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title: Elastic integration overview
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title: Elastic integrations overview
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description: Learn about using the Elastic Cloud-Native Observability Platform in Azure Marketplace.
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ms.topic: overview
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ms.date: 07/01/2025
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# What is Elastic Cloud (Elasticsearch)?
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# What is Elastic in Azure?
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Microsoft and [Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/) developed this service and manage it together.
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Elastic on Azure is a set of managed services that deliver search, log analytics, and security monitoring functions for Azure environments.
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You can find Elastic Cloud (Elasticsearch) in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/#view/HubsExtension/BrowseResource/resourceType/Microsoft.Elastic%2Fmonitors) or get it on [Azure Marketplace](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/marketplace/apps/elastic.ec-azure-pp?tab=Overview).
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## What is it used for?
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This article describes the Elastic software as a service (SaaS) application that is available through Azure Marketplace. The offering enables deeper integration of the Elastic service with Azure.
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Elastic in Azure is used to implement distributed search, log aggregation, application performance monitoring, and security event analysis for Azure-based workloads. The three main services are:
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Elastic's Cloud-Native Observability Platform centralizes log, metric, and tracing analytics in one place. You can more easily monitor the health and performance of your Azure environment. This information helps you troubleshoot your services more quickly.
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- **Elastic Cloud (Elasticsearch)** – A managed Elasticsearch service for storing, searching, and analyzing structured and unstructured data.
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- **Elastic Observability** – Collects and analyzes telemetry data (logs, metrics, traces) to monitor the performance and health of applications and infrastructure.
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- **Elastic Security** – Collects and analyzes security-related data to support threat detection, investigation, and response across Azure resources.
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With the Elastic offering, you can manage the solution through the Azure portal. You implement Elastic as a monitoring solution for your cloud workloads through a streamlined workflow.
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Microsoft and [Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/) developed these services and manage them together.
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You can now provision the Elastic resources through a resource provider named **Microsoft.Elastic**. You create, provision, and manage Elastic resources through the Azure portal. Elastic owns and runs the SaaS application including the Elastic accounts created.
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You can provision the Elastic resources through a resource provider named **Microsoft.Elastic**. Data is stored in the Azure region where the service is deployed. Elastic owns and runs the SaaS application including the Elastic accounts created.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> The Elastic service on Azure only stores and processes customer data in the region where the service was deployed. No data is stored outside of that region.
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You can find Elastic offerings in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) or get it on [Azure Marketplace](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/).
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## Capabilities
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## Key features
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Here are the key capabilities provided by the Elastic integration with Azure:
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The Elastic integration with Azure includes the following technical capabilities:
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- **Simplified onboarding** - Use Elastic SaaS software as an integrated service on Azure.
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- **Unified billing** - Manage costs for Elastic through Azure monthly bill.
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- **Single-Sign on to Elastic** - No separate sign-up needed from Elastic portal.
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- **Log forwarder** - Forward subscription activity and resource logs to Elastic.
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- **Management experience** - Provides a single location for monitoring how shipping logs for Azure services are sent to Elastic.
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- **Elastic Agent Deployment** - Set up Elastic agents on virtual machine hosts through a single step.
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- **Integrated onboarding** – Deploy Elastic resources directly from the Azure portal using the Microsoft.Elastic resource provider.
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- **Azure billing integration** – Track Elastic resource consumption and charges through the Azure billing system.
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- **Azure Active Directory authentication** – Access Elastic services using Azure AD credentials for single sign-on.
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- **Log forwarding** – Route Azure subscription activity and resource logs to Elastic for indexing and analysis.
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- **Centralized management** – Configure and monitor log shipping from Azure services to Elastic through a unified interface.
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- **Flexible deployment options** – Choose between serverless projects for usage-based scaling and cloud-hosted projects for dedicated, managed clusters.
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- **Elastic Agent deployment** – Deploy and manage Elastic agents on Azure virtual machines using integrated workflows.
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## Subscribe to Elastic
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[!INCLUDE [subscribe](../includes/subscribe.md)] *Elastic*.
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- ElasticCloud (Elasticsearch)
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- Elastic Observability
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- Elastic Security
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