Azure network monitoring with synthetic traffic

Wow, that was a mouthful. But it describes what I would like to discuss in this post. Networks are at the basis of every IT infrastructure, so when they don’t work, everybody notices (and when they do work, nobody notices). Hence, monitoring computer networks to detect and fix problems as quickly as possible is a … Continue reading Azure network monitoring with synthetic traffic

Test like a champ with Azure Connection Monitor

If you work in Azure, you probably know about Connection Monitor, a tool that generates synthetic traffic to test connectivity and measure response times. You configure sources (Virtual Machines) to generate traffic that can be addressed to destinations such as other Virtual Machines or any external endpoint outside of Azure. Alerts can be automatically generated … Continue reading Test like a champ with Azure Connection Monitor