Introducing Database Watcher for Azure SQL (Public Preview)

Introducing Database Watcher for Azure SQL, Microsoft’s latest public preview monitoring tool that elevates observability for Azure SQL Databases, Elastic Pools, and Managed Instances to new heights.

Database Watcher is a powerful managed database monitoring solution designed to enhance the reliability and efficiency of your Azure SQL deployments. Here are the key highlights:

1. Managed Monitoring: You can enable advanced monitoring for your Azure SQL resources without deploying any additional infrastructure or maintaining monitoring agents. Simply create a new watcher, and within minutes, you’ll start monitoring your entire Azure SQL estate.
2. Near Real-Time Data Collection: Database Watcher collects detailed monitoring data from your databases, elastic pools, and managed instances. This data is stored in a central data store within your Azure subscription. When you access monitoring dashboards, you’ll see the database state as of just a few seconds ago.
3. Single-Pane-of-Glass Dashboards: The Azure portal provides comprehensive dashboards that give you a holistic view across your Azure SQL estate. Whether it’s individual databases, elastic pools, or managed instances, you’ll find detailed insights at your fingertips. 
4. Powered by Azure Data Explorer: Database Watcher leverages Azure Data Explorer, a fully managed, highly scalable data service optimized for time-series monitoring data. With Azure Data Explorer, you can analyze data using KQL or T-SQL, build custom visualizations in Power BI and Grafana, or export it for integration with downstream systems.
5. Support for All Azure SQL Service Tiers: Whether you’re using vCore or DTU purchasing models, provisioned or serverless compute tiers, single databases or elastic pools, Database Watcher has you covered. It even monitors all types of secondary readable replicas, including high availability replicas, geo-replicas, and Hyperscale named secondary replicas.
6. Integration with Fabric Real-Time Analytics: Database Watcher seamlessly integrates with Fabric Real-Time Analytics. By streaming, storing, and analyzing monitoring data in real-time using an Eventhouse KQL database, you gain advanced capabilities for monitoring your Azure SQL resources. Fabric Real-Time Analytics Integrates with Newly Announced Database Watcher for Azure SQL
7. Get more details here: Introducing database watcher for Azure SQL – Microsoft Community Hub

In summary, Database Watcher empowers you to monitor your Azure SQL environment effectively, making informed decisions and ensuring optimal performance. Dive in and explore this exciting addition to the Azure ecosystem! For detailed steps on creating and configuring a database watcher, check out the Quickstart guide or discover the communities Frequently Asked Questions about Database Watcher.