View Logs with Azure Monitor

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View Logs with Azure Monitor

In this lab you'll learn how to use the Azure Portal to view the logs for Azure Functions that are connected to an Azure Application Insights instance. - First you'll navigate into a pre-provisioned Azure Functions application. - Then you'll use the **Get Function URL** link for the **NewOrderOrchestration_HttpStart** function, to copy the link to the clipboard making sure that you have selected the **Default Function Key** for that function. - Then in a new browser tab, you'll trigger the **NewOrderOrchestration_HttpStart** function by calling that URL. - Then you'll return to the Azure portal and navigate into the **Monitor** tab for the **NewOrderOrchestration_HttpStart** function. - It is likely that logs have not appeared yet, so keep refreshing for a couple of minutes and an invocation should appear. - Click on the date-time link for the invocation, and the logs should appear. - At this point, feel free to also explore the logs for several other functions that will have run: including **NewOrderOrchestration** (a Durable Functions orchestrator function), **CreateTicket** (the Activity function called three times by the Durable Functions orchestration), and **CreateNightlyReport** (which is a timer-triggered function that runs every minute). - Also, in the log view for a function invocation, try clicking on the **Run Query in Application Insights** link to navigate into Application Insights with a pre-populated KQL query showing the logs for that function invocation.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Trigger a new Durable Functions Orchestration

You'll get hold of the URL including the secret key of the NewOrderOrchestration_HttpStart function in order to start a new Durable Functions orchestration.
Challenge

View the Log Output

You'll use the Monitor tab in the Portal for NewOrderOrchestration_HttpStart to view the function invocation history and view the logs for a particular invocation. You can also do the same for the NewOrderOrchestration, CreateTicket and CreateNightlyReport functions.
Challenge

View the Log Output in Application Insights

You'll click Run Query in Application Insights in the log view for any of the function invocation logs that you looked at, in order to navigate into Application Insights and view those logs shown by a pre-populated KQL query.

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