Management and governance
Manage and secure your hybrid cloud resources with tools built into Azure
Get built-in Azure management and governance tools that help your system administrators and developers keep your resources secure and compliant, both on-premises and in the cloud. Monitor infrastructure and applications, provision and configure resources, update apps, analyze threats, backup resources, build disaster recovery, apply policies, automate processes, and even manage costs—throughout your IT lifecycle.
Management tools for monitoring
| If you want to | Use this |
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| Get visibility into the status of Azure platform components | Azure Monitor |
| Monitor and diagnose network issues | Network Watcher |
Management tools for configuration
| If you want to | Use this |
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| Automate, configure, and update your resources | Automation |
| Get personalized recommendations to help manage your Azure environment | Azure Advisor |
| Deploy and manage your Azure resources | Azure Resource Manager |
| Simplify how you move multiple resources between Azure regions | Azure Resource Mover |
| Create, maintain, and invoke scheduled work for your apps | Scheduler |
| Route incoming traffic for better performance and availability | Traffic Manager |
| Manage Azure using a command-line experience | Cloud Shell |
| Manage deployed solutions for your customers | Azure Managed Applications |
| Personalize and manage your Azure environment | Microsoft Azure portal |
| Stay connected to your Azure resources from anywhere at anytime | Azure mobile app |
| Empowering service providers to manage customers at scale and with precision | Azure Lighthouse |
Management tools for governance
| If you want to | Use this |
|---|---|
| Get transparency into what you’re spending on cloud resources | Azure Cost Management and Billing |
| Set policies across resources and monitor compliance | Azure Policy |
| Enabling quick, repeatable creation of governed environments | Azure Blueprints |
Management tools for security and protection
| If you want to | Use this |
|---|---|
| Back up your resources and protect against data loss | Azure Backup |
| Deliver highly available virtual machines with built-in disaster recovery | Azure Site Recovery |
| Secure your resources and protect against threats | Security Center |
Customers are doing great things with Azure management tools
Construction company switches to cloud backup service to better protect data, slash costs
"Even with the cost of adding a Data Protection Manager server to each jobsite, Azure Backup is cheaper than our previous solution—one quarter the cost. The savings increase with every gigabyte of data we add."
Chris Palmer, Solution Architect
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