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title: Introduction to Network Configuration Diagnostics in Azure Network Watcher | Microsoft Docs
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description: This page provides an overview of the Network Watcher - Network Configuration Diagnostics
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description: This page provides an overview of the Network Watcher - NSG Diagnostics
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services: network-watcher
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documentationcenter: na
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author: shijaiswal
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ms.service: network-watcher
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ms.topic: article
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ms.tgt_pltfrm: na
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ms.workload: infrastructure-services
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ms.date: 03/18/2022
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ms.date: 01/04/2023
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ms.custom: engagement-fy23
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ms.author: shijaiswal
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# Introduction to Network Configuration Diagnostics in Azure Network Watcher
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# Introduction to NSG Diagnostics in Azure Network Watcher
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The Network Configuration Diagnostic tool helps customers understand which traffic flows will be allowed or denied in your Azure Virtual Network along with detailed information for debugging. It can help you in understanding if your NSG rules are configured correctly.
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The NSG Diagnostics tool helps customers understand which traffic flows will be allowed or denied in your Azure Virtual Network along with detailed information for debugging. It can help you in understanding if your NSG rules are configured correctly.
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## Pre-requisites
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For using Network Configuration Diagnostics, Network Watcher must be enabled in your subscription. See [Create an Azure Network Watcher instance](./network-watcher-create.md) to enable.
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For using NSG Diagnostics, Network Watcher must be enabled in your subscription. See [Create an Azure Network Watcher instance](./network-watcher-create.md) to enable.
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## Background
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- All traffic flows in your network are evaluated using the rules in the applicable NSG.
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- Rules are evaluated based on priority number from lowest to highest
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## How does Network Configuration Diagnostic work?
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## How does NSG Diagnostics work?
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For a given flow, the NCD tool runs a simulation of the flow and returns whether the flow would be allowed (or denied) and detailed information about rules allowing/denying the flow. Customers must provide details of a flow like source, destination, protocol, etc. The tool returns whether traffic was allowed or denied, the NSG rules that were evaluated for the specified flow and the evaluation results for every rule.
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For a given flow, the NSG Diagnostics tool runs a simulation of the flow and returns whether the flow would be allowed (or denied) and detailed information about rules allowing/denying the flow. Customers must provide details of a flow like source, destination, protocol, etc. The tool returns whether traffic was allowed or denied, the NSG rules that were evaluated for the specified flow and the evaluation results for every rule.
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## Next steps
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Use Network Configuration Diagnostic through other interfaces
Use NSG Diagnostics using [REST API](/rest/api/network-watcher/networkwatchers/getnetworkconfigurationdiagnostic), [PowerShell](/powershell/module/az.network/invoke-aznetworkwatchernetworkconfigurationdiagnostic), and [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/network/watcher#az-network-watcher-run-configuration-diagnostic).
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