diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeApi.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeApi.java
index a25690f..123f6e3 100644
--- a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeApi.java
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeApi.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.JobApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.LoadBalancerApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.LocationApi;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.MetricDefinitionsApi;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.MetricsApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.NetworkInterfaceCardApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.NetworkSecurityGroupApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.NetworkSecurityRuleApi;
@@ -208,4 +210,22 @@
     */
    @Delegate
    ImageApi getVirtualMachineImageApi(@PathParam("resourcegroup") String resourcegroup);
+
+   /**
+    * The metrics API includes operations to get insights into entities within your
+    * subscription.
+    *
+    * @see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/monitor/metrics">docs</a>
+    */
+   @Delegate
+   MetricsApi getMetricsApi(@PathParam("resourceid") String resourceid);
+
+   /**
+    * The metric definitions API includes operations to get insights available for entities within your
+    * subscription.
+    *
+    * @see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/monitor/metricdefinitions">docs</a>
+    */
+   @Delegate
+   MetricDefinitionsApi getMetricsDefinitionsApi(@PathParam("resourceid") String resourceid);
 }
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeProviderMetadata.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeProviderMetadata.java
index c35455c..6a5c587 100644
--- a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/AzureComputeProviderMetadata.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.LoadBalancerApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.LocationApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.DiskApi;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.MetricDefinitionsApi;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.MetricsApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.NetworkInterfaceCardApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.NetworkSecurityGroupApi;
 import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features.NetworkSecurityRuleApi;
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@
       properties.put(API_VERSION_PREFIX + AvailabilitySetApi.class.getSimpleName(), "2016-04-30-preview");
       properties.put(API_VERSION_PREFIX + DiskApi.class.getSimpleName(), "2017-03-30");
       properties.put(API_VERSION_PREFIX + ImageApi.class.getSimpleName(), "2016-04-30-preview");
+      properties.put(API_VERSION_PREFIX + MetricDefinitionsApi.class.getSimpleName(), "2017-05-01-preview");
+      properties.put(API_VERSION_PREFIX + MetricsApi.class.getSimpleName(), "2016-09-01");
       
       return properties;
    }
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/Metric.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/Metric.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0320db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/Metric.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.jclouds.json.SerializedNames;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+
+/**
+ * A Metric with its values for a resource
+ */
+@AutoValue
+public abstract class Metric {
+
+   public abstract List<MetricData> data();
+
+   public abstract String id();
+
+   @Nullable
+   public abstract MetricName name();
+
+   public abstract String type();
+
+   public abstract String unit();
+
+   @SerializedNames({ "data", "id", "name", "type", "unit" })
+   public static Metric create(final List<MetricData> data, final String id, final MetricName name, final String type,
+         final String unit) {
+      return new AutoValue_Metric(data == null ? ImmutableList.<MetricData> of() : ImmutableList.copyOf(data), id, name,
+            type, unit);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricData.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricData.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29e810e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.jclouds.json.SerializedNames;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+@AutoValue
+public abstract class MetricData
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The timestamp for the metric value in ISO 8601 format.
