GRC Oversight

Microsoft Azure Monitor

Collect diagnostic-settings and activity-log configuration as read-only logging/audit-trail compliance evidence through the Azure Resource Manager API.

Observability · Logging
Tier 2 generic template — runs on the HTTP / REST endpoint connector
Evidence coverage

What this connector audits

Checks this connector runs once it's connected. This is the full list; we don't claim coverage beyond what's implemented.

  • Read-only API inventory endpoint checks
  • Evidence assets generated through the generic HTTP connector
Read-only calls

Endpoints this template queries

The exact Microsoft Azure Monitor API endpoints called once connected. All read-only GET requests unless noted.

  • GET/subscriptions/<subscription-id>/providers/Microsoft.Insights/eventtypes/management/values?api-version=2015-04-01
  • GET/subscriptions/<subscription-id>/providers/microsoft.insights/diagnosticSettings?api-version=2021-05-01-preview
Least privilege

What we need

Field labels only. We never show secret values here. Credentials are encrypted at rest and used only to run the checks above.

Required

  • Base URL(prefilled: https://management.azure.com)
  • Endpoints (JSON)(prefilled: [ { "id": "activity-log", "name": "Subscription activity log", "path": "/subscriptions/<subscription-id>/providers/Microsoft.Insights/eventtypes/management/values?api-version=2015-04-01" }, { "id": "diagnostic-settings", "name": "Resource diagnostic settings", "path": "/subscriptions/<subscription-id>/providers/microsoft.insights/diagnosticSettings?api-version=2021-05-01-preview" } ])

Optional

  • Auth header name(prefilled: Authorization)
  • Auth header value(secret credential)
Where this evidence goes

Which frameworks this evidence supports

Microsoft Azure Monitor evidence feeds into controls for any framework you run that requires this check type; the same synced evidence can satisfy more than one framework's requirements instead of being collected per audit.

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