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articles/azure-monitor/alerts/it-service-management-connector-secure-webhook-connections.md

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title: IT Service Management Connector - Secure Export in Azure Monitor
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description: This article shows you how to connect your ITSM products/services with Secure Export in Azure Monitor to centrally monitor and manage ITSM work items.
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title: IT Service Management Connector - Secure Webhook in Azure Monitor
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description: This article shows you how to connect your ITSM products/services with Secure Webhook in Azure Monitor to centrally monitor and manage ITSM work items.
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# Connect Azure to ITSM tools by using Secure Export
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# Connect Azure to ITSM tools by using Secure Webhook
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This article shows you how to configure the connection between your IT Service Management (ITSM) product or service by using Secure Export.
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This article shows you how to configure the connection between your IT Service Management (ITSM) product or service by using Secure Webhook.
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Secure Export is an updated version of [IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC)](./itsmc-overview.md). Both versions allow you to create work items in an ITSM tool when Azure Monitor sends alerts. The functionality includes metric, log, and Activity Log alerts.
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Secure Webhook is an updated version of [IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC)](./itsmc-overview.md). Both versions allow you to create work items in an ITSM tool when Azure Monitor sends alerts. The functionality includes metric, log, and Activity Log alerts.
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ITSMC uses username and password credentials. Secure Export has stronger authentication because it uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Azure AD is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service. It helps users sign in and access internal or external resources. Using Azure AD with ITSM helps to identify Azure alerts (through the Azure AD application ID) that were sent to the external system.
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ITSMC uses username and password credentials. Secure Webhook has stronger authentication because it uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Azure AD is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service. It helps users sign in and access internal or external resources. Using Azure AD with ITSM helps to identify Azure alerts (through the Azure AD application ID) that were sent to the external system.
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## Secure Export architecture
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## Secure Webhook architecture
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The Secure Export architecture introduces the following new capabilities:
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The Secure Webhook architecture introduces the following new capabilities:
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* **New action group**: Alerts are sent to the ITSM tool through the Secure Webhook action group, instead of the ITSM action group that ITSMC uses.
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* **Azure AD authentication**: Authentication occurs through Azure AD instead of username/password credentials.
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## Secure Export data flow
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The steps of the Secure Export data flow are:
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## Secure Webhook data flow
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The steps of the Secure Webhook data flow are:
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1. Azure Monitor sends an alert that's configured to use Secure Export.
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1. Azure Monitor sends an alert that's configured to use Secure Webhook.
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![Diagram that shows how the ITSM tool communicates with Azure A D, Azure alerts, and an action group.](media/it-service-management-connector-secure-webhook-connections/secure-export-diagram.png)
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## Benefits of Secure Export
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## Benefits of Secure Webhook
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* **Better authentication**: Azure AD provides more secure authentication without the timeouts that commonly occur in ITSMC.
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* **Alerts resolved in the ITSM tool**: Metric alerts implement "fired" and "resolved" states. When the condition is met, the alert state is "fired." When condition is not met anymore, the alert state is "resolved." In ITSMC, alerts can't be resolved automatically. With Secure Export, the resolved state flows to the ITSM tool and so is updated automatically.
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* **[Common alert schema](./alerts-common-schema.md)**: In ITSMC, the schema of the alert payload differs based on the alert type. In Secure Export, there's a common schema for all alert types. This common schema contains the CI for all alert types. All alert types will be able to bind their CI with the CMDB.
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* **Alerts resolved in the ITSM tool**: Metric alerts implement "fired" and "resolved" states. When the condition is met, the alert state is "fired." When condition is not met anymore, the alert state is "resolved." In ITSMC, alerts can't be resolved automatically. With Secure Webhook, the resolved state flows to the ITSM tool and so is updated automatically.
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* **[Common alert schema](./alerts-common-schema.md)**: In ITSMC, the schema of the alert payload differs based on the alert type. In Secure Webhook, there's a common schema for all alert types. This common schema contains the CI for all alert types. All alert types will be able to bind their CI with the CMDB.
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articles/azure-monitor/alerts/itsm-connector-secure-webhook-connections-azure-configuration.md

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title: IT Service Management Connector - Secure Webhook in Azure Monitor - Azure Configurations
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# Configure Azure to connect ITSM tools using Secure Export
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This article provides information about how to configure the Azure in order to use "Secure Export".
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In order to use "Secure Webhook", follow these steps:
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* [ServiceNow Secure Webhook Configuration](./itsmc-secure-webhook-connections-servicenow.md)
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* [BMC Secure Webhook Configuration](./itsmc-secure-webhook-connections-bmc.md)

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Azure services like Azure Log Analytics and Azure Monitor provide tools to detect, analyze, and troubleshoot problems with your Azure and non-Azure resources. But the work items related to an issue typically reside in an ITSM product or service. The ITSM Connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help you resolve issues faster. You can create work items in your ITSM tool, based on your Azure alerts (Metric Alerts, Activity Log Alerts, and Log Analytics alerts).
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