+     */
+    public abstract Date timeStamp();
+
+    /**
+     * The average value in the time range
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public abstract Double total();
+
+    /**
+     * The sum of all of the values in the time range.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public abstract Double average();
+
+    /**
+     * The least value in the time range.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public abstract Double minimum();
+
+    /**
+     * The greatest value in the time range.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public abstract Double maximum();
+
+    /**
+     * The number of samples in the time range.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public abstract Long count();
+
+    @SerializedNames({"timeStamp", "total", "average", "minimum", "maximum", "count"})
+    public static MetricData create(final Date timeStamp, final Double total, final Double average,
+        final Double minimum, final Double maximum, final Long count)
+    {
+        return new AutoValue_MetricData(timeStamp, total, average, minimum, maximum, count);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricDefinition.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricDefinition.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95f8d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricDefinition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.util.GetEnumValue;
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.jclouds.json.SerializedNames;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+
+/**
+ * A Metric definition for a resource
+ */
+@AutoValue
+public abstract class MetricDefinition {
+
+   public enum AggregationType {
+      None("None"), Average("Average"), Count("Count"), Total("Total"), Minimum("Minimum"), Maximum(
+            "Maximum"), UNRECOGNIZED("Unrecognized");
+
+      private final String label;
+
+      AggregationType(String label) {
+         this.label = label;
+      }
+
+      public static AggregationType fromValue(final String text) {
+         return (AggregationType) GetEnumValue.fromValueOrDefault(text, AggregationType.UNRECOGNIZED);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String toString() {
+         return label;
+      }
+   }
+
+   @Nullable
+   public abstract String resourceId();
+
+   public abstract MetricName name();
+
+   @Nullable
+   public abstract Boolean isDimensionRequired();
+
+   public abstract String unit();
+
+   public abstract AggregationType primaryAggregationType();
+
+   public abstract List<MetricDefinition.MetricAvailability> metricAvailabilities();
+
+   public abstract String id();
+
+   @SerializedNames({ "resourceId", "name", "isDimensionRequired", "unit", "primaryAggregationType",
+         "metricAvailabilities", "id" })
+   public static MetricDefinition create(final String resourceId, final MetricName name,
+         final Boolean isDimensionRequired, final String unit, final AggregationType primaryAggregationType,
+         List<MetricAvailability> metricAvailabilities, final String id) {
+      return new AutoValue_MetricDefinition(resourceId, name, isDimensionRequired, unit, primaryAggregationType,
+            metricAvailabilities == null ?
+                  ImmutableList.<MetricAvailability> of() :
+                  ImmutableList.copyOf(metricAvailabilities), id);
+   }
+
+   @AutoValue
+   public abstract static class MetricAvailability {
+
+      public abstract String timeGrain();
+
+      public abstract String retention();
+
+      MetricAvailability() {
+
+      }
+
+      @SerializedNames({ "timeGrain", "retention" })
+      public static MetricDefinition.MetricAvailability create(String timeGrain, String retention) {
+         return new AutoValue_MetricDefinition_MetricAvailability(timeGrain, retention);
+      }
+   }
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricName.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricName.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7caf52e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/domain/MetricName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain;
+
+import org.jclouds.json.SerializedNames;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+
+/**
+ * A Metric with its values for a resource
+ */
+@AutoValue
+public abstract class MetricName {
+
+   public abstract String value();
+
+   public abstract String localizedValue();
+
+   @SerializedNames({ "value", "localizedValue" })
+   public static MetricName create(String value, String localizedValue) {
+      return new AutoValue_MetricName(value, localizedValue);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApi.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApi.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba62a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApi.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.jclouds.Fallbacks.EmptyListOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.MetricDefinition;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.filters.ApiVersionFilter;
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.jclouds.oauth.v2.filters.OAuthFilter;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Fallback;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.SelectJson;
+
+/**
+ * This Azure Resource Manager API provides all the metric definitions available for a given resource
+ * <p/>
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/monitor/metricdefinitions">docs</a>
+ */
+@Path("/{resourceid}")
+@RequestFilters({ OAuthFilter.class, ApiVersionFilter.class })
+@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+public interface MetricDefinitionsApi {
+   @Named("metrics:list")
+   @Path("/providers/microsoft.insights/metricdefinitions")
+   @GET
+   @SelectJson("value")
+   @Fallback(EmptyListOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   List<MetricDefinition> list(@Nullable @QueryParam("$filter") String filter);
