Expanding Windows Update reporting

While the built-in Intune reports are excellent, we can take this one step further by leveraging Log Analytics to give us further data and manipulation and real-time analytics.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will need to create a Log Analytics workspace within Azure (there is no charge for Windows Update data, though).

How to do it…

Follow these steps to configure Windows Update for Business reports:

1. Navigate to https://portal.azure.com and search for Log Analytics workspaces.
2. Click Create.
3. Select your Subscription type and either select or create a new Resource group type.
4. Then, name your workspace and click Review and Create.
5. If all looks OK, click Create.
6. Back in the Azure portal, click Monitor.
7. Then, click on View under Workbooks.
8. Scroll down to Insights and select Windows Update for Business Reports.
9. Click Get Started.
10. Select your subscription and the workspace we created earlier...