Azure Application Insights, a feature of Azure Monitor, is a robust Application Performance Management (APM) service intended for developers and DevOps professionals. It provides the capability to monitor live applications and includes features to automatically detect performance anomalies. Additionally, Azure Monitor Logs offers powerful analytics tools to diagnose issues and understand user interactions with the application. This combination ensures effective live monitoring and smart alerting to detect anomalies in the data.
To ensure compute resources are automatically shut down when a department's spending limit is reached, you should utilize Azure Monitor alerts and Cost Management budgets. Cost Management budgets allow you to create spending thresholds for each department. When these thresholds are exceeded, Azure Monitor alerts can trigger actions, such as shutting down resources through configured action groups. Combining these two features provides a comprehensive solution to monitor and enforce spending limits while taking appropriate automated actions.






To recommend a solution for pushing Azure service health alerts to Microsoft System Center Service Manager (SCSM), you should include the IT Service Management Connector (ITSM). ITSM is designed to integrate Azure alerts with various IT service management tools, including SCSM. It enables you to create work items in your ITSM tool based on Azure alerts, allowing for seamless incident management and response within your existing workflow.