Azure-docs: what's the difference and relation between log analytics / app insights / azure monitor?

[imeya]

what's the difference and relation between log analytics / app insights / azure monitor?

can you explain more about this?

thanks.

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• ID: 521c75f5-5d71-10b5-df71-a8a6c0204a2e
• Version Independent ID: 4343bd59-d34e-8d99-a723-292fc27b60bd
• Content: Log Analytics FAQ
• Content Source: articles/azure-monitor/platform/log-faq.md
• Service: log-analytics
• GitHub Login: @MGoedtel
• Microsoft Alias: magoedte

[SaurabhSharma-MSFT]

@imeya Thanks for your feedback! We will investigate and update as appropriate.

[KrishnaG-MSFT]

@imeya, Azure monitor is a service under Management and Governance category. At high level, to collect and analyze telemetry data it includes Log Analytics suite and Application Insights. For more information, please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/ and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/overview

What kind of telemetry data is being handled by Log Analytics ? -> Data related to infrastructure and network level i.e., few of them are syslogs, IIS logs, custom logs, windows events, windows and linux performance counters, etc. For more information, please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/azure-monitor-log-hub

What kind of telemetry data is being handled by App Insights ? -> Data related to code-level application performance level i.e., few of them are ping URL tests, page view counts, page view load data, HTTP requests, dependency calls, exceptions and stack traces, custom events and metrics that you code, trace logs, AJAX calls, user and session counts, run-time exceptions, failure anomalies, abnormal rise in exceptions, etc. For more information, please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/azure-monitor-app-hub and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/troubleshoot-faq#what-telemetry-is-collected-by-application-insights

For any naming and terminology changes please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/terminology

It appears that there's no edits or updates needed for the current documentation but if there are further questions regarding this matter or regarding documentation changes, please reply and we will gladly continue the discussion.

[KrishnaG-MSFT]

@imeya Closing this issue for now. If there are further questions regarding this matter or regarding documentation changes, please reply and we will gladly continue the discussion.

[adrwh]

• If I buy Azure Monitor does that include Log analytics?
• If I install a MMA/OMS agent onto a non-azure VM is that Azure Monitor or LA
• I want to send on-prem SQL application logs to Azure, is this LA or Azure Monitor
• I want a central "thing" to put all of my machine data, for on and off Azure machines, for the purpose of monitoring, querying, searching, alerting. Is this MMA agents to LA workspace or Azure Monitor or something else?

[lokijota]

The answer @KrishnaG-MSFT provided is not totally correct. Logic Apps log app behavior into Log Analytics, including application-specific context properties.