Microsoft Azure discovery solutions comparison

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ITOM Visibility applications discover a variety of Microsoft Azure resources and populate the relevant configuration item (CI) classes in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) with their attributes.

ITOM Visibility solutions

ITOM Visibility can offer you comprehensive visibility into your organization's cloud infrastructure. Each application offers unique strengths and capabilities, and by comparing them you can gain holistic insights on their capabilities and benefits.

ITOM Visibility solution

Overview

Configuration

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns and Visibility Content

Discovery patterns used by ITOM Visibility

  • You must update your store apps to the latest release version.
  • You must provide ITOM Visibility with access permissions. For more information, see Set up Azure service accounts

Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure

Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure

Configure Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure using the guided setup

**Note:**

The CI class, in most cases, is applicable to both solutions. If it's not applicable to one of the solutions, the solution is marked "N/A".

Resource type

Supported by Cloud Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns

Supported by Cloud Service Graph Connectors

CI Class

microsoft.compute/availabilitysets

Yes

N/A

cmdb_ci_availability_set

microsoft.compute/availabilitysets

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_availability_zone

Microsoft.Management/managementGroups

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_azure_management_group

microsoft.KeyVault/vaults

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_certificate

  • Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases
  • Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers
  • Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts
  • Microsoft.Cache/Redis

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_database

  • Microsoft.Sql/servers
  • Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_cloud_database

microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_direct_connect

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_file_service

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_file_share

microsoft.web/sites (kind matches regex functionapp.*)

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_cloud_function

VM Size

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type

microsoft.compute/hostgroups/hosts

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_host

microsoft.network/applicationgateways

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer

microsoft.network/loadbalancers

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobService

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_object_service

Tenant

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_org

microsoft.network/publicipaddresses

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_cloud_public_ipaddress

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/queueServices

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_queue_service

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account

Microsoft.Management/managementGroup

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account

microsoft.storage/storageaccounts

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_cloud_storage_account

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_subnet

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/tableServices

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_cloud_table_service

microsoft.web/sites (kind doesn't contain functionapp)

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_cloud_webserver

microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_compute_security_group

microsoft.network/privatednszones

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_dns_zone

microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_instance_scale_set

microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_lb_pool

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/inboundNatRules

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_lb_service

microsoft.network/natgateways

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_nat_gateway

microsoft.network/virtualnetworks

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_network

microsoft.network/networkinterfaces

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_nic

microsoft.compute/images

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_os_template

Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_resource_group

Microsoft.Network/routeTables/routes

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_route_table

microsoft.network/routetables

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_route_table

microsoft.compute/disks

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_storage_volume

microsoft.network/localnetworkgateways

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_virtual_pvt_gateway

microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_virtual_pvt_gateway

microsoft.compute/virtualmachines

Yes

Yes

cmdb_ci_vm_instance

microsoft.sqlvirtualmachine/sqlvirtualmachines

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_vm_instance

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualNetworkPeerings

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_vnet_peering

microsoft.network/connections

Yes

No

cmdb_ci_vpc_gateway_connection

Microsoft.Resources/tags

Yes

Yes

cmdb_key_value

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines

No

Yes

cmdb_ci_server

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines

No

Yes

cmdb_ci_win_server

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces

No

Yes

cmdb_ci_hardware

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines

No

Yes

cmdb_ci_linux_server

Microsoft.Compute/virtualmachinescalesets

No

Yes

cmdb_ci_vm_instance

Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/queues

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_service_bus_queue

Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/topics

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_service_bus_topic

microsoft.appconfiguration/configurationstores

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_app_configuration_configuration_store

microsoft.automation/automationaccounts

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_automation_automation_account

microsoft.compute/diskencryptionsets

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_disk_encryption_set_disk_encryption_set

microsoft.compute/galleries/images

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_compute_gallery_image_definition

microsoft.compute/snapshots

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_compute_snapshot

microsoft.containerregistry/registries

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_container_registry_registry

microsoft.databricks/workspaces

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_databricks_workspace

microsoft.datafactory/factories

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_data_factory_data_factory

microsoft.dataprotection/backupvaults

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_data_protection_backup_vault

microsoft.eventgrid/systemtopics

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_event_grid_system_topic

microsoft.eventhub/namespaces

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_event_hub_namespace

microsoft.insights/components

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_application_insight_component

microsoft.network/applicationgatewaywebapplicationfirewallpolicies

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_web_application_firewall_policy

microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_log_analytics_workspace

microsoft.network/azurefirewalls

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_network_security_azure_firewall

microsoft.devcenter/devcenters

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_dev_centers_dev_center

microsoft.kusto/clusters

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_data_explorer_clusters_data_explorer_clusters

microsoft.recoveryservices/vaults

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_recovery_services_vault

microsoft.recoveryservices/vaults/backupfabrics/protectioncontainers/protecteditems

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_recovery_services_vault_backup_item

microsoft.dbforpostgresql/servergroupsv2

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_cosmos_db_for_postgresql_cluster_cluster

microsoft.insights/datacollectionrules

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_application_insight_data_collection_rule

microsoft.network/serviceendpointpolicies

Yes

No

cmdb_azure_service_endpoint_policy_service_endpoint_policy

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