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApi.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApi.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03d19a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApi.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.jclouds.Fallbacks.EmptyListOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.Metric;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.filters.ApiVersionFilter;
+import org.jclouds.oauth.v2.filters.OAuthFilter;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Fallback;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.SelectJson;
+
+/**
+ * This Azure Resource Manager API provides all the metric data available for a given resource
+ * <p/>
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/monitor/metricdefinitions">docs</a>
+ */
+@Path("/{resourceid}")
+@RequestFilters({ OAuthFilter.class, ApiVersionFilter.class })
+@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+public interface MetricsApi {
+   @Named("metrics:list")
+   @Path("/providers/microsoft.insights/metrics")
+   @GET
+   @SelectJson("value")
+   @Fallback(EmptyListOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   List<Metric> list(@QueryParam("$filter") String filter);
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApiLiveTest.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApiLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb8027f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApiLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
+import static org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.compute.options.AzureTemplateOptions.Builder.resourceGroup;
+import static org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.config.AzureComputeProperties.TIMEOUT_RESOURCE_DELETED;
+import static org.jclouds.compute.predicates.NodePredicates.inGroup;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.AzureComputeApi;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.IdReference;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.MetricDefinition;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.internal.AzureLiveTestUtils;
+import org.jclouds.compute.RunNodesException;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.compute.internal.BaseComputeServiceContextLiveTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.inject.Key;
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
+import com.google.inject.name.Names;
+
+@Test(groups = "live", singleThreaded = true)
+public class MetricDefinitionsApiLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceContextLiveTest {
+
+   private Predicate<URI> resourceDeleted;
+   private AzureComputeApi api;
+
+   private String location;
+   private MetricDefinitionsApi metricDefinitionsApi;
+
+   private String group;
+
+   public MetricDefinitionsApiLiveTest() {
+      provider = "azurecompute-arm";
+      group = getClass().getSimpleName().toLowerCase();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected Properties setupProperties() {
+      Properties properties = super.setupProperties();
+      AzureLiveTestUtils.defaultProperties(properties);
+      checkNotNull(setIfTestSystemPropertyPresent(properties, "oauth.endpoint"), "test.oauth.endpoint");
+      return properties;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected void initializeContext() {
+      super.initializeContext();
+      resourceDeleted = context.utils().injector().getInstance(Key.get(new TypeLiteral<Predicate<URI>>() {
+      }, Names.named(TIMEOUT_RESOURCE_DELETED)));
+      api = view.unwrapApi(AzureComputeApi.class);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   @BeforeClass
+   public void setupContext() {
+      super.setupContext();
+      NodeMetadata node = null;
+      try {
+         node = getOnlyElement(view.getComputeService().createNodesInGroup(group, 1, resourceGroup(group)));
+      } catch (RunNodesException e) {
+         fail();
+      }
+      String resourceId = String.format("/resourceGroups/%s/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/%s",
+            IdReference.extractResourceGroup(node.getProviderId()), IdReference.extractName(node.getProviderId()));
+
+      location = view.getComputeService().templateBuilder().build().getLocation().getId();
+      view.unwrapApi(AzureComputeApi.class).getResourceGroupApi().create(group, location, null);
+      metricDefinitionsApi = api.getMetricsDefinitionsApi(resourceId);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   @AfterClass(alwaysRun = true)
+   protected void tearDownContext() {
+      try {
+         view.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(inGroup(group));
+      } finally {
+         try {
+            URI uri = api.getResourceGroupApi().delete(group);
+            assertResourceDeleted(uri);
+         } finally {
+            super.tearDownContext();
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   public void listVirtualMachineMetricDefinitions() {
+      List<MetricDefinition> result = metricDefinitionsApi.list("name.value eq 'Percentage CPU'");
+
+      // verify we have something
+      assertNotNull(result);
+      assertTrue(result.size() > 1);
+      assertEquals(result.get(0).name().value(), "Percentage CPU");
+   }
+
+   private void assertResourceDeleted(final URI uri) {
+      if (uri != null) {
+         assertTrue(resourceDeleted.apply(uri),
+               String.format("Resource %s was not deleted in the configured timeout", uri));
+      }
+   }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApiMockTest.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApiMockTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fd06b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricDefinitionsApiMockTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.MetricDefinition;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.MetricName;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.internal.BaseAzureComputeApiMockTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
+
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "MetricDefinitionsApiMockTest", singleThreaded = true)
