PowerShell Error and Event Collection at Scale
summary
Shows how Application Insights ingest from PowerShell via the microsoft.applicationinsights nuget DLL and a TelemetryClient, capturing exceptions, custom metrics and pageviews, then exporting to Power BI as an M query. Demo sends exception objects (divide‑by‑zero) with problemId and stack trace, uses async sends with a flush forces send call, and measures slow code: an array loop takes 8560 ms vs 346 ms for a List. Module examples include opt‑in telemetry persisted to ProgramData; demos succeed.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 2:23Application Insights
- 3:16Demo
- 4:41Instantiate a Telemetry Client
- 7:12Collecting Events or Errors
- 14:05Metrics
- 15:08Track a Page View
- 16:26Metric Tracking
- 17:16Custom Metrics
- 18:29Track Slow Code
- 23:50Power Bi
- 24:14Export to Power Bi as an M Query
- 25:34Organizational Credentials
- 27:32Telemetry Client
- 30:17Put the Application Insights File within the Script Module
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