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AZ-900

Describe monitoring tools in Azure

This objective sits in Describe Azure management and governance, which carries 35% of the Azure Fundamentals exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Microsoft Azure page it rests on.

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A worked example

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Describe Azure management and governance

Your analyst needs to query collected log and trace data in Log Analytics. Which query language applies?

PromQL, for Prometheus metricsPromQL queries the Azure Monitor workspace, which holds Prometheus metrics rather than logs and traces.
JMESPath, used by Azure CLIJMESPath filters JSON output from Azure CLI commands. It shapes command results, not stored telemetry.
T-SQL, the Transact-SQL dialectTransact-SQL runs against relational databases such as Azure SQL Database. Log Analytics does not accept it.
GraphQL, an open query languageGraphQL is an API query language for application data, unrelated to the monitoring data platform.
KQL, the Kusto Query LanguageCorrect · your answerCorrect: this is the dialect Log Analytics runs, and it also drives Resource Graph and Sentinel.

Correct.

Checked against learn.microsoft.com, August 2026

Concept

A data store determines the dialect used against it. Knowing which store a monitoring feature writes into tells you how its contents have to be interrogated.

Why E

Log Analytics workspaces collect log and trace data that is analyzed with Kusto Query Language, while PromQL belongs to the separate Azure Monitor workspace holding Prometheus and OpenTelemetry metrics.

Source

Log Analytics workspaces collect log and trace data, which can be analyzed with Kusto Query Language (KQL). Azure Monitor workspaces collect Prometheus and OpenTelemetry metrics, which can be analyzed using Prometheus Query Language (PromQL).

Azure Monitor overview, checked August 2026
#azure-monitor#log-analytics#kql

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Describe Azure management and governance

Your team wants an alert on a metric threshold to start an Automation runbook without writing glue code. What carries that action?

Sample question 2 of 3

Describe Azure management and governance

Your company runs servers on-premises and in another cloud, and wants them monitored alongside Azure resources. What makes that possible?

Sample question 3 of 3

Describe Azure management and governance

Which set matches the Azure Advisor recommendation categories?

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