Network Watcher documentation

Learn how to use Azure Network Watcher. Quickstarts, tutorials, and more, show you how to gain insight into your Azure Virtual Network with tools like packet capture and flows logs, to diagnose problems with traffic filtering and routing, and to monitor connections.

• Network Watcher Documentation
• Overview
  • About Network Watcher
• Quickstarts
  • Diagnose VM traffic filter problem - Portal
  • Diagnose VM traffic filter problem - PowerShell
  • Diagnose VM traffic filter problem - Azure CLI
  • Configure NSG flow logs - Bicep
  • Configure NSG flow logs - ARM template
• Tutorials
  • Diagnose a VM routing problem
  • Monitor communication between VMs
  • Diagnose a communication problem between networks
  • Log VM network traffic
• Concepts
  • Network Watcher FAQ
  • Connection monitor
    • Overview
    • Schema
  • IP flow verify
  • NSG diagnostics
  • Next hop
  • Connection troubleshoot
  • VPN troubleshoot
  • Packet capture
  • Effective security rules
  • NSG flow logs
  • VNet flow logs
  • Traffic analytics
    • Overview
    • Supported regions
    • Usage scenarios
    • Schema and data aggregation
    • Schema update March 2020
    • Frequently asked questions
  • RBAC permissions
  • Security baseline
• How-to guides
  • Enable Network Watcher
  • Network Watcher Agent
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Update to latest version
  • View topology
  • Create a connection monitor
    • Azure portal
    • PowerShell
  • Migrate to Connection monitor
    • From Network performance monitor
    • From Connection monitor classic
  • Connection monitor using Azure Monitor agent
    • Monitor connectivity using Azure Monitor agent
    • Install Azure Connected Machine agent
    • Install Azure Monitor agent
  • Diagnose network security rules
  • Diagnose a routing problem
    • PowerShell
    • Azure CLI
  • Diagnose outbound connection problems
    • Azure portal
    • PowerShell
    • Azure CLI
  • Diagnose VPN gateway and connections
    • Troubleshoot
      • PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
    • Monitor VPN gateway with Azure Automation
    • Diagnose on-premises connectivity via VPN gateway
  • Capture and analyze packets
    • Manage packet captures for VMs
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
    • Manage packet captures for scale sets
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
    • Analyze a packet capture
      • Inspect to find anomalies
      • Proactive network monitoring with Azure Functions
      • Perform intrusion detection using open source tools
      • Visualize network traffic patterns using open source tools
  • Log network traffic
    • Manage NSG flow logs
      • Azure portal
      • PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
      • REST
      • ARM template
      • Built-in Policy
    • Manage VNet flow logs
      • Azure portal
      • PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
      • Built-in Policy
    • Migrate NSG flow logs
    • Read flow logs
    • Analyze NSG flow logs
      • Use Power BI
      • Use Elastic Stack
      • Use Grafana
      • Use Graylog
    • Delete NSG flow log storage blobs
    • Enable traffic analytics using Azure policy
    • Perform compliance and audit your network
  • Determine relative latency between a location and Azure region
• Reference
  • Azure CLI
  • Azure PowerShell
  • Java
  • Ruby
  • Python
  • .NET
  • Node.js
  • REST
  • Resource Manager template
• Resources
  • Microsoft Q&A
  • Azure support
  • Pricing
  • [Service updates](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/?query=network watcher)
  • SLA
  • Stack Overflow