Microsoft Azure: Application
Monitoring and Diagnostics
for IT Professionals
WorkshopPLUS
Target Audience:
This WorkshopPLUS is an
advanced course on
Application monitoring and
diagnostics under Microsoft
Azure.
It is mainly targeted at IT
Professionals, IT
Administrators, Solution
Architects as well as Line-Of-
Business Application
Managers looking to
understand how Microsoft
Monitoring technologies
would help with regards to
operating and monitoring
their Cloud Application
services.
Attendees are recommended
to have had exposure and
some experience with
Microsoft Monitoring
technologies such as System
Center Operations Manager.
Previous exposure to
Microsoft Visual Studio is
also recommended.
Overview
The three-day Microsoft Azure Application Monitoring and Diagnostics
for IT Professionals WorkshopPLUS course provides attendees with
deep knowledge on how to monitor applications hosted on Microsoft Azure
from an IT Professional perspective.
Key Features and Benefits
Participants will receive insight on Microsoft Azure and its frameworks
making application monitoring possible. They will learn how to leverage
these frameworks starting from within Azure itself but mainly through
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager as well as Microsoft
Azure Operational Insights and the Microsoft Operations Management
Suite.
Participants will also learn the basics on the prerequisites to enable
monitoring capabilities on their applications as well as how to extend
Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and Microsoft Azure
Operational Insights and Microsoft Operations Management Suite to
monitor Microsoft Azure Application scenarios.
Participants will additionally benefit from hands-on lab experiences to help
consolidate the concepts learned as well as broaden their knowledge
skillset around Microsoft Azure and Microsoft monitoring technologies.
Technical Highlights
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand the basics of Microsoft Azure and the Windows Azure
Diagnostics frameworks.
• Understand Microsoft Azure service management and monitoring
capabilities.
• Understand Microsoft Azure monitoring scenarios when using Microsoft
System Center and Operations Management Suite technologies.
• Understand how to monitor Microsoft Azure Cloud Service Applications
with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, Azure Operational
Insights, Operations Management Suite and Azure Application Insights.
 Syllabus
Hardware This WorkshopPLUS runs for 3 full days. Students should anticipate
Requirements: consistent start and end times for each day, to be agreed with the Trainer
when starting the delivery.
Lab environments for Early departure on any day is not recommended unless otherwise agreed.
this course are
generally hosted in the The course uses both Demonstrations and Hands-On Labs to help
cloud.
students better understand the material and reinforce the topics learnt.

Labs delivered on
Module 1: Microsoft Azure Overview
computers within the
classroom must meet This module provides an introduction to the Microsoft Azure key concepts
or exceed the and principles.
following:
• Windows 8.1 or Module 2: Understanding Azure Diagnostics and how to leverage
Windows Server 2012 monitoring data
R2 Hyper-V This module explains the basics of the Microsoft Azure Management APIs
• Intel Core i5-class and the Azure Diagnostics frameworks. It will enable you to further
processor with at least understand what are the prerequisites to enable monitoring over your
4 cores (8
Cloud Service Applications related services.
recommended)
• USB 3.0 support
Module 3: Monitoring Solutions
• 16GB RAM
• 120GB HDD This module discusses the Cloud scenarios and the multiple solutions
• 19” monitor (dual available to monitor Microsoft Azure.
monitor configuration
recommended) Module 4: Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager
This module helps you understand key System Center Operations
Additional Manager concepts, where it fits in as well as the broad set of capabilities,
Requirements: scenarios and extensibility options that can be leveraged when monitoring
Azure Cloud Service Applications.
Fast and reliable
internet connectivity to
Module 5: Monitoring with Operations Management Suite
the Microsoft Azure
This module helps you further learn about the Microsoft Operations
Cloud platform.
Management Suite and how Azure Operational Insights integrates with it to
Microsoft Azure monitor your Azure Cloud Service Applications.
Subscription
(Azure Subscription Module 6: Monitoring with Azure Application Insights
Promotional Codes This module discusses the key capabilities of Azure Application Insights as
could be provided if well as what features are exposed to IT Professional audiences when
necessary **** this must looking to monitor Azure Cloud Service Applications or even other Web
be confirmed before the
training delivery ****)
Application Endpoints.

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