Have you ever wanted to filter resources in Log Analytics by resource tags? Or wanted to query Azure Resource Graph data with a broader set of KQL? Well, do I have some news for you. Now we can query Azure Resource Graph directly from Log Analytics. I was fortunate enough to be a small part …
Have you created a Log Alert recently? You might have noticed a new section under “Details” of the alert. Managed Identity has been added to Log Alerts, to allow you to set a context in which the Log Alert query will run in. This setting is currently in preview and you can read more about …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last year or so, you know that Application Insights now lives on top of Log Analytics. Which also means you need to convert your Classic Application Insights to the new Workspace model Applicaiton Insights. The docs for this process and what it entails can be found here. …
If you’re using Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) or Citrix with FSLogix, your users profiles in FSLogix are pretty important to them and their overall experience using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). If their profiles are full or almost full this can cause a whole host of issues, not the least of which possibly failing to login. …
Did you know we can now monitor and alert on Key Vault Certificates and their expiration? I’m sure you did, there’s post after post of people showing this with Event Grid. So what’s the point of my post then? Well dear reader if you’ve ever read any of my posts or know anything about me, I …
So, you want to alert at scale in Azure. Come grab a seat and let me regale you with the pitfalls of resource types, subscription & resource group scopes, and Log Analytics. I have previously talked about Alerting at Scale with PowerShell in this post and how to do it with PowerShell in this post. …
In case you haven’t heard there’s a new agent in town. Its called the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA), this agent is brand new, re-written from the ground up and is going to replace the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) currently used by Log Analytics. This post will serve as both informational and opinion about the new …