# Azure Monitor

Follow the steps below to configure a service so as to extract its related alert data from Azure monitor.

Squadcast will then process this information to create incidents for this service as per your preferences.

### Using Azure Monitor as an Alert Source

1. Navigate to **Services** -> **Service Overview** -> select or search for your Service. Expand the accordion -> In the Alert Sources section, click **Add**.

<figure><img src="/files/ej4AI9zpOyFu5NZJCbwC" alt="How to configure Azure Monitor integration in Squadcast" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

2\. Select **Azure Monitor.** Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [configure](#create-squadcast-webhook-in-azure) it within **Azure Monitor**. Finish by clicking **Add Alert Source** -> **Done**.

<figure><img src="/files/CW6uuipmighjrKtrJlPk" alt="Steps to add Azure Monitor integration to a service in Squadcast" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Important**</mark>**:**

When an alert source turns <mark style="color:green;">Active</mark>, it’ll show up under Configured Alert Sources. You can either generate a test alert from the integration or wait for a real-time alert to be generated by the Alert Source.\
\
An Alert Source is <mark style="color:green;">active</mark> if there is a recorded incident via that Alert Source for the Service.
{% endhint %}

### Create Squadcast Webhook in Azure

Login to your Azure account select your virtual machine. Under **Monitoring**, go to **Alerts**.

Then go to **Manage Actions** → **Add Action groups** → **Creatre action group** (Test grp or Squadcast webhook alerts) by selecting **Action type** as **Webhook**. Paste the squadcast webhook url from the previous step and make sure **Enable the common alert schema** toggle switch is turned on.

<figure><img src="/files/ahWzQPBCwhNPrrl0elAR" alt="Creating Squadcast Webhook in Azure: Configure webhook action group with Squadcast URL in Azure Alerts under Monitoring for virtual machine" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Go back to **Alerts** window and click **New Alert**. Specify Resource, Condition and under **Actions** select the action group (Test grp or Squadcast webhook alerts) you just made. Provide alert rule Name, Description and **Create Alert**.

<figure><img src="/files/dFCkizieJfSy01Ax7iks" alt="Creating Azure Alert with Squadcast Webhook: Specify resource, condition, and select the action group. Provide name, description, and create the alert" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Now whenever an alert is triggered by Azure Monitor, an incident will be created automatically in Squadcast.

The Azure Monitor integration comes with an **Auto-Resolve** feature, meaning that whenever the alerts gets resolved in Azure, the incident will automatically get resolved in Squadcast as well.

*Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*


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