In the previous blog post we created a query in Log Analytics which determined whether or not it makes sense to open the windows in a house. In this blog post we will use Microsoft Flow to run the query which we scheduled on an hourly basis. And we can perform tasks based upon the…
This series will introduce some tricks and tips for writing more complex queries in Log Analytics and integrating these queries into Microsoft Flow. In this blog post I will showcase an example of how to build a query composed of multiple sub-queries. The example used for this blog post series will cover what on the…
As I work through my prep for this year’s MMS it looks like it’s going to be another great year at the Midwest Management Summit (May 14-17 at the Mall of America)! This year I have focused on new technologies and again I have the opportunity to co-present with some extremely talented speakers and technologists.…
In the previous blog post I discussed how to extend your Log Analytics alerts in Azure. Once you are extended into Azure there are two methods available to create new alerts which we will discuss in this blog (the easier one is via Log Search the other is in Monitor / Alerts). Creating an alert…
Lately Microsoft has been helping to make the shift from the “classic” Log Analytics portal (https://www.microsoft.com/oms) to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com). We have seen how Log Analytics workspaces are now visible in the Azure portal and how we can pin top level views from Log Analytics to the Azure dashboard. We have seen new functionality…
I received an interesting question on my Server Performance Solution for Log Analytics– where they were seeing computers appearing as different due to differences in case and whether or not the computer name was the FQDN. A subset of the question is below: Question: I’m seeing a lot of duplicates. For example there would be…
This blog post will dig into some more depth on what’s really required to share dashboards in Azure from a user rights/security perspective. If you are interested in creating custom dashboards, integrating Log Analytics and customizing dashboards this previous blog post covers those topics. This blog post will discuss: Permissions required to share dashboards in…
The Azure portal provides an easy to use dashboard experience which allows you to easily pin items from Azure and other sources into your own custom dashboards. This blog post will showcase the following: How to quickly create your own dashboards How to share your custom dashboard How to add content from the Azure portal…
If you use Microsoft’s Global Service Monitor (GSM) in SCOM you may have run into something like this recently: Description: The health service HTTP module in management group “<MGNAME>” failed to resolve service’s DNS. Please check configuration settings. Provided configuration: Service Url https://b850bab6-61d9-4262-838d-ad4e82b6a6e2.ods.opinsights.azure.com/DiagnosticsDataService.svc/PostDataItems. Proxy Provided . This error indicates an underlying issue with GSM. While…
I was recently reading Satya’s book Hit Refresh when I was struck by the fact that my employer had recently had their own moment where we Hit Refresh. For those who aren’t familiar with Catapult Systems – we have been providing services to help our customers leverage Microsoft technology for over 20 years. Here’s a…
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