Activity Logs Insights (Preview)

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Activity Logs Insights is a centralised place to see all of the activities done in a resource or resource group, information such as who administrators deleted, updated or created resources, and whether the activities failed or succeeded. This article explains how to enable and use Activity log insights.

• Note: This current version of Activity Log Insights is a preview, and offers basic Activity logs insights. The next version, planned for the upcoming months, will offer additional information and insights

To enable Activity Logs Insights, simply configure the Activity log to export to a Log Analytics workspace.

To view Activity logs insights on a resource group or a subscription level:

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   In the Azure portal, select Monitor > Workbooks.

   
   


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   Select Activity Logs Insights in the Insights section.

   
   


3.  At the top of the Activity Logs Insights page, select:
   
   
   
   1. One or more subscriptions from the Subscriptions dropdown.
   
   
   2. Resources and resource groups from the CurrentResource dropdown.
   
   
   3. A time range for which to view data from the TimeRange dropdown.
   
   
   
   

o To view Activity Logs Insights on a resource level:

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   In the Azure portal, go to your resource, select Workbooks.

   
   


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   Select Activity Logs Insights in the Activity Logs Insights section.

   
   

    

   
   

   At the top of the Activity Logs Insights page, select:

   
   
   
   
   1. A time range for which to view data from the TimeRange dropdown.
   
   
   
   

• To learn more about Activity Logs Insights, see this article.

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