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az monitor activity-log alert commands for Monitoring and Observability; browse safety labels, operation lanes, mapped Azure concepts, and safe-first examples.
7 commands3 mapped termsMonitoring and Observability
Create, update, or operate monitor activity-log alert with the Azure CLI.
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