Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-301) Practice Exam

To monitor concurrent logins and sessions in Azure SQL Database, Azure Monitor is the service that provides comprehensive monitoring and management capabilities. It integrates with various Azure services and collects data from Azure SQL Database, enabling you to track metrics and get insights into the performance and health of your database.

Azure Monitor offers features such as metrics, logs, and alerts that help you analyze usage patterns and diagnose issues, which includes monitoring user activity in terms of logins and session management. By leveraging Azure Monitor, administrators can gain a deeper understanding of how users are interacting with the database, identify potential security issues, and improve the performance of their applications by responding proactively to changing conditions.

While SQL Server Profiler is a tool primarily used for tracing events in SQL Server, it is not supported in Azure SQL Database due to architecture differences. Dynamic management views provide real-time insights into the performance of SQL Server but are more suited for querying current states rather than extensive monitoring within Azure. Trace flags are primarily used for changing trace settings and debugging issues; they are not a monitoring solution by themselves.