Azure Application Insights fundamentals

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 ...

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