Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture
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VNET flow log captures IP traffic flowing through VNETs, subnets, and NICs for monitoring, troubleshooting, network optimization, security, and compliance needs and stores the logs in Azure Storage
Traffic Analytics leverages VNET flow logs and aggregates, processes and enriches the flows to analyze traffic flow and offers insights into network activity, visualization, security, and performance.
Network Watcher packet capture enables the capture of network packets directly from a virtual machine, helping users perform deep network analysis and diagnose issues.
Managed identities provided by Microsoft Entra ID enables VNET flow logs and traffic analytics to securely access Azure Blob Storage and log analytics workspace respectively without the need to manage credentials. For more information, see [What is managed identities for Azure resources](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/).
After you enable managed identity for Network Watcher VNET flow logs, traffic analytics, or packet capture by granting the managed identity necessary permissions will use the managed identity to obtain an access token from Microsoft Entra ID for accessing the specified resource.
[Learn more. ](https://aka.ms/NWMI)
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