Monitoring Azure health across large environments should not require complicated setup. Until recently, connecting Azure to StatusGator required configuring access at the subscription level, which could become difficult for organizations managing dozens or even hundreds of subscriptions.
We redesigned the Azure integration to make it simpler, more scalable, and easier to manage. The new integration is also Microsoft approved, which means it follows Microsoft’s recommended practices for secure access and monitoring.
Here is what changed.
The challenge with subscription-based integration
Previously, the Azure Status integration worked by granting StatusGator read access to individual Azure subscriptions.
While secure and reliable, this approach created challenges for organizations with large Azure environments. Many companies organize Azure infrastructure across multiple subscriptions for different teams, products, or environments.
Managing permissions for each subscription individually made the integration harder to maintain as environments grew.
The new approach: management groups
The updated Azure integration now works with Azure Management Groups.
Management groups allow Azure administrators to organize subscriptions into logical hierarchies. Permissions assigned at the management group level automatically apply to all subscriptions within the group.
Instead of configuring access for every subscription, StatusGator can now monitor everything inside a management group. This significantly reduces the amount of setup required and makes the integration easier to manage over time.
What this change means for you
The new approach provides several benefits.
Simpler setup
Permissions are configured once for a management group instead of repeating the process for every subscription.
Better scalability
As new subscriptions are added to the management group, StatusGator automatically gains visibility without additional configuration.
Easier permission management
RBAC roles are assigned at the management group level, which reduces the number of permissions administrators need to manage.
Secure read-only access
StatusGator uses Azure’s service principal model with read-only access to Azure Resource Health data. The integration cannot modify resources or make changes in your Azure account.
Microsoft approved integration
The integration follows Microsoft’s recommended patterns for RBAC roles and service principals, ensuring the setup aligns with Azure security best practices.
How the new integration works
The updated integration uses Azure RBAC and management groups to securely read Azure Resource Health data across your environment.
You create a service principal, assign a read-only role that allows access to Resource Health information, and grant that role access to a management group that contains the subscriptions you want to monitor.
Once connected, StatusGator automatically imports Azure health events and service availability updates.
A simpler way to monitor Azure
Moving from subscription-level access to management group access makes Azure monitoring easier to configure and maintain, especially for organizations with large Azure environments.
If you want to set up the new integration or migrate from the previous method, see the full setup guide
