Azure Observability Services
Services
Service Use When MCP Tools CLI
Azure Monitor Metrics, alerts, dashboards azure__monitor
az monitor
Application Insights APM, distributed tracing azure__applicationinsights
az monitor app-insights
Log Analytics Log queries, KQL azure__kusto
az monitor log-analytics
Alerts Notifications, actions
az monitor alert
Workbooks Interactive reports azure__workbooks
MCP Server (Preferred)
When Azure MCP is enabled:
Monitor
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azure__monitor with command monitor_metrics_query
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Query metrics
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azure__monitor with command monitor_logs_query
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Query logs with KQL
Application Insights
- azure__applicationinsights with command applicationinsights_component_list
- List App Insights resources
Log Analytics
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azure__kusto with command kusto_cluster_list
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List clusters
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azure__kusto with command kusto_query
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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
Service Details
For deep documentation on specific services:
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Application Insights setup -> appinsights-instrumentation skill
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KQL query patterns -> Log Analytics KQL documentation
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Alert configuration -> Azure Monitor alerts documentation