For the longest time I recommended using % Committed Bytes in Use memory metric for Windows Servers in Azure Monitor and Log Analytics. Sometime last year it was brought to my attention by one of our fantastic senior support members, that the metric might not be the best for alerting. % Committed Bytes In Use The …
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 …
Previously I showed you how you can use Bicep to deploy Log Analytics, App Insights, Azure Sentinel, Azure Monitor for VMs, Azure Monitor for Containers. As well as linked Automation Accounts for Change Tracking and Update Management. This week I have several Bicep templates for you. Data collection for Log Analytics, as well as saved …
I’m redoing an old post on how to find Azure Log Analytics keys, because a lot has changed in both azure and Log Analytics since I wrote the last post. If you came here from that post or found via your favorite search engine, you’re now in the right place. Your Log Analytics keys are …
Recently Log Analytics added a neat feature that allows you to see how well your queries run. Because Log Analytics Operators Has and Contains perform similar functions, some have been advising to only use the Has operator as it is the most efficient. However, Has is nice but it is not the be all and …
In this post I’ll show you how I collect my solar production data from the SolarEdge API and send it to Log Analytics. Notice I said collect and not monitor. While the SolarEdge API is actually fairly well documented, the API is limited to calls at a 15 minute interval. In the SolarEdge App and …
Using custom logs in Log Analytics is a surprisingly easy thing to do. It can be fun, but of course ultimately used for business related purposes. You can use a Logic Apps to submit, PowerShell or Azure Functions as well. Ultimately any language that can make a REST call and format JSON can submit to …