Send SMS Alerts for Scheduled Maintenance

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Creating planned maintenance alerts using Azure Service Health

1. Login into the Azure portal and select Service Health.

2. Select Health alerts followed by + Create service health alert from the top of the window on the right.

3. In the Edit Alert blade, give the alert a Name, Description, check the subscription is correct and choose a resource group.

4. The next step is to work through the Criteria section choosing which services, regions and types of event alerts should be monitored. For the purpose of this article all services and regions have been checked but only planned maintenance events.

5. Select or create an Action group. (An Action group is a group of actions to be taken, should an event be logged.)

6. Configure the actions to be taken. We are only configuring an email alert, so we first name the action, then chose Email/SMS/Push/Voice from the drop down list.

Note: Azure Service Health can be used to view problems with Azure services that may impact any of your cloud services. Service Health monitors three types of health event:

Service issues " Azure services that are currently experiencing problems

Planned maintenance " Any known future maintenance that may affect the availability of your services

Health advisories " Changes in services, for example, deprecated features or exceeded quota usage.

https://www.techkb.onl/azure-using-service-health-to-alert-against-planned-maintenance/

To send an SMS alert when scheduled maintenance is planned for Azure services, you need to create an alert rule that monitors the scheduled maintenance for the services and then sends an SMS message when the maintenance is scheduled.

Here are the two actions you need to perform to achieve this:

1. Create and configure an Azure Monitor alert rule: Azure Monitor is a monitoring service in Azure that provides a comprehensive view of the health and performance of your Azure services. You can create an alert rule in Azure Monitor that will trigger an SMS message when scheduled maintenance is planned for the Azure services. To create the alert rule, follow these steps:

• In the Azure portal, navigate to Azure Monitor.
• Click on "Alerts" and then click "New Alert Rule".
• Configure the alert rule to trigger when scheduled maintenance is planned for the Azure services. You can use the "Maintenance" signal in Azure Monitor to monitor scheduled maintenance for the services.
• Configure the alert rule to send an SMS message when it is triggered. You can create an action group to define the SMS recipient and the SMS message content.

2. Create and configure an action group: An action group is a collection of notification settings and actions that are used by alert rules. You can create an action group to define the SMS recipient and the SMS message content. To create an action group, follow these steps:

• In the Azure portal, navigate to Azure Monitor.
• Click on "Action Groups" and then click "New Action Group".
• Configure the action group to send an SMS message when it is triggered. You can use the "SMS" action type in the action group to define the SMS recipient and the SMS message content.
• Associate the action group with the alert rule that you created in step 1.

Note: Azure Service Health is a service that provides personalized alerts and guidance when Azure service issues affect your resources. Although it is useful for monitoring service health, it does not provide functionality for sending SMS alerts for scheduled maintenance. Therefore, option C is not a correct answer for this question.