Azure Log Analytics has the ability to monitor a lot of technologies via the many solutions you can add to the service. However, what if you want to log something that isn’t available as a solution? Azure Log Analytics includes a REST API that you can post logs to. Using the the REST API will …
This post is now dated, I have created a new one with the latest information here https://www.systemcenterautomation.com/2020/08/log-analytics-keys/ When using Azure Log Analytics, whether its adding agents to the workspace, or accessing the REST API, you need two things to perform these tasks. The Customer ID, often called the Workspace ID and the Shared Key …
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. …
I’ve been doing more and more with Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) lately. From building custom images with Azure Image Builder and putting custom software on it. But as always I come back to monitoring. In trying to create some KPIs for the environment, we decided we wanted to collect the FSLogix Event log. Collect FSLogix …
Something I’ve been working on off and on was a LogicApps workbook for Azure Monitor. The view designer dashboard, was always in preview and kind of bad. Donnie’s recent post in our series inspired me to finish it. Especially since we’ve gotten confirmation that the view designer is going to be phased out. This workbook …
Every Windows admin knows “check the logs” right? RIGHT? No one actually likes looking at each servers individual Event Log. At least I never did, even remotely its difficult, and switching context between log sources is a pain as well. Well Log Analytics can collect those event logs. And because Log Analytics can collect those …
My next post in our Migrating from Orchestrator series with MVP Donnie Taylor. In my last post I showed you how to setup Action Groups for Azure Automation, LogicApps and Azure Functions for Azure Monitor Alerts. In a previous post I’ve shown how you can Parse an Azure Monitor Alert with Azure Functions and PowerShell …