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Chapter 5 · Implement an Instrumentation Strategy·v2.0.0·Updated 6/3/2026·~10 min

What's changed: Deepened AZ-400 Chapter 5 (added comparison tables, scenarios, FAQs, exam traps, deep-dive paragraphs to each section; localized figures to Japanese)

5.2APM, Alerts, and Automated Response

Key points

Understand app monitoring and notification—Application Insights, alert rules/action groups, autoscale, health checks/availability tests, and auto-remediation. Detect and respond to issues immediately.

After measuring, connect to detection and response. Monitor apps with Application Insights and act fast via alerts and automated actions.

5.2.1APM and alerts

Diagram of app monitoring and automated response: Application Insights tracks response time, dependencies, exceptions, and usage (APM); availability tests (outside-in) check endpoint health; when metrics/logs/availability breach thresholds, alert rules fire and trigger action groups (email/SMS/webhook/Logic App/Runbook); and autoscale or auto-remediation (Runbook/Functions) responds—a continuous detect-and-respond loop.
APM, alerts, automated response
  • Application Insights: track app response time/dependencies/exceptions/usage (APM).
  • Availability tests: outside-in monitoring of endpoints to detect downtime fast.
  • Alerts + action groups: trigger notifications or automated actions on threshold breach.
  • Automated response: connect to autoscale or Runbook/Functions for auto-remediation.
Exam point

Common on AZ-400: app APM = Application Insights, outside-in = availability tests, threshold notification/response = alerts + action groups, auto-remediation = Runbook/Functions/autoscale. Beyond detection, connect to notification and automated response via action groups.

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