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Targeting Management Solutions in Azure | Microsoft Docs
Targeting management solutions allows you to limit management solutions to a specific set of agents. This article describes how to create a scope configuration and apply it to a solution.
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Targeting Management Solutions in Azure (Preview)

When you add a management solution to your subscription, it's automatically deployed by default to all Windows and Linux agents connected to your Log Analytics workspace. You may want to manage your costs and limit the amount of data collected for a solution by limiting it to a particular set of agents. This article describes how to use Solution Targeting which is a feature that allows you to apply a scope to your solutions.

How to target a solution

There are three steps to targeting a solution as described in the following sections.

1. Create a computer group

You specify the computers that you want to include in a scope by creating a computer group in Log Analytics. The computer group can be based on a log search or imported from other sources such as Active Directory or WSUS groups. As described below, only computers that are directly connected to Log Analytics will be included in the scope.

Once you have the computer group created in your workspace, then you'll include it in a scope configuration that can be applied to one or more solutions.

2. Create a scope configuration

A Scope Configuration includes one or more computer groups and can be applied to one or more solutions.

Create a scope configuration using the following process.

  1. In the Azure portal, navigate to Log Analytics and select your workspace.
  2. In the properties for the workspace under Workspace Data Sources select Scope Configurations.
  3. Click Add to create a new scope configuration.
  4. Type a Name for the scope configuration.
  5. Click Select Computer Groups.
  6. Select the computer group that you created and optionally any other groups to add to the configuration. Click Select.
  7. Click OK to create the scope configuration.

3. Apply the scope configuration to a solution.

Once you have a scope configuration, then you can apply it to one or more solutions. Note that while a single scope configuration can be used with multiple solutions, each solution can only use one scope configuration.

Apply a scope configuration using the following process.

  1. In the Azure portal, navigate to Log Analytics and select your workspace.
  2. In the properties for the workspace select Solutions.
  3. Click on the solution you want to scope.
  4. In the properties for the solution under Workspace Data Sources select Solution Targeting. If the option is not available then this solution cannot be targeted.
  5. Click Add scope configuration. If you already have a configuration applied to this solution then this option will be unavailable. You must remove the existing configuration before adding another one.
  6. Click on the scope configuration that you created.
  7. Watch the Status of the configuration to ensure that it shows Succeeded. If the status indicates an error, then click the ellipse to the right of the configuration and select Edit scope configuration to make changes.

Solutions and agents that can't be targeted

Following are the criteria for agents and solutions that can't be used with solution targeting.

  • Solution targeting only applies to solutions that deploy to agents.
  • Solution targeting only applies to solutions provided by Microsoft. It does not apply to solutions created by yourself or partners.
  • You can only filter out agents that connect directly to Log Analytics. Solutions will automatically deploy to any agents that are part of a connected Operations Manager management group whether or not they're included in a scope configuration.

Exceptions

Solution targeting cannot be used with the following solutions even though they fit the stated criteria.

  • Agent Health Assessment

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