Azure Monitor and Container Insights
Enable Container Insights on every AKS cluster. Collect logs, metrics, and alerts with Azure Monitor for production-grade observability.
Managed Prometheus and Grafana
Use Azure Managed Prometheus and Grafana for metrics. Stop self-hosting Prometheus -- it's a full-time job you don't need.
Observability comparison
Container Insights vs Managed Prometheus vs OpenTelemetry: when to use each, how they overlap, and the recommended stack.
Cost Management for AKS
The number one cost waste in AKS is overprovisioned nodes. Right-size aggressively and track costs per namespace.