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articles/automation/TOC.yml

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href: automation-dsc-extension-history.md
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- name: Troubleshoot State Configuration issues
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href: troubleshoot/desired-state-configuration.md
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- name: Change tracking and inventory
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- name: Change Tracking and Inventory using AMA
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- name: Use Azure Monitoring Agent (AMA)
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- name: Overview
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- name: About Change tracking and inventory
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href: change-tracking/overview-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Change tracking extension version
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- name: Supported regions
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href: change-tracking/region-mappings-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Enable change tracking and inventory
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href: change-tracking/enable-vms-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Manage change tracking and inventory
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- name: Configure alerts
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- name: Migration guidance
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- name: Migration from Log Analytics to Azure Monitoring Agent version
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href: change-tracking/guidance-migration-log-analytics-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Use Log Analytics (Retired)
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- name: About Change tracking and inventory
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href: change-tracking/overview-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Change tracking extension version
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- name: Supported regions
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href: change-tracking/region-mappings-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Enable change tracking and inventory
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href: change-tracking/enable-vms-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Manage change tracking and inventory
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href: change-tracking/manage-change-tracking-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Configure alerts
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href: change-tracking/configure-alerts.md
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- name: Migration from Change Tracking and Inventory using AMA to Change Tracking using LA (Retired)
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- name: Migration from Log Analytics to Azure Monitoring Agent version
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href: change-tracking/guidance-migration-log-analytics-monitoring-agent.md
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- name: Change Tracking and Inventory using Log Analytics (Retired)
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- name: Overview
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href: change-tracking/overview.md
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- name: Support regions for linked Log Analytics workspace
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href: how-to/region-mappings.md
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- name: Discover the software installed on your VMs
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href: automation-tutorial-installed-software.md
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- name: Enable
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- name: Overview
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- name: Support regions for linked Log Analytics workspace
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- name: Discover the software installed on your VMs
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- name: Enable
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- name: Enable from the Azure portal
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- name: Enable from an Azure VM
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- name: Enable from an Automation account
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- name: Enable from a runbook
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- name: Enable from the Azure portal
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href: change-tracking/enable-from-portal.md
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- name: Enable from an Azure VM
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href: change-tracking/enable-from-vm.md
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- name: Enable from an Automation account
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href: change-tracking/enable-from-automation-account.md
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- name: Enable from a runbook
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- name: Manage change tracking and inventory
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- name: Configure alerts
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- name: Remove Change Tracking and Inventory
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- name: Remove machines
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- name: Troubleshoot feature deployment issues
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- name: Disable
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- name: Remove Change Tracking and Inventory
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- name: Remove machines
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- name: Troubleshoot
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href: troubleshoot/onboarding.md
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- name: Troubleshoot Change Tracking and Inventory issues
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articles/automation/change-tracking/change-tracking-data-collection-rule-creation.md

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title: Script sample - Create a data collection rule in change tracking.
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description: Learn about how to create a data collection rule
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Save the above script on your machine with a name as *CtDcrCreation.json*. For more information, see [Enable Change Tracking and Inventory using Azure Monitoring Agent (Preview)](enable-vms-monitoring-agent.md#enable-change-tracking-at-scale-using-azure-monitoring-agent).
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Save the above script on your machine with a name as *CtDcrCreation.json*. For more information, see [Enable Change Tracking and Inventory using Azure Monitoring Agent](enable-vms-monitoring-agent.md#enable-change-tracking-at-scale-using-policy).
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articles/automation/change-tracking/enable-vms-monitoring-agent.md

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:::image type="content" source="media/enable-vms-monitoring-agent/select-arc-machines-portal.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing how to select Azure Arc machines from the portal." lightbox="media/enable-vms-monitoring-agent/select-arc-machines-portal.png":::
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