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Configure VM Insights for Azure Virtual Machines
In this lab you will take two Azure Virtual Machines and onboard them into Virtual Machine Insights. After creating an artificial workload and traffic on one of these machines, you will see how you can observe this using Virtual Machine Insights.
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Challenge
Onboard the first VM to VM Insights using the Azure Monitor portal.
Create a Data Collection rule linked to the existing Log Analytics Workspace.
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Challenge
Onboard the second VM to VM Insights through the VM portal.
Use the Data Collection rule created when onboarding the first VM.
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Challenge
Generate an artificial load on the first VM, and observe the results in VM Insights.
Run a PowerShell command to repeatedly open the calculator application, which will max out CPU and RAM usage on the VM.
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