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articles/virtual-machines/monitor-vm-reference.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The dimension Logical Unit Number (`LUN`) is associated with some of the precedi
 [!INCLUDE [Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines](~/azure-reference-other-repo/azure-monitor-ref/supported-logs/includes/microsoft-compute-virtualmachines-logs-include.md)]
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> For Azure VMs, all the important data is collected by the Azure Monitor agent. Azure VMs don't use diagnostic settings, so the resource logs aren't important. For detailed information about how the Azure Monitor agent collects VM log data, see [Monitor virtual machines with Azure Monitor: Collect data](/azure/azure-monitor/vm/monitor-virtual-machine-data-collection).
+> For Azure VMs, all the important data is collected by the Azure Monitor agent. The resource log categories available for Azure VMs aren't important and aren't available for collection from the Azure portal. For detailed information about how the Azure Monitor agent collects VM log data, see [Monitor virtual machines with Azure Monitor: Collect data](/azure/azure-monitor/vm/monitor-virtual-machine-data-collection).
 
 [!INCLUDE [horz-monitor-ref-logs-tables](~/reusable-content/ce-skilling/azure/includes/azure-monitor/horizontals/horz-monitor-ref-logs-tables.md)]
 

articles/virtual-machines/monitor-vm.md

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ VM host and guest data is useful in different scenarios:
 
 | Data type | Scenarios | Data collection | Available data |
 |-|-|-|-|
-| **VM host data** | Monitor the stability, health, and efficiency of the physical host on which the VM is running.<br>(Optional) [Scale up or scale down](/azure/articles/azure-monitor/autoscale/autoscale-overview) based on the load on your application.| Available by default without any additional setup. |[Host performance metrics](#azure-monitor-platform-metrics)<br>[Activity logs](#azure-activity-log)<br>[Boot diagnostics](#boot-diagnostics)|
+| **VM host data** | Monitor the stability, health, and efficiency of the physical host on which the VM is running.<br>(Optional) [Scale up or scale down](/azure/azure-monitor/autoscale/autoscale-overview) based on the load on your application.| Available by default without any additional setup. |[Host performance metrics](#azure-monitor-platform-metrics)<br><br>[Activity logs](#azure-activity-log)<br><br>[Boot diagnostics](#boot-diagnostics)|
 | **VM guest data: overview** | Analyze and troubleshoot performance and operational efficiency of workloads running in your Azure environment. | Install [Azure Monitor Agent](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/agents-overview) on the VM and set up a [data collection rule (DCR)](#data-collection-rules). |See various levels of data in the following rows.|
-|**Basic VM guest data**|[VM Insights](#vm-insights) is a quick and easy way to start monitoring your VM clients, especially useful for exploring overall VM usage and performance when you don't yet know the metric of primary interest.|[Enable VM Insights](/azure/articles/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-enable-overview) to automatically install Azure Monitor Agent and create a predefined DCR.|[Guest performance counters](/azure/articles/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-performance)<br>[Dependencies between application components running on the VM](/azure/articles/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-maps)|
-|**VM operating system monitoring data**|Monitor application performance and events, resource consumption by specific applications and processes, and operating system-level performance and events. Valuable for troubleshooting application-specific issues, optimizing resource usage within VMs, and ensuring optimal performance for workloads running inside VMs.|Install [Azure Monitor Agent](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/agents-overview) on the VM and set up a [DCR](#data-collection-rules).|[Guest performance counters](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-rule-azure-monitor-agent).<br>[Windows events](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-rule-azure-monitor-agent)<br>[Syslog events](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-syslog)|
-|**Advanced/custom VM guest data**|Monitoring of web servers, Linux appliances, and any type of data you want to collect from a VM. |Install [Azure Monitor Agent](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/agents-overview) on the VM and set up a [DCR](#data-collection-rules).|[IIS logs](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-iis).<br>[SNMP traps](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-snmp-data).<br>[Any data written to a text or JSON file](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-text-log).|
+|**Basic VM guest data**|[VM insights](#vm-insights) is a quick and easy way to start monitoring your VM clients, especially useful for exploring overall VM usage and performance when you don't yet know the metric of primary interest.|[Enable VM insights](/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-enable-overview) to automatically install Azure Monitor Agent and create a predefined DCR.|[Guest performance counters](/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-performance)<br><br>[Dependencies between application components running on the VM](/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-maps)|
+|**VM operating system monitoring data**|Monitor application performance and events, resource consumption by specific applications and processes, and operating system-level performance and events. Valuable for troubleshooting application-specific issues, optimizing resource usage within VMs, and ensuring optimal performance for workloads running inside VMs.|Install [Azure Monitor Agent](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/agents-overview) on the VM and set up a [DCR](#data-collection-rules).|[Guest performance counters](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-rule-azure-monitor-agent)<br><br>[Windows events](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-rule-azure-monitor-agent)<br><br>[Syslog events](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-syslog)|
+|**Advanced/custom VM guest data**|Monitoring of web servers, Linux appliances, and any type of data you want to collect from a VM. |Install [Azure Monitor Agent](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/agents-overview) on the VM and set up a [DCR](#data-collection-rules).|[IIS logs](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-iis)<br><br>[SNMP traps](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-snmp-data)<br><br>[Any data written to a text or JSON file](/azure/azure-monitor/agents/data-collection-text-log)|
 
 [!INCLUDE [horz-monitor-insights](~/reusable-content/ce-skilling/azure/includes/azure-monitor/horizontals/horz-monitor-insights.md)]
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ For a list of available metrics for Virtual Machines, see [Virtual Machines moni
 - For the available resource log categories, their associated Log Analytics tables, and the logs schemas for Virtual Machines, see [Virtual Machines monitoring data reference](monitor-vm-reference.md).
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> For Azure VMs, all the important data is collected by the Azure Monitor agent. Azure VMs don't use diagnostic settings, so the resource logs aren't important. For detailed information about how the Azure Monitor agent collects VM log data, see [Monitor virtual machines with Azure Monitor: Collect data](/azure/azure-monitor/vm/monitor-virtual-machine-data-collection).
+> For Azure VMs, all the important data is collected by the Azure Monitor agent. The resource log categories available for Azure VMs aren't important and aren't available for collection from the Azure portal. For detailed information about how the Azure Monitor agent collects VM log data, see [Monitor virtual machines with Azure Monitor: Collect data](/azure/azure-monitor/vm/monitor-virtual-machine-data-collection).
 
 [!INCLUDE [horz-monitor-activity-log](~/reusable-content/ce-skilling/azure/includes/azure-monitor/horizontals/horz-monitor-activity-log.md)]