Management and monitoring

This article provides guidance about maintaining an Azure data analytics estate. It builds on considerations and recommendations of the Azure landing zones. For more information, see Management and monitoring.

Design considerations

Here are some design considerations for data analytics on Azure monitoring and management:

  • Consider a centralized Azure Log Analytics workspace with Azure Monitor and Application Insights for platform and application layer monitoring. For more information, see Create a Log Analytics workspace in the Azure portal.

  • Consider whether individual data landing zones can query the centralized Log Analytics workspace with appropriate permissions. Each landing zone might also need its own Log Analytics workspace.

  • Configure Azure Databricks to send monitoring information to Log Analytics. For more information, see Monitoring Azure Databricks.

  • Review sample queries. You can use some without modification or build on them for your own queries. For more information, see Using queries in Azure Monitor Log Analytics.

Design recommendations

When evaluating cloud-scale analytics, consider the following design recommendations:

  • Implement threat protection. For more information, see Microsoft Sentinel.

  • Monitor all services deployed in the data landing zone to a Log Analytics workspace.

  • Use Azure Site Recovery to recover virtual machines that support mission-critical workloads. For more information, see About Site Recovery.

  • In a data landing zone, all monitoring should be sent to the enterprise-scale management subscription for analysis.

Next steps