In this blog post we want to have a closer look into a way to collect data from client systems to monitor them with the Azure Monitor Agent. With endpoint analytics Microsoft provides a very powerful way to analyze clients, remediate potential issues or also detect anomalies in the field. If you are interested in unaggregated and more detailed data to build custom solutions then the Azure Monitor Agent and the Log Analytics workspace are the right solution for you.
This is the first part of a small series with two parts. In this part we will check how the Azure Monitor Agent works and how to set it up, and in the other part how you can work with the data.
