Azure Monitor Agent collects monitoring data from the guest operating system of Azure and hybrid virtual machines and delivers it to Azure Monitor for use by features, insights, and other services, such as Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. It replaces all of Azure Monitor's legacy monitoring agents. Learn more

Get Started

Use the data collection rule creation experience to get started easily. This also installs this extension on the selected resources and takes care of other required steps for you.
Alternatively, if you’d like to set things up on your own

Review the prerequisites
Install the agent extension, including network specific configurations (proxy, private links)
Configure and associate data collection

Migrate From Legacy Agents

If you’re using the legacy monitoring agents today, learn more about how you can easily migrate before August 2024.

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Azure Monitor Agent for LinuxMicrosoft Corp.

Azure Monitor Agent for Linux

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Azure Monitor Agent for Linux

Microsoft Corp.

Azure Monitor Agent for Linux
Microsoft Corp.