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title: Understanding and Managing Diagnostic Settings Retention
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description: Provides guidance on understanding and managing diagnostic settings retention.
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description: Provides guidance for understanding and managing diagnostic settings retention.
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ms.date: 07/17/2025
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ms.reviewer: v-liuamson; v-gsitser
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ms.service: azure-monitor
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ms.custom: I can’t configure export of Activity Logs
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# Understanding and Managing Diagnostic Settings Retention
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# Understanding and managing diagnostic settings retention
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When managing Azure resources, you might encounter issues related to the transition from diagnostic settings storage retention to Azure Storage lifecycle management. This article provides guidance on how to address these issues effectively.
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When you manage Azure resources, you might experience issues that are related to the transition from diagnostic settings storage retention to Azure Storage lifecycle management. This article provides guidance to handle these issues effectively.
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## Common Issues and Solutions
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## Common issues and solutions
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-**Issue Description**: Users may notice that templates are not displayed when attempting to verify resources affected by the transition from legacy solutions to diagnostic settings.
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-**Root Cause**: The automatic switch from activity log solutions to diagnostic settings may cause confusion if not properly understood.
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-**Issue**: Users might notice that templates are not displayed when they try to verify resources that are affected by the transition from legacy solutions to diagnostic settings.
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-**Root cause**: The automatic switch from activity log solutions to diagnostic settings might cause confusion if they're not well understood.
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### Step-by-Step Instructions to Resolve Diagnostic Settings Issues
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### Instructions to resolve diagnostic settings issues
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1.**Verify Resource Impact**:
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- Navigate to the Azure portal.
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-Go to **All Services** and select**Resource Manager**.
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-Click on **Deploy** and then **Templates** in the left pane.
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-Confirm if any resources are impacted by the transition.
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1.**Verify resource effect**:
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- Navigate to the Azure portal > **All Services**.
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-Select**Resource Manager**.
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-Select **Deploy**, and then select**Templates** in the left pane.
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-Check whether any resources are affected by the transition.
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2.**Check for Legacy Solutions**:
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-Use the following PowerShell command to determine if legacy solutions are in use:
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```powershell
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2.**Check for legacy solutions**:
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-To determine whether legacy solutions are in use, run the following PowerShell command:
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3. **Automatic Transition**:
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- Understand that the transition to diagnostic settings is automatic. If your environment is already using diagnostic settings, no additional steps are necessary.
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