Alert processing rules let you add action groups or suppress notifications without changing alert rules. In this post I explain the actionRules resource in Bicep and show two scenarios: adding an action group and suppressing notifications on a schedule for failed availability tests.
I’ve worked with clients following a low-code first strategy where Logic Apps are preferred over .NET solutions. This post shows you how to create custom availability tests using Logic App (Standard) workflows and track the results in Application Insights. This approach gives you access to all Logic App capabilities while requiring minimal code.
Standard availability tests in Application Insights have limitations like no multi-step authentication, no mTLS support and no access to private networks. This post shows you how to create custom availability tests using .NET and Azure Functions to overcome these restrictions while gaining full control over your monitoring logic.
When connecting to external systems in integration projects, availability tests help you monitor system uptime, verify security measures are up to date and confirm systems can be reached. This post shows you how to create Application Insights standard tests through Bicep to automate your availability monitoring with infrastructure-as-code.
Learn how to use Azure API Management’s rate-limit and rate-limit-by-key policies to protect backends from overwhelming traffic and fairly distribute capacity among clients. Includes practical examples, monitoring guidance and key considerations for different scenarios.
Sometimes you just want to forward any request from Azure API Management to a backend without defining a detailed API contract. In this post I show how to create a simple Catch-All API that supports multiple HTTP methods and matches any URL.
