# Turn off collection of Azure metrics without having to go to a custom extension

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/turn-off-collection-of-azure-metrics-without-having-to-go-to-a-custom-extension/47866>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Tags:** databases, mssql, extensions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/turn-off-collection-of-azure-metrics-without-having-to-go-to-a-custom-extension/47866 "2024-09-20T20:45:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TerryWikoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TerryWikoff](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/TerryWikoff)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/turn-off-collection-of-azure-metrics-without-having-to-go-to-a-custom-extension/47866/1 "2024-09-20T20:45:02Z")

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The current MS SQL extension continually queries for Azure based metrics where the instance is not Azure hosted.&nbsp; It would be great if there was a simple way to turn on / off the collection of these Azure metrics without having to go to a custom extension?&nbsp;

 ![2024-09-20 15_40_53-Settings.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/9/f/9f934ac38e69bef8b09a5109d88f9770dfa34e87.png)

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**Author:** ![vagiz\_duseev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/vagiz_duseev/32/39484_2.png) [@vagiz\_duseev](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/vagiz_duseev)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/turn-off-collection-of-azure-metrics-without-having-to-go-to-a-custom-extension/47866/2 "2024-09-23T10:27:30Z")

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That’s a planned improvement. I can’t give you an ETA, unfortunately. There are many tiny things like this one. which all need to be improved.