Azure Observability Services

Query metrics, logs, and traces across Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.

- Access metrics, KQL log queries, and distributed tracing through MCP tools or Azure CLI commands

- Supports Application Insights for APM and performance analysis, Log Analytics for custom KQL queries, and Azure Monitor for infrastructure metrics

- Includes common KQL query patterns for errors, request performance, and resource usage monitoring

- Workbooks integration for building interactive observability dashboards and reports

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
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MCP Server (Preferred)

When Azure MCP is enabled:

Monitor

- azure__monitor with command monitor_metrics_query - Query metrics

- azure__monitor with command monitor_logs_query - Query logs with KQL