Discovering Server Connections with Service Map

Azure Service Map discovers and maps server and process connections in near real-time. Using local agents, Service Map supports monitoring of multiple systems, on-premises or in any cloud, and can display maps, showing connections and potential dependencies. The service can be helpful in monitoring for potential failures and for determining dependencies between servers for customers planning upgrades or migration of distributed applications.

Monitors Inbound and Outbound Connections

Service Map (previously called Application Dependency Monitor) is an online Azure service based on the technology acquired with BlueStripe in 2015. Now in public preview, Service Map supports 64-bit Windows and Linux systems, in any cloud and on-premises, discovering dependencies for any TCP-connected processes running on those systems. It then provides maps of communications between services. (See the illustration “Service Map Dashboard“.)

Since Service Map monitors connections, it can discover failed network connection requests to help identify potential system misconfiguration, service outages, and network issues. It can help customers monitor and troubleshoot applications distributed across on-premises and one or more cloud services, in multiple datacenters, across multiple OSs. It watches not only connections to systems in an organization’s environment, but also outgoing connections to third-party services.