Log Analytics allows us to generate alerts on the ingested data. It does so by running a pre-defined query composed of conditions on the incoming data. If it finds any records that fall within the ambit of the query, it generates an alert. Log Analytics provides a highly configurable environment for determining the conditions for generating alerts, time windows in which the query should return the records, time windows in which the query should be executed, and actions to be taken when the query returns results as alerts.
The first step in configuring an alert is to create a saved search. A saved search is simply a search query against ...
