Azure Log Analytics Service Map Planning and Pre-reqs

My grandfather said two things:

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of manure

Death and taxes are part of life

Planning out a deployment is a good thing.

My best friend would say "No one plans to fail, they just fail to plan"

This will be a 4 part blog is the beginning, with 4 blogs to break out the high level steps, and my experience getting the solution set up.

What do we need for Service Map?

• Azure connectivity
  • Setup Log Analytics workspace on MMA/SCOM agent article
  • Troubleshooting onboarding issues KB,
    • Check for Events in Operations Manager event logs blog
• Computers in scope for visualization
  • What computers (Windows or Linux)
  • Pricing FAQ
• Dependency agent installed on computers
  • Configure
• Azure Service Principal
  • (think of it as an SSH shared key ID/password for Azure Apps to communicate)
  • Docs article

High level steps

1. Install the MMA agent blog
2. Install the dependency agent
3. Configure Azure Service Principal
4. Configure Service Map on SCOM