The log search feature enables you to combine, correlate, query, and retrieve data from Log Analytics. Recall that Log Analytics enables you to collect and aggregate large amounts of data from heterogeneous sources; we reviewed some of those capabilities in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Microsoft Operations Management Suite. As mentioned in the previous chapter, the collected data, is only as useful as the insights that can be derived from them, and the subsequent actions that those insights inform. This is where the Log Analytics query language comes to the fore.
The new and improved Log Analytics query language is based on Analytics (codenamed Kusto)—the powerful search feature in Application Insights, which Microsoft has recently made available as an upgrade for Log Analytics workspaces. The Log Analytics query language is optimized to perform and handle...
