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Post data to OMS Log Analytics Data Collector API using PowerShell

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# Create the function to create and post the request Function Post-OMSData($customerId, $sharedKey, $body, $logType) { $method = "POST" $contentType = "application/json" $resource = "/api/logs" $rfc1123date = [DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString("r") $contentLength = $body.Length $signature = Build-Signature ` -customerId $customerId ` -sharedKey $sharedKey ` -date $rfc1123date ` -contentLength $contentLength ` -fileName $fileName ` -method $method ` -contentType $contentType ` -resource $resource $uri = "https://" + $customerId + ".ods.opinsights.azure.com" + $resource + "?api-version=2016-04-01" $headers = @{ "Authorization" = $signature; "Log-Type" = $logType; "x-ms-date" = $rfc1123date; "time-generated-field" = $TimeStampField; } $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Method $method -ContentType $contentType -Headers $headers -Body $body -UseBasicParsing -Proxy http:\\yourOMSGW return $response.StatusCode }