Custom Synthetic Monitors in Application Insights

We know it is extremely cool being able to monitor a website’s availability using the Windows Azure data centres all around the world,

but what if I would want to monitor a specific usage pattern? It is extremely easy – I would create a multistep web test.

Just create a new Web Performance Test:

Once I am ready, I can start recording my usage pattern:

That’s all! Once saved, from the Application Insight Availability Hub I can then add it, as a Multistep Web Test:

 

Now I have to upload it, and the only missing step would be selecting the required locations I want to use as a test site, the test frequency and an alert email if needed.