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Insights into App Insights - putting the awesome back into analytics Microsoft Ignite 2016 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Insights into App Insights - putting the awesome back into analytics M386 Soon Wong, Technical Specialist Team Lead Provoke Solutions https://www.linkedin.com/in/soon-wong-0937a933 © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

http://bit.ly/ignite2016demo Get involved! 11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Overview Intro TLDR Application Insights Bolting it on – code demo 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Overview Intro TLDR Application Insights Bolting it on – code demo Making sense of it all – azure demo Question time © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/14/2018 3:18 AM Don’t be a dinosaur. Application Insights will add awesomeness to your analytics. © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Dinosaur logging is mundane 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Dinosaur logging is mundane © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness 11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness 11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Application Insights 11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Application Insights Telemetry collection Analytics Proactive alerts 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Application Insights Telemetry collection Diagnostic traces Exceptions Custom telemetry Javascript too! Analytics Proactive alerts Dashboarding Interactive drill down Power BI Metric rules Proactive diagnostics Availability © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

From Zero, to Analytics 11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

The hierarchy Typical Azure Web app stack Logging frameworks ASP.NET MVC web application, hosted in Azure ASP.NET WebAPI web application, hosted in Azure Azure SQL Storage Logging frameworks Log4Net for ASP.NET backend Does anyone log Javascript? © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Then came the questions © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Bolting it on – code demo 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Bolting it on – code demo © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/14/2018 3:18 AM Useful tips © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Useful tips Change your Instrumentation Key 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Useful tips Change your Instrumentation Key Don’t leave it hard coded in ApplicationInsights.config // C# (global.asax.cs) Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility.TelemetryConfiguration.Active.InstrumentationKey = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AppInsightsInstrumentationKey"]; // Javascript (_layout.cshtml) var appInsights = window.appInsights || function (config) { function r(config) { t[config] = function () { var i = arguments … … … … }({ instrumentationKey: window.yournamespace.appInsightsInstrumentationKey }); © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Useful tips Define your user Javascript 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Useful tips Define your user Javascript Unless your users demand anonymity // Javascript: Initialise tracking client appInsights.setAuthenticatedUserContext("johndoe.ignitenz2016"); appInsights.trackPageView(); © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Useful tips Use Logging tools that you know and trust 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Useful tips Use Logging tools that you know and trust Don’t write your own… if you don’t have to. NLog: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.NLogTarget Log4Net: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Log4NetAppender/ Elmah: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Elmah.ApplicationInsights/ © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Useful tips Go full custom if needed 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Useful tips Go full custom if needed If you want control, go and bespoke it // C# // Set up some metadata var properties = new Dictionary <string, string> { {"environment", "UAT"}, {"server", "ignitenz2016.azurewebsites.net"} }; var metrics = new Dictionary <string, double> { {"QuestionsAnswered", 5}, {"QuestionsPassed", 4} // Send private TelemetryClient client = new TelemetryClient(); client.TrackEvent("BespokeEvent", properties, metrics); © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Making sense of it all – Azure demo 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Making sense of it all – Azure demo © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/14/2018 3:18 AM Awesomeness © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness Dashboarding Don’t forget to share it! 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Added awesomeness Dashboarding Don’t forget to share it! © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness Investigate Interactive drill downs 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Added awesomeness Investigate Interactive drill downs © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness Investigate 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Added awesomeness Investigate Can’t find the cause? Maybe there’s a trend? © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness Power BI it Can’t find a graph? Make it. 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Added awesomeness Power BI it Can’t find a graph? Make it. © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness Proactive detection Stay informed 11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Added awesomeness Proactive detection Stay informed 11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/14/2018 3:18 AM Gotchas © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Gotcha! Watch out for that spam Be sure to configure rules in Azure © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Gotcha! When 5 million is not enough 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Gotcha! When 5 million is not enough Application Insights will stop recording any telemetry until the calendar month rolls over Your application will continue to run, just without logging enabled © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Gotcha! When 7 days of raw data is not enough 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Gotcha! When 7 days of raw data is not enough Application Insights will discard telemetry after 7 days, but will retain the respective data metrics Use Continuous Export to pipe telemetry to a separate data store (e.g. Azure SQL) © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/14/2018 3:18 AM Question time © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Use Application Insights today to add awesomeness to your analytics 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Don’t be a dinosaur. Use Application Insights today to add awesomeness to your analytics © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Additional resources and references 11/14/2018 3:18 AM Additional resources and references Application Insights documentation https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/application-insights/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/app-insights-overview/ Soon Wong – Me! https://www.linkedin.com/in/soon-wong-0937a933 © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11/14/2018 3:18 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.