Microsoft Azure discovery solutions comparison

ITOM Visibility applications discover a variety of Microsoft Azure resources and populate the relevant configuration item (CI) classes in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) with their attributes.

ITOM Visibility solutions

ITOM Visibility can offer you comprehensive visibility into your organization's cloud infrastructure. Each application offers unique strengths and capabilities, and by comparing them you can gain holistic insights on their capabilities and benefits.

Table 1. ITOM Visibility solutions for discovering Azure

ITOM Visibility solution	Overview	Configuration
Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns and Visibility Content	Discovery patterns used by ITOM Visibility	You must update your store apps to the latest release version. You must provide ITOM Visibility with access permissions. For more information, see Set up Azure service accounts
Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure	Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure	Configure Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure using the guided setup

Note:

The CI class, in most cases, is applicable to both solutions. If it's not applicable to one of the solutions, the solution is marked "N/A".

Table 2. Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns vs Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure

Resource type	Supported by Cloud Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns	Supported by Cloud Service Graph Connectors	CI Class
microsoft.compute/availabilitysets	Yes	N/A	cmdb_ci_availability_set
microsoft.compute/availabilitysets	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_availability_zone
Microsoft.Management/managementGroups	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_azure_management_group
microsoft.KeyVault/vaults	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_certificate
Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases Microsoft.DBforMySQL/servers Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts Microsoft.Cache/Redis	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_database
Microsoft.Sql/servers Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL/servers	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_cloud_database
microsoft.network/expressroutecircuits	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_direct_connect
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_file_service
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_file_share
Microsoft.Web/sites/functions	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_cloud_function
VM Size	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type
microsoft.compute/hostgroups/hosts	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_host
microsoft.network/applicationgateways	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer
microsoft.network/loadbalancers	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobService	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_object_service
Tenant	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_org
microsoft.network/publicipaddresses	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_cloud_public_ipaddress
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/queueServices	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_queue_service
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account
Microsoft.Management/managementGroup	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account
microsoft.storage/storageaccounts	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_cloud_storage_account
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_subnet
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/tableServices	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_table_service
microsoft.web/sites	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_cloud_webserver
microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_compute_security_group
microsoft.network/privatednszones	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_dns_zone
microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_instance_scale_set
microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster
Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_lb_pool
Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/inboundNatRules	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_lb_service
microsoft.network/natgateways	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_nat_gateway
microsoft.network/virtualnetworks	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_network
microsoft.network/networkinterfaces	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_nic
microsoft.compute/images	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_os_template
Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_resource_group
Microsoft.Network/routeTables/routes	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_route_table
microsoft.network/routetables	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_route_table
microsoft.compute/disks	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_storage_volume
microsoft.network/localnetworkgateways	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_virtual_pvt_gateway
microsoft.network/virtualnetworkgateways	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_virtual_pvt_gateway
microsoft.compute/virtualmachines	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_vm_instance
microsoft.sqlvirtualmachine/sqlvirtualmachines	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_vm_instance
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualNetworkPeerings	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_vnet_peering
microsoft.network/connections	Yes	No	cmdb_ci_vpc_gateway_connection
Microsoft.Resources/tags	Yes	Yes	cmdb_key_value
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines	No	Yes	cmdb_ci_server
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines	No	Yes	cmdb_ci_win_server
Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces	No	Yes	cmdb_ci_hardware
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines	No	Yes	cmdb_ci_linux_server
microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters	Yes	Yes	cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster
Microsoft.Compute/virtualmachinescalesets	No	Yes	cmdb_ci_vm_instance
Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/queues	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_service_bus_queue
Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces/topics	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_service_bus_topic
microsoft.appconfiguration/configurationstores	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_app_configuration_configuration_store
microsoft.automation/automationaccounts	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_automation_automation_account
microsoft.compute/diskencryptionsets	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_disk_encryption_set_disk_encryption_set
microsoft.compute/galleries/images	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_compute_gallery_image_definition
microsoft.compute/snapshots	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_compute_snapshot
microsoft.containerregistry/registries	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_container_registry_registry
microsoft.databricks/workspaces	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_databricks_workspace
microsoft.datafactory/factories	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_data_factory_data_factory
microsoft.dataprotection/backupvaults	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_data_protection_backup_vault
microsoft.eventgrid/systemtopics	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_event_grid_system_topic
microsoft.eventhub/namespaces	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_event_hub_namespace
microsoft.insights/components	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_application_insight_component
microsoft.network/applicationgatewaywebapplicationfirewallpolicies	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_web_application_firewall_policy
microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_log_analytics_workspace
microsoft.network/azurefirewalls	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_network_security_azure_firewall
microsoft.devcenter/devcenters	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_dev_centers_dev_center
microsoft.kusto/clusters	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_data_explorer_clusters_data_explorer_clusters
microsoft.recoveryservices/vaults	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_recovery_services_vault
microsoft.recoveryservices/vaults/backupfabrics/protectioncontainers/protecteditems	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_recovery_services_vault_backup_item
microsoft.dbforpostgresql/servergroupsv2	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_cosmos_db_for_postgresql_cluster_cluster
microsoft.insights/datacollectionrules	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_application_insight_data_collection_rule
microsoft.network/serviceendpointpolicies	Yes	No	cmdb_azure_service_endpoint_policy_service_endpoint_policy