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ms.date: 09/30/2019
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## Summary of changes
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### Collection of Activity log
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Like other platform logs, the Activity log can be sent to a Log Analytics workspace, Azure storage, or Azure Event Hubs. This configuration is now performed for the Activity log with a diagnostic setting, which is the same method used by resource logs. Prior to this change, there were two way to sent the Activity log to these destinations:
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Like other platform logs, the Activity log can be sent to a Log Analytics workspace, Azure storage, or Azure Event Hubs. This configuration is now performed for the Activity log with a [diagnostic setting](diagnostic-setting.md), which is the same method used by resource logs. Prior to this change, there were two ways to sent the Activity log to these destinations:
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- Send to a Log Analytics workspace by connect the Activity log to the workspace in the workspace configuration.
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- Send to Azure storage or event hubs by creating a log profile.
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### Analysis of Activity log
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You can still view the Activity log in the Azure portal without any configuration. While the configuration has changed for Azure storage and event hubs, these scenarios haven't changed.
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What is changing is analysis of the logs in a Log Analytics workspace. Activity log events are still sent to the *AzureActivity* table, and the same log queries can be used to analyze them. The Activity Logs Analytics monitoring solution is being deprecated along with the deprecation of Azure Monitor views. A new Azure Monitor workbook will be provided in the near future for analyzing this data.
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You can still [view the Activity log in the Azure portal](activity-log-view.md) without any configuration. What is changing is analysis of Activity log entries in a Log Analytics workspace. Activity log events are still sent to the *AzureActivity* table, and the same log queries can be used to analyze them. The Activity Logs Analytics monitoring solution is being deprecated along with the deprecation of Azure Monitor views. A new Azure Monitor workbook will be provided in the near future providing queries and visualizations for gaining insights into the Activity log.
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## Collecting Activity log
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The method to send Activity log entries to [an event hub or storage account](activity-log-export.md) or to a [Log Analytics workspace](activity-log-collect.md) has changed to use [diagnostic settings](diagnostic-settings.md) which has the following advantages over the previous methods:
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The method to send Activity log entries to an event hub or storage account or to a Log Analytics workspace has changed to use [diagnostic settings](diagnostic-settings.md) which has the following advantages over the previous methods:
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- Consistent method for collecting all platform logs.
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- Collect Activity log across multiple subscriptions and tenants.
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![Legacy experience](media/diagnostic-settings-subscription/legacy-experience.png)
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See the following articles for details on using the legacy collection methods.
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- [Collect and analyze Azure activity logs in Log Analytics workspace in Azure Monitor](activity-log-collect.md)
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- [Collect Azure Activity logs into Azure Monitor across Azure Active Directory tenants](activity-log-collect-tenants.md)
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- [Export Azure Activity log to storage or Azure Event Hubs](activity-log-export.md)
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## Disable existing settings
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### Disable existing settings
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If you have existing settings to collect the Activity log, you should disable them before enabling it using diagnostic settings. Having both enabled may result in duplicate data.
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### Disable collection into Log Analytics workspace

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