Merge pull request #192233 from AbbyMSFT/add-alerts

Add alerts to VM overview pane

Author: v-regandowner

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@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ After you've enabled VM insights on your virtual machines, data will be availabl
 ## Single machine experience
 Access the single machine analysis experience from the **Monitoring** section of the menu in the Azure portal for each Azure virtual machine and Azure Arc-enabled server. These options either limit the data that you're viewing to that machine or at least set an initial filter for it. In this way, you can focus on a particular machine, view its current performance and its trending over time, and help to identify any issues it might be experiencing.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/monitor-virtual-machines/vm-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows analyzing a VM in the Azure portal." lightbox="media/monitor-virtual-machines/vm-menu.png":::
+:::image type="content" source="media/monitor-virtual-machines/vm-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows analyzing a VM in the Azure portal.":::
 
-- **Overview page**: Select the **Monitoring** tab to display [platform metrics](../essentials/data-platform-metrics.md) for the virtual machine host. You get a quick view of the trend over different time periods for important metrics, such as CPU, network, and disk. Because these are host metrics though, counters from the guest operating system such as memory aren't included. Select a graph to work with this data in [metrics explorer](../essentials/metrics-getting-started.md) where you can perform different aggregations, and add more counters for analysis.
+- **Overview page**: Select the **Monitoring** tab to display alerts, [platform metrics](../essentials/data-platform-metrics.md), and other monitoring information for the virtual machine host. You can see the number of active alerts on the tab. In the **Monitoring** tab, you get a quick view of:
+    - **Alerts:** the alerts fired in the last 24 hours, with some important statistics about those alerts. If you do not have any alerts set up for this VM, there is a link to help you quickly create new alerts for your VM. 
+    - **Key metrics:** the trend over different time periods for important metrics, such as CPU, network, and disk. Because these are host metrics though, counters from the guest operating system such as memory aren't included. Select a graph to work with this data in [metrics explorer](../essentials/metrics-getting-started.md) where you can perform different aggregations, and add more counters for analysis.
 - **Activity log**: See [activity log](../essentials/activity-log.md#view-the-activity-log) entries filtered for the current virtual machine. Use this log to view the recent activity of the machine, such as any configuration changes and when it was stopped and started. 
 - **Insights**: Open [VM insights](../vm/vminsights-overview.md) with the map for the current virtual machine selected. The map shows you running processes on the machine, dependencies on other machines, and external processes. For details on how to use the Map view for a single machine, see [Use the Map feature of VM insights to understand application components](vminsights-maps.md#view-a-map-from-a-vm).
 

articles/azure-monitor/vm/monitor-virtual-machine-analyze.md

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 Azure virtual machines collect the same kinds of monitoring data as other Azure resources, which are described in [Monitoring data from Azure resources](/azure/azure-monitor/insights/monitor-azure-resource#monitoring-data). For detailed information about the metrics and logs that are created by Azure virtual machines, see [Reference: Monitoring Azure virtual machine data](monitor-vm-reference.md).
 
 ## Overview page
-To begin exploring Azure Monitor, go to the **Overview** page for your virtual machine, and then select the **Monitoring** tab. The **Key Metrics** pane includes charts that show key health metrics, such as average CPU and network utilization. At the top of the pane, you can select a duration to change the time range for the charts, or select a chart to open the **Metrics** pane to drill down further or to create an alert rule. 
+To begin exploring Azure Monitor, go to the **Overview** page for your virtual machine, and then select the **Monitoring** tab. You can see the number of active alerts on the tab.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/monitor-vm/overview.png" lightbox="media/monitor-vm/overview.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Azure virtual machines 'Key Metrics' pane.":::
+The **Alerts** pane shows you the alerts fired in the last 24 hours, along with important statistics about those alerts. If there are no alerts configured for your VM, there is a link to  help you quickly create new alerts for your VM.
 
+:::image type="content" source="media/monitor-vm/overview-alerts.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Azure virtual machine 'Alerts' pane.":::
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+The **Key Metrics** pane includes charts that show key health metrics, such as average CPU and network utilization. At the top of the pane, you can select a duration to change the time range for the charts, or select a chart to open the **Metrics** pane to drill down further or to create an alert rule. 
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+:::image type="content" source="media/monitor-vm/overview-key-metrics.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Azure virtual machine 'Key metrics' pane.":::
 ## Activity log
 The [Activity log](../azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log.md) displays recent activity by the virtual machine, including any configuration changes and when it was stopped and started. View the Activity log in the Azure portal, or create a [diagnostic setting to send it to a Log Analytics workspace](../azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log.md#send-to-log-analytics-workspace), where you can view events over time or analyze them with other collected data.