Chapter 1
Introduction and Fundamentals
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
Set up the KQL environment and understand the KQL language syntax
Search, filter, and manipulate data with KQL
Use time operators
Why You Need to Learn KQL
At the 2010 Microsoft Tech Ed conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, Microsoft MVP Don Jones famously said in his presentation, your choice is to learn PowerShell or be ready to ask, “Would you like fries with that?’” The spirit of what Jones was trying to get across then wasn’t new in 2010, and it’s certainly not new today. The modern IT professional must learn various technologies; you will limit your career if you don’t learn them. You will forever rely on someone with that skill; even worse, ...
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