Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104 Practice Question

The first step is to create a Log Analytics workspace in your Azure subscription. A Log Analytics workspace serves as the central repository where Azure Monitor Logs stores collected data. Without it, there is nowhere to store or analyze the logs collected from the virtual machines. While installing the Azure Monitor agent on the virtual machines is necessary for data collection, the agent must be configured to send data to an existing Log Analytics workspace. Enabling diagnostic settings or configuring an Azure Storage account are not initial steps for collecting logs into Azure Monitor Logs; they are either subsequent steps or used for different purposes.