Azure Virtual Desktop active sessions metric
I'm looking to be able to programatically determine the number of active sessions on VMs in an azure virtual desktop host pool, ideally with a metric or log analytics query so that I can configure alerting and actions. The goal is to shutdown VMs that…
How to create a PS/CLI script for file share capacity alert with Action group
I want to create an alert for file capacity of files and I need an action group as well. Problem is that the storage account has 90 files and i need for each fileshare 1 Alert. I want to try using a script to avoid taking a lot of time doing it…
Error Code:STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION when searching alert rules in Azure Portal in EDGE
Hi, Since KB5039212 was installed I am unable to search within Azure for alert rules where the customer has a sizable number of alerts (e.g. where AMBA has been deployed) If I search within the search bar it errors out with…
No results when creating alert rule
I've been following this documentation for creating emergency users: https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/security-emergency-access#monitor-sign-in-and-audit-logs However, I'm unable to get any results when I'm…
Azure Policy - Remediation task not running on newly deployed resource
Hi. I created new policy that assign data collection EP to VM inside existing data collection rule. I provided this policy to my customer. The policy running on existing VMs in data collection rule, but when customer create new VM, the policy mark the VM…
Azure workbook question
hi, I've created a KQL query to basically provide means to audit group membership changes. Exported to a csv the name of each security group and its managedBy attributes and using it inside the query as external data. Then joining with SecurityEvent…
AVD Insights Host Performance Blade Empty after change to new Azure Monitoring Agent
Hi all, I have a quick question regarding the AVD Insights. Does anyone else currently have issues with the "Host Performance" blade showing "the query returned no results" for all the insights? I have this issue currently in multiple…
Azure Policy for enabling diagnostic settings for WebApp/Function App - No resources remediated
I am working in an existing Azure environment where there is no governance and I am in the process of creating Azure Policies. Currently I am working on creating Azure Policy to enable Diagnostic settings for Azure Web App, Azure Function App and Web…
CANNOT SET DESTINATION WHEN ADD DATA SOURCE FOR DATA COLLECTION RULE
Hi, I am investigating how to send log to LogAnalytics. I follow this guide https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/monitor-ingestion-readme?view=azure-python Problem is, this guide requires to create Data Collection Rule and at…
How to disable Azure Auto-Provision of Microsoft Monitor Agent to a specific resource or resource group?
Hello, We currently have a conflict with SCOM 2019, which uses a specific version of MMA, and Azure Auto-provisioning, which pushes an updated version. Microsoft's recommendation is to disable Auto-provisioning to those resources, but after many back and…
Issue with Column Order in Azure Monitor Dashboard Visualizations
Hello, I am experiencing an issue with arranging the order of columns in my Azure Monitor dashboard visualizations. Despite various attempts to control the order of columns through the query, the columns do not display in the specified order in the…
How to suppress GET /robots933456.txt errors in App Insights
We have a number of web apps running and associated alerts in App Insights. These are monitored in an external system that we use to triage and support issues. We regularly get failures being reported due to GET /robots933456.txt requests. As…
Trasition from classic to standard web availiability test
Hi Team, we have configured URL Ping tests in our environment. considering the retirement of url ping test by 30th sep 2026. can we migrate existing URL Ping test to Standard tests.? by creating standard test from classic test. Thanks and Regards, Anil…
Azure monitoring REST API Metrics returns only 10 resources
Hi All, I am running the API below which is supposed to return metrics for multiple VMs. However, the API is returning only 10 VMs. I have tried different subscriptions, different timespans, different intervals and all I get is only 10 VMs from multiple…
Recommended configuration for Azure Log analytics agent introduces significant security risk
I'm reviewing the documentation for the Azure Log Analytics Agent and I noticed something interesting. It states that one should disable HTTPS inspection for *.blob.core.windows.net . Disabling HTTPS inspection for all of Azure Blob storage introduces a…
How to fix "Data collection rule is invalid Multiple destinations for a stream 'Microsoft-AppServiceConsoleLogs"?
When i created the transformation manually via Azure portal all worked but when I created it via Terraform i had this error resource "azurerm_log_analytics_workspace" "logworkspace" { name =…
How do I connect to Azure Monitor Opentelemetry via Corporate Proxy
May I know how can we connect to Azure Insights using Azure Monitor Opentelemetry library via corporates proxy. I have read the document and also tried to pass the proxies = {"http/https": "hostname:port"} inside…
Need help in clearing confusion about logs ingestion service limits
I see that service limits listed for logs ingestion api is, So the upper limit for data ingestion using Logs Ingestion api per min is, 12000 requests * 1MB ~ 1.2GB/min I am not able to understand 'max data/min per DCR'. Can someone please help.
Creating dashboard and monitoring live data of it from dashboards
Please share any high level document or steps for below , I want to monitor live data of below requirements using dashboard: Top 5 VM CPU usage ( list the machine name and segment of the 5 machines with the most high CPU utilization blocks (90%) over…
Monitor Azure Arc-enabled Server Availability
Is there a way to monitor Arc-enabled Server availability using Azure Monitor? There is no metric alert available for arc servers. We tried using resource health alert but it is not triggered when the servers are stopped manually. Tried KQL based on…