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Application Insights

• azure__applicationinsights with command applicationinsights_component_list - List App Insights resources

Log Analytics

• azure__kusto with command kusto_cluster_list - List clusters

• azure__kusto with command kusto_query - Execute KQL queries

If Azure MCP is not enabled: Run /azure:setup or enable via /mcp.

CLI Reference

# List Log Analytics workspaces

az monitor log-analytics workspace list --output table

# Query logs with KQL

az monitor log-analytics query \

  --workspace WORKSPACE_ID \

  --analytics-query "AzureActivity | take 10"

# List Application Insights

az monitor app-insights component list --output table

# List alerts

az monitor alert list --output table

# Query metrics

az monitor metrics list \

  --resource RESOURCE_ID \

  --metric "Percentage CPU"

Common KQL Queries

// Recent errors

AppExceptions

| where TimeGenerated > ago(1h)

| project TimeGenerated, Message, StackTrace

| order by TimeGenerated desc

// Request performance

AppRequests

| where TimeGenerated > ago(1h)

| summarize avg(DurationMs), count() by Name

| order by avg_DurationMs desc

// Resource usage

AzureMetrics

| where TimeGenerated > ago(1h)

| where MetricName == "Percentage CPU"

| summarize avg(Average) by Resource

Monitoring Strategy

What to Monitor

Service

Metric/Log

Application errors

App Insights

Exceptions, failed requests

Performance

App Insights

Response time, dependencies

Infrastructure

Azure Monitor

CPU, memory, disk

Security

Log Analytics

Sign-ins, audit logs

Costs

Cost Management

Budget alerts

SDK Quick References

For programmatic access to monitoring services, see the condensed SDK guides:

• OpenTelemetry: Python | TypeScript | Python Exporter

• Monitor Query: Python | Java

• Log Ingestion: Python | Java

• App Insights Mgmt: .NET

Service Details

For deep documentation on specific services:

• Application Insights setup -> appinsights-instrumentation skill

• KQL query patterns -> Log Analytics KQL documentation

• Alert configuration -> Azure Monitor alerts documentation