+public class MetricDefinitionsApiMockTest extends BaseAzureComputeApiMockTest {
+
+   private final String resourceId = "resourceGroups/myresourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myvm";
+   private final String filter = "(name.value eq 'Percentage CPU')";
+
+   public void testList() throws Exception {
+      server.enqueue(jsonResponse("/metricdefinitions.json"));
+      final MetricDefinitionsApi metricDefinitionsApi = api.getMetricsDefinitionsApi(resourceId);
+      assertEquals(metricDefinitionsApi.list(filter), ImmutableList.of(MetricDefinition.create(
+            "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft"
+                  + ".Compute/virtualMachines/myvm", MetricName.create("Percentage CPU", "Percentage CPU"),
+            Boolean.FALSE, "Percent", MetricDefinition.AggregationType.Average,
+            ImmutableList.<MetricDefinition.MetricAvailability> of(
+                  MetricDefinition.MetricAvailability.create("PT1M", "P30D"),
+                  MetricDefinition.MetricAvailability.create("PT1H", "P30D")),
+            "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers"
+                  + "/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/microsoft"
+                  + ".insights/metricdefinitions/Percentage " + "CPU")));
+      assertSent(server, "GET", "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourceGroup/providers/Microsoft"
+            + ".Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/microsoft.insights/metricdefinitions?$filter=%28name"
+            + ".value%20eq%20%27Percentage%20CPU%27%29&api-version=2017-05-01-preview");
+   }
+
+   public void testEmptyList() throws Exception {
+      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(404));
+
+      final MetricDefinitionsApi metricDefinitionsApi = api.getMetricsDefinitionsApi(resourceId);
+
+      assertTrue(metricDefinitionsApi.list(filter).isEmpty());
+
+      assertSent(server, "GET", "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourceGroup/providers/Microsoft"
+            + ".Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/microsoft.insights/metricdefinitions?$filter=%28name"
+            + ".value%20eq%20%27Percentage%20CPU%27%29&api-version=2017-05-01-preview");
+   }
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApiLiveTest.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApiLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fe19db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApiLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
+import static org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.compute.options.AzureTemplateOptions.Builder.resourceGroup;
+import static org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.config.AzureComputeProperties.TIMEOUT_RESOURCE_DELETED;
+import static org.jclouds.compute.predicates.NodePredicates.inGroup;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.AzureComputeApi;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.IdReference;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.Metric;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.internal.AzureLiveTestUtils;
+import org.jclouds.compute.RunNodesException;
+import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.compute.internal.BaseComputeServiceContextLiveTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.inject.Key;
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
+import com.google.inject.name.Names;
+
+@Test(groups = "live", singleThreaded = true)
+public class MetricsApiLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceContextLiveTest {
+
+   private Predicate<URI> resourceDeleted;
+   private AzureComputeApi api;
+
+   private String location;
+   private MetricsApi metricsApi;
+
+   private String group;
+
+   private String startTime;
+   private SimpleDateFormat dateFormat;
+
+   public MetricsApiLiveTest() {
+      provider = "azurecompute-arm";
+      group = getClass().getSimpleName().toLowerCase();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected Properties setupProperties() {
+      Properties properties = super.setupProperties();
+      AzureLiveTestUtils.defaultProperties(properties);
+      checkNotNull(setIfTestSystemPropertyPresent(properties, "oauth.endpoint"), "test.oauth.endpoint");
+      return properties;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected void initializeContext() {
+      super.initializeContext();
+      resourceDeleted = context.utils().injector().getInstance(Key.get(new TypeLiteral<Predicate<URI>>() {
+      }, Names.named(TIMEOUT_RESOURCE_DELETED)));
+      api = view.unwrapApi(AzureComputeApi.class);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   @BeforeClass
+   public void setupContext() {
+      super.setupContext();
+
+      dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
+      startTime = dateFormat.format(new Date());
+
+      NodeMetadata node = null;
+      try {
+         node = getOnlyElement(view.getComputeService().createNodesInGroup(group, 1, resourceGroup(group)));
+      } catch (RunNodesException e) {
+         fail();
+      }
+      String resourceId = String.format("/resourceGroups/%s/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/%s",
+            IdReference.extractResourceGroup(node.getProviderId()), IdReference.extractName(node.getProviderId()));
+
+      location = view.getComputeService().templateBuilder().build().getLocation().getId();
+      view.unwrapApi(AzureComputeApi.class).getResourceGroupApi().create(group, location, null);
+      metricsApi = api.getMetricsApi(resourceId);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   @AfterClass(alwaysRun = true)
+   protected void tearDownContext() {
+      try {
+         view.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(inGroup(group));
+      } finally {
+         try {
+            URI uri = api.getResourceGroupApi().delete(group);
+            assertResourceDeleted(uri);
+         } finally {
