts of cloud telemetry before guiding you through structured lessons on configuring monitoring tools, analyzing logs, and securing data. This course is designed specifically for beginners, IT professionals, and aspiring cloud architects with no prior experience in Azure monitoring or data protection. Start building resilient and observable cloud environments today.