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Resource Health alerts

Resource Health alerts in Azure Service Health are a proactive monitoring feature that notifies you when the health status of individual Azure resources such as virtual machines, storage accounts, or web apps change.
These alerts are distinct from general Service Health alerts, which focus on broader platform-level issues.

Resource Health alert notifications

Screenshot of Resource Health alerts.

Resource Health alerts are created when the health status of a specific Azure resource changes. The statuses include:

Available – The resource is healthy and operating normally.
Unavailable – The resource is down or unreachable.
Degraded – The resource is experiencing performance or connectivity issues.
Unknown – Azure is unable to determine the health of the resource.

Unlike Service Health alerts, which are tied to known platform-wide issues (like regional outages), Resource Health alerts are resource-specific and can detect issues even when no broader Azure incident is occurring. For more information, see Resource Health overview

For more information on how to create a Resource Health alert see Create a Resource Health alert

Resource Health alerts in Azure portal

Azure Resource Health keeps you informed about the current and historical health status of your Azure resources. These alerts notify you when these resources have a change in their health status.

Resource health notifications are stored in the Azure activity log. Given the possibly large volume of information stored in the activity log, there's a separate user interface to make it easier to view and set up alerts on resource health notifications.

You can receive an alert when Azure resource sends resource health notifications to your Azure subscription. You can configure an alert based on:

  • The subscription affected.
  • The resource types affected.
  • The resource groups affected.
  • The resources affected.
  • The event statuses of the resources affected.
  • The resources affected statuses.
  • The reasons and types of the resources affected.

You can receive an alert when an Azure resource sends resource health notifications to your Azure subscription using your action groups. To configure the alert:

  • Select an existing action group.
  • Select a new action group that can be used for future alerts.

To learn more about action groups, see Azure Monitor action groups.

For information on how to configure Resource Health notification alerts, see Create and configure Resource Health alerts.

Next steps

Learn more about Resource Health:

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