Azure Network Watcher’s Connection Monitor feature is now generally available. Connection monitor provides unified end-to-end connection monitoring capabilities for hybrid and Azure deployments. Some of the new capabilities include:
- Enhanced support for VNETs, Subnets, custom on-premises networks, URL and IP based monitoring
- Support for cross subscription and cross-region monitoring
- Centralized workspace support for your monitoring data
- Enhanced HTTP Monitoring support
- Express Route connectivity monitoring between on-premises and Azure
- Enhanced topology bringing together Azure, non-Azure, and internet hops
- Automation support through PowerShell, CLI, and Terraform

To start using Connection Monitor for monitoring, follow these steps:
- Install monitoring agents: You can install the Network Watcher extension when you create a VM. You can also separately install, configure, and troubleshoot the Network Watcher extension for Linux and Windows. For your on-prem machines, you will need to install the Log Analytics agent for Windows machines, see Azure Monitor virtual machine extension for Windows.
- Enable Network Watcher on your subscription: by default all Azure subscriptions that have a virtual network deployed, have Network Watcher enabled.
- Create a connection monitor
In connection monitors that you create, you can add both on-premises machines and Azure VMs as sources. These connection monitors can also monitor connectivity to endpoints. The endpoints can be on Azure or any other URL or IP. - Set up data analysis and alerts.
- Diagnose issues in your network.




Connection monitors have the following scale limits:
- Maximum connection monitors per subscription per region: 100
- Maximum test groups per connection monitor: 20
- Maximum sources and destinations per connection monitor: 100
- Maximum test configurations per connection monitor: 20




In this context, a rebranding is taking place, and the existing Connection Monitor will become “Connection Monitor (classic)”.
You can learn more here.
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