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Where does Azure Monitor store performance data?

The correct answer is A. a Log Analytics workspace. Azure Monitor primarily stores performance data, alongside other monitoring data like logs and metrics, in a Log Analytics workspace.

Submitted by diego_uy· Mar 5, 2026Describe Azure Architecture and Services

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Where does Azure Monitor store performance data?

Options

  • Aa Log Analytics workspace
  • Ban Azure Storage account
  • CAzure Event Hubs E3
  • Dan event subscription

How the community answered

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  • A
    85% (17)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    10% (2)

Why each option

Azure Monitor primarily stores performance data, alongside other monitoring data like logs and metrics, in a Log Analytics workspace.

Aa Log Analytics workspaceCorrect

A Log Analytics workspace is a unique environment for Azure Monitor log data. It collects and stores various types of monitoring data, including performance counters, metrics, and logs from Azure resources, enabling powerful querying and analysis capabilities.

Ban Azure Storage account

An Azure Storage account can store various types of data but is not the primary or integrated service for storing and querying Azure Monitor performance data directly.

CAzure Event Hubs E3

Azure Event Hubs is a big data streaming platform used for ingesting large amounts of data, not for storing and querying performance data for Azure Monitor.

Dan event subscription

An event subscription is used in Azure Event Grid to route events to various handlers, not for storing performance data.

Concept tested: Azure Monitor data storage for logs and performance

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/log-analytics-workspace-overview

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