An IT Operations Approach to Observability
summary
Demonstrates a working pipeline that collects Active Directory data with PowerShell collection, analyzes it with Kusto/KQL analysis, and pushes alerts to Azure Monitor then a Logic App that posts to Teams. Builds an Install-Observability module (PSGallery) that creates a gMSA, scheduled tasks, and a custom event log; demo finds GPOs disabled for >3 days (event ID 400) and a missing domain backup. Tools used: Azure Arc, Azure Monitor agent, JSON events; the pipeline succeeds in generating actionable alerts.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Observability in IT ops
- 3:57Observability MELT components
- 11:23Practical observability pipeline
- 23:59Demo: PowerShell + Azure Monitor
- 39:50Installing observability module
- 45:08Q&A
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