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July 16, 2025

TeraSky’s Unified Observability Stack Powered by ADX

As organizations scale on Azure, one of the most critical challenges they face is fragmented observability. Logs in one tool, metrics in another, traces scattered, high costs everywhere — and insight nowhere. That’s why we built something better.

 

At TeraSky, we’ve created a truly unified observability platform — simple to deploy, cost-effective to operate, and built entirely on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. We call it:

Unified Observability Stack Powered by ADX

 

The Problem: Fragmented Tools, Bloated Bills

 

Most enterprises today rely on a mix of commercial monitoring platforms: Datadog for APM, Splunk for logs, New Relic for traces, maybe Prometheus or Grafana on the side. This approach is:

  • Expensive — with costs easily exceeding six or seven figures annually
  • Fragmented — requiring teams to swivel-chair between tools
  • Complex — making onboarding and correlation difficult

We wanted a better path — and we built one.

 

The Solution: Unified Observability on Microsoft Azure

 

Our solution consolidates all observability signals — logs, metrics, traces — into one platform, fully powered by Microsoft services:

Layer Technology
Ingestion Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry Collector
Runtime Observability Pixie (eBPF) for AKS
Data Platform Azure Data Explorer (ADX)
Visualization Azure Managed Grafana
Alerting Grafana Alerts + Azure Communication Services
AI Assistance Azure OpenAI for auto-generated KQL queries

 

Everything is connected through secure Azure networking and deployed using Terraform modules, ensuring simplicity, repeatability, and GitOps alignment.

 

Why It Matters

 

  • One Source of Truth
    • All observability signals are stored and queried from a single ADX instance, eliminating tool fragmentation and enabling true correlation between logs, metrics, and traces.

 

  • Open Standards
    • Based entirely on OpenTelemetry, Fluent Bit, and Pixie, this stack is standards-compliant and future-proof — no vendor lock-in, no opaque agents.

 

  • Built-in AI Capabilities
    • We’ve integrated Azure OpenAI directly into Grafana, enabling users to describe what they want in natural language and get automatically generated KQL queries. Dashboard creation has never been easier.

 

  • Prebuilt Dashboards & Demos
    • The stack includes validated dashboards and demo applications that show the full capabilities of the platform. You get value from Day 1.

 

  • Actionable Alerts
    • Grafana alerts are wired into Azure Communication Services, making it easy to trigger email, SMS, or other notification channels without third-party services.

 

  • Massive Cost Savings
    By consolidating four+ tools into a single stack, we’ve seen cost reductions of up to 75% compared to commercial APM and logging tools, all without sacrificing visibility or performance.

 

 

A Platform for Everyone

 

Whether you’re an SRE managing Kubernetes at scale, a cloud architect looking to rationalize tooling, or a CxO focused on ROI, this platform speaks your language. It’s:

  • Azure-native
  • DevOps-friendly
  • Finance-approved

 

 

Try It for Yourself
This solution is already generating excitement among enterprise Azure customers, and it’s ready to be deployed in your environment. Whether you want to observe a few clusters or dozens, this stack is built to scale with you.

 

 

Ready to Simplify Observability?
Reach out to TeraSky to see how the Unified Observability Stack can transform your monitoring landscape – reducing cost, improving visibility, and enabling AI-powered insight across your Azure infrastructure.

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