+            super.tearDownContext();
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   public void listVirtualMachineMetrics() throws RunNodesException {
+      List<Metric> result = metricsApi
+            .list("(name.value eq 'Percentage CPU') and startTime eq " + startTime + " and endTime eq " + dateFormat
+                  .format(new Date()) + " and timeGrain eq duration'PT1M'");
+
+      // verify we have something
+      assertNotNull(result);
+      assertEquals(result.size(), 1);
+      assertEquals(result.get(0).name().value(), "Percentage CPU");
+      assertTrue(result.get(0).data().size() > 1);
+   }
+
+   private void assertResourceDeleted(final URI uri) {
+      if (uri != null) {
+         assertTrue(resourceDeleted.apply(uri),
+               String.format("Resource %s was not deleted in the configured timeout", uri));
+      }
+   }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApiMockTest.java b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApiMockTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6e30c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azurecompute/arm/features/MetricsApiMockTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.features;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.text.ParsePosition;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.Metric;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.MetricData;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.domain.MetricName;
+import org.jclouds.azurecompute.arm.internal.BaseAzureComputeApiMockTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
+
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "MetricsApiMockTest", singleThreaded = true)
+public class MetricsApiMockTest extends BaseAzureComputeApiMockTest {
+
+   private final String resourceId = "resourceGroups/myresourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myvm";
+   private final String filter = "(name.value eq 'Percentage CPU') and startTime eq 2017-06-01T11:14:00Z and "
+         + "endTime eq 2017-06-01T11:23:00Z and timeGrain eq duration'PT1M'";
+
+   public void testList() throws Exception {
+      server.enqueue(jsonResponse("/metrics.json"));
+      final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss", Locale.US);
+      final MetricsApi metricsApi = api.getMetricsApi(resourceId);
+      assertEquals(metricsApi.list(filter), ImmutableList.of(Metric.create(ImmutableList.of(MetricData
+                .create(dateFormat.parse("2017-06-01T07:14:00", new ParsePosition(0)), null,
+                    Double.valueOf(0.295), null, null, null)),
+            "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers"
+                  + "/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metrics/Percentage CPU",
+            MetricName.create("Percentage CPU", "Percentage CPU"), "Microsoft.Insights/metrics", "Percent")));
+      assertSent(server, "GET", "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourceGroup/providers/Microsoft"
+            + ".Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/microsoft.insights/metrics?$filter=%28name"
+            + ".value%20eq%20%27Percentage%20CPU%27%29%20and%20startTime%20eq%202017-06-01T11%3A14%3A00Z%20and"
+            + "%20endTime%20eq%202017-06-01T11%3A23%3A00Z%20and%20timeGrain%20eq%20duration%27PT1M%27&api-version"
+            + "=2016-09-01");
+   }
+
+   public void testEmptyList() throws Exception {
+      server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(404));
+
+      final MetricsApi metricsAPI = api.getMetricsApi(resourceId);
+
+      assertTrue(metricsAPI.list(filter).isEmpty());
+
+      assertSent(server, "GET", "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourceGroup/providers/Microsoft"
+            + ".Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/microsoft.insights/metrics?$filter=%28name"
+            + ".value%20eq%20%27Percentage%20CPU%27%29%20and%20startTime%20eq%202017-06-01T11%3A14%3A00Z%20and"
+            + "%20endTime%20eq%202017-06-01T11%3A23%3A00Z%20and%20timeGrain%20eq%20duration%27PT1M%27&api-version"
+            + "=2016-09-01");
+   }
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/test/resources/metricdefinitions.json b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/resources/metricdefinitions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3df0a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/resources/metricdefinitions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "value": [
+    {
+      "id": "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/microsoft.insights/metricdefinitions/Percentage CPU",
+      "resourceId": "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myvm",
+      "name": {
+        "value": "Percentage CPU",
+        "localizedValue": "Percentage CPU"
+      },
+      "isDimensionRequired": false,
+      "unit": "Percent",
+      "primaryAggregationType": "Average",
+      "metricAvailabilities": [
+        {
+          "timeGrain": "PT1M",
+          "retention": "P30D"
+        },
+        {
+          "timeGrain": "PT1H",
+          "retention": "P30D"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/azurecompute-arm/src/test/resources/metrics.json b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/resources/metrics.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..754e5d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azurecompute-arm/src/test/resources/metrics.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "value": [
+    {
+      "data": [
+        {
+          "timeStamp": "2017-06-01T11:14:00Z",
+          "average": 0.295
+        }
+      ],
+      "id": "/subscriptions/SUBSCRIPTIONID/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myvm/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metrics/Percentage CPU",
+      "name": {
+        "value": "Percentage CPU",
+        "localizedValue": "Percentage CPU"
+      },
+      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metrics",
+      "unit": "Percent"
+    }
+  ]
+}