Exam AZ-203 topic 5 question 7 discussion

Actual exam question from Microsoft's AZ-203

Question #: 7
Topic #: 5

DRAG DROP -
You are developing an ASP.NET Core Web API web service that uses Azure Application Insights to monitor performance and track events.
You need to enable logging and ensure that log messages can be correlated to events tracked by Application Insights.
How should you complete the code? To answer, drag the appropriate code segments to the correct locations. Each code segment may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
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Suggested Answer: Explanation
Box 1: ApplicationInsightsLoggerOptions
If you want to include the EventId and EventName properties, then add the following to the ConfigureServices method: services
.AddOptions<ApplicationInsightsLoggerOptions>()
.Configure(o => o.IncludeEventId = true);

Box 2: IncludeEventID -

Box 3: ApplicationServices -
In Asp.Net core apps it turns out that trace logs do not show up in Application Insights out of the box. We need to add the following code snippet to our Configure method in Startup.cs: loggerFactory.AddApplicationInsights(app.ApplicationServices, logLevel);
References:
https://blog.computedcloud.com/enabling-application-insights-trace-logging-in-asp-net-core/

by czmiel24 at Feb. 22, 2020, 1:29 p.m.