Connecting to the Azure Application Insights service can differ depending on your circumstances. In general, you have multiple possibilities when integrating the service:
- Seamless integration within the portal—no additional steps required, you just enable and configure a feature—the rest is already implemented
- Using an appropriate SDK depending on the platform
- Sending telemetry events directly to the service endpoints
Depending on the concept you use, a different configuration will be used:
- For the portal, you need no extra steps as you are already authenticated, and a resource can be selected for example from a drop-down menu.
- For SDK, you need an instrumentation key, which can be found in the portal—we ...