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Monitoring

Core

Log Analytics

Log workspace, KQL querying, and analysis workflow.

Key points

  • Workspace and query experience for Azure Monitor Logs.
  • KQL filters, joins, summaries, and time windows analyze ingested table data.
  • Data appears only after a supported collection path sends it to the workspace.

Best-known use cases

  • Find repeated failures across several resources.
  • Aggregate request or operation logs over a time window.

What candidates often confuse it with

  • Log Analytics vs metrics explorer: query detailed records vs chart numeric time series.
  • Workspace creation vs diagnostic setting: provide destination vs route data into it.

Key takeaway

Use Log Analytics for detailed cross-resource log queries after confirming the required data is collected.

Related services

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Monitor alerts, action groups, and alert processing rules
  • Azure Monitor Insights

Relevant exam tasks

  • D5.1.S1 — Interpret metrics in Azure Monitor
  • D5.1.S2 — Configure log settings in Azure Monitor
  • D5.1.S3 — Query and analyze logs in Azure Monitor
  • D5.1.S4 — Set up alert rules, action groups, and alert processing rules in Azure Monitor
  • D5.1.S5 — Configure and interpret monitoring of virtual machines, storage accounts, and networks by using Azure Monitor Insights

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Intermediate
Duration
100 minutes
Questions
No fixed live question count published
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Scoring
1–1,000 scaled score; 700 minimum passing score

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AZ-104 official study guide

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Azure Administrator Associate certification

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AZ-104T00 Microsoft Azure Administrator course

Official instructor-led course and training path for Azure administrators preparing for AZ-104.