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articles/azure-monitor/logs/basic-logs-configure.md

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 title: Configure Basic Logs in Azure Monitor
-description: Configure a table for Basic Logs in Azure Monitor.
+description: Learn how to configure a table for Basic Logs in Azure Monitor.
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: event-tier1-build-2022
 ms.date: 10/01/2022
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 # Configure Basic Logs in Azure Monitor
 
-Setting a table's [log data plan](log-analytics-workspace-overview.md#log-data-plans) to *Basic Logs* lets you save on the cost of storing high-volume verbose logs you use for debugging, troubleshooting, and auditing, but not for analytics and alerts. This article describes how to configure Basic Logs for a particular table in your Log Analytics workspace.
+Setting a table's [log data plan](log-analytics-workspace-overview.md#log-data-plans) to **Basic Logs** lets you save on the cost of storing high-volume verbose logs you use for debugging, troubleshooting, and auditing, but not for analytics and alerts. This article describes how to configure Basic Logs for a particular table in your Log Analytics workspace.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > You can switch a table's plan once a week. The Basic Logs feature isn't available for workspaces in [legacy pricing tiers](cost-logs.md#legacy-pricing-tiers).
 
 ## Which tables support Basic Logs?
 
-By default, all tables in your Log Analytics are Analytics tables, and available for query and alerts.
-You can currently configure the following tables for Basic Logs:
+By default, all tables in your Log Analytics workspace are Analytics tables, and they're available for query and alerts. You can currently configure the following tables for Basic Logs:
 
-- All custom tables created with or migrated to the [Data Collection Rule (DCR)-based logs ingestion API.](logs-ingestion-api-overview.md) 
-- [ContainerLogV2](/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/containerlogv2) - Used in [Container Insights](../containers/container-insights-overview.md) and includes verbose text-based log records.
-- [AppTraces](/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/apptraces) - Freeform Application Insights traces.
-- [ContainerAppConsoleLogs](/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/ContainerAppConsoleLogs) - Logs generated by Container Apps, within a Container App environment.
+- Custom tables: All custom tables created with or migrated to the [data collection rule (DCR)-based logs ingestion API.](logs-ingestion-api-overview.md)
+- [ContainerLogV2](/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/containerlogv2): Used in [Container insights](../containers/container-insights-overview.md) and includes verbose text-based log records.
+- [AppTraces](/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/apptraces): Freeform Application Insights traces.
+- [ContainerAppConsoleLogs](/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/ContainerAppConsoleLogs): Logs generated by Azure Container Apps, within a Container Apps environment.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> Tables created with the [Data Collector API](data-collector-api.md) do not support Basic Logs.
+> Tables created with the [Data Collector API](data-collector-api.md) don't support Basic Logs.
 
 ## Set table configuration
 
@@ -57,19 +56,19 @@ PATCH https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<subscriptionId>/resourcegroups
 ```
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> Use the Bearer token for authentication. Read more about [using Bearer tokens](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/51140.azure-rest-management-api-the-quickest-way-to-get-your-bearer-token.aspx).
+> Use the bearer token for authentication. Learn more about [using bearer tokens](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/51140.azure-rest-management-api-the-quickest-way-to-get-your-bearer-token.aspx).
 
 **Request body**
 
 |Name | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-|properties.plan | string  | The table plan. Possible values are *Analytics* and *Basic*.|
+|properties.plan | string  | The table plan. Possible values are `Analytics` and `Basic`.|
 
 **Example**
 
 This example configures the `ContainerLogV2` table for Basic Logs.
 
-Container Insights uses `ContainerLog` by default. To switch to using `ContainerLogV2` for Container Insights, [enable the ContainerLogV2 schema](../containers/container-insights-logging-v2.md) before you convert the table to Basic Logs.
+Container insights uses `ContainerLog` by default. To switch to using `ContainerLogV2` for Container insights, [enable the ContainerLogV2 schema](../containers/container-insights-logging-v2.md) before you convert the table to Basic Logs.
 
 **Sample request**
 
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ To check table configuration in the Azure portal, you can open the table configu
 
 Alternatively:
 
-1. From the **Azure Monitor** menu, select **Logs** and select your workspace for the [scope](scope.md). See [Log Analytics tutorial](log-analytics-tutorial.md#view-table-information) for a walkthrough.
+1. From the **Azure Monitor** menu, select **Logs** and select your workspace for the [scope](scope.md). See the [Log Analytics tutorial](log-analytics-tutorial.md#view-table-information) for a walkthrough.
 1. Open the **Tables** tab, which lists all tables in the workspace.
 
     Basic Logs tables have a unique icon:
@@ -169,9 +168,9 @@ GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourcegroups/{
 
 |Name | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-|properties.plan | string  | The table plan. Either "Analytics" or "Basic". |
-|properties.retentionInDays | integer  | The table's data retention in days. In _Basic Logs_, the value is 8 days, fixed. In _Analytics Logs_, the value is between 7 and 730.|
-|properties.totalRetentionInDays | integer  | The table's data retention including Archive period.|
+|properties.plan | string  | The table plan. Either `Analytics` or `Basic`. |
+|properties.retentionInDays | integer  | The table's data retention in days. In `Basic Logs`, the value is 8 days, fixed. In `Analytics Logs`, the value is between 7 and 730 days.|
+|properties.totalRetentionInDays | integer  | The table's data retention that also includes the archive period.|
 |properties.archiveRetentionInDays|integer|The table's archive period (read-only, calculated).|
 |properties.lastPlanModifiedDate|String|Last time when the plan was set for this table. Null if no change was ever done from the default settings (read-only).
 
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourcegroups/{
 GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/ContosoSID/resourcegroups/ContosoRG/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/ContosoWorkspace/tables/ContainerLogV2?api-version=2021-12-01-preview
 ```
 
-
 **Sample response**
 
 Status code: 200
@@ -213,7 +211,7 @@ az monitor log-analytics workspace table show --subscription ContosoSID --resour
 
 ---
 
-## Retention and archiving of Basic Logs
+## Retain and archive Basic Logs
 
 Analytics tables retain data based on a [retention and archive policy](data-retention-archive.md) you set.