Querying in Log Analytics with KQL

Understanding how to analyze your Azure Monitor’s data efficiently is crucial. One of the powerful tools at your disposal is the KQL. KQL is designed to help you query and manipulate data not only inside Azure Monitor but also other Microsoft Products, such as Azure Data Explorer and Microsoft Fabric. Its simplicity and effectiveness make it invaluable for extracting insights from large datasets. We introduced KQL with a simple example in the Log Analytics and data insights section of Chapter 2. In this section, we will cover it in more detail to ensure you can build your own queries efficiently. Azure Monitor supports a subset of the features that KQL provides. It’s important to have it in mind when reviewing other sources beyond this book to make sure that specific functionality is included on Azure Monitor, or it’s only supported on Azure Data Explorer or Fabric.

KQL is a read-only query language, which means that it is...