(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure Network Watcher -- Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics Service for Azure

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Today’s Tip…

Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure. Network diagnostic and visualization tools available with Network Watcher help you understand, diagnose, and gain insights to your network in Azure.

Network monitoring in Azure is comprehensive and covers two broad categories:

  • Network Watcher - Scenario-based monitoring is provided with the features in Network Watcher. This service includes packet capture, next hop, IP flow verify, security group view, NSG flow logs. Scenario level monitoring provides an end to end view of network resources in contrast to individual network resource monitoring.
  • Resource monitoring - Resource level monitoring comprises of four features, diagnostic logs, metrics, troubleshooting, and resource health. All these features are built at the network resource level.