MSDN Documentation

Azure Services - Management

Azure Management Services

Azure management services provide the tools and capabilities to effectively govern, monitor, automate, and secure your Azure resources. These services ensure that your cloud environment is operational, efficient, and compliant.

Key Management Services

Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the deployment and management service for Azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account. You use templates to define the infrastructure for your application and ARM deploys, configures, and orchestrates those resources.

  • Declarative deployment
  • Resource grouping
  • Access control (RBAC)

Azure Monitor

Azure Monitor is a comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments. It helps you understand the performance and availability of your applications and infrastructure, and proactively identify issues.

  • Metrics and Logs
  • Application Insights
  • Alerts and Actions
  • Dashboards

Azure Policy

Azure Policy helps you enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at scale. Through policies, you can govern the properties of resources, enforce standards, and automatically remediate non-compliant resources.

  • Compliance auditing
  • Policy enforcement
  • Remediation tasks

Azure Automation

Azure Automation is a cloud-based automation and configuration service. It helps you streamline the creation, deployment, and maintenance of resources across Azure and on-premises environments.

  • Runbooks
  • Update Management
  • Desired State Configuration

Azure Advisor

Azure Advisor is a personalized recommendation service that helps you optimize your Azure resources. It provides recommendations in five key areas: Cost, Performance, Security, Reliability, and Operational Excellence.

  • Actionable insights
  • Prioritized recommendations
  • Integration with Azure services

Getting Started with Management

To begin managing your Azure resources effectively, it is recommended to:

  1. Familiarize yourself with Azure Resource Manager templates for consistent and repeatable deployments.
  2. Set up Azure Monitor to gain visibility into the health and performance of your applications.
  3. Implement Azure Policy to ensure compliance with your organization's standards.
  4. Explore Azure Automation for repetitive tasks to improve efficiency.
  5. Regularly review Azure Advisor recommendations to optimize your environment.

Further Reading

For in-depth technical documentation, tutorials, and code samples, please visit the official Azure Documentation.