Log Analytics

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Explains workspace setup, Automation integration, Kusto queries, alerts, and hybrid-worker prerequisites without detailing query syntax or agent internals.

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Log Analytics is an Azure monitoring and data collection service that stores, searches, and analyzes diagnostic and metric data.

Log Analytics is an Azure monitoring and data collection service that stores diagnostic and metric logs from Azure services, virtual machines, and on-premises servers. Kusto queries search the collected data, while query results can drive alerts. section 8.2.2

In Azure Automation, a workspace provides operational visibility into job executions, outputs, and errors. Adding the Automation solution also enables the workspace to support hybrid runbook workers. section 8.2.2 section 8.6

Connect Log Analytics to Azure Automation through this implementation sequence:

Create an Azure Automation account and a Log Analytics workspace in a resource group. section 8.2.2 section 8.2.3
Place linked resources in compatible regions; matching regions are generally required, with documented exceptions. section 8.2.3
Add the Azure Automation solution to the workspace by using its workspace resource ID. section 8.2.3
For hybrid execution, install the Microsoft Monitoring Agent, connect it to the workspace, and use the downloaded hybrid runbook worker components. section 8.2.2
Forward automation logs to the workspace and create alerts for failed jobs or errors. section 8.2.2

Provisioning the workspace

Install the Az and Az.MonitoringSolutions modules, connect to the target subscription, create the workspace, then add the AzureAutomation solution with New-AzMonitorLogAnalyticsSolution. Use names that satisfy Azure resource rules and choose compatible locations before linking resources. section 8.2.3

Table 8.1 Supported regions for linked Automation accounts and Log Analytics workspaces (view table figure)

Log Analytics workspace region	Azure Automation region
AustraliaEast	AustraliaEast
AustraliaSoutheast	AustraliaSoutheast
BrazilSouth	BrazilSouth
CanadaCentral	CanadaCentral
CentralIndia	CentralIndia
CentralUS	CentralUS
ChinaEast2	ChinaEast2
EastAsia	EastAsia
EastUS2	EastUS
EastUS	EastUS2
FranceCentral	FranceCentral
JapanEast	JapanEast
KoreaCentral	KoreaCentral
NorthCentralUS	NorthCentralUS
NorthEurope	NorthEurope
NorwayEast	NorwayEast
SouthCentralUS	SouthCentralUS
SoutheastAsia	SoutheastAsia
SwitzerlandNorth	SwitzerlandNorth
UAENorth	UAENorth
UKSouth	UKSouth
USGovArizona	USGovArizona
USGovVirginia	USGovVirginia
WestCentralUS	WestCentralUS
WestEurope	WestEurope
WestUS	WestUS
WestUS2	WestUS2

Use the supported-region table to validate the regional pairing between an Automation account and its Log Analytics workspace. section 8.2.3

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Azure SecurityA Log Analytics workspace is an Azure Monitor data store and query environment for collecting, retaining, and analyzing telemetry and security data.
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Kusto Query Languageuses · Kusto Query Language is a query language for interactively retrieving and analyzing telemetry, log, time-series, and other data in Azure and related Microsoft services.
Log Analytics agentused by · The Log Analytics agent is Microsoft's legacy host agent for collecting machine telemetry and sending it to a Log Analytics workspace.
data collection ruleconfigured by · A data collection rule is an Azure Monitor configuration that specifies data sources, transformations, and destinations for monitoring data.
continuous exportused by · Continuous export is the ongoing transfer of selected security data from a source service to a configured destination as changes or scheduled snapshots occur.
logused by · A log is a record of events, activity, or diagnostic information produced during the operation of a system or process, often ordered by time.
data ingestionused by · Data ingestion is the process of acquiring or receiving data from one or more sources and bringing it into a system for storage or processing.

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