The Log Analytics agent collects monitoring data from the guest operating system and workloads of virtual machines in Azure, other cloud providers, and on-premises and sends that data into a Log Analytics workspace. It is used by Azure Monitor, Azure Security Center, and Azure Sentinel, among other Azure management solutions.

The Log Analytics agent is on a deprecation path and won't be supported after August 31, 2024. If you use the Log Analytics agent to ingest data to Azure Monitor, make sure to migrate to the new Azure Monitor agent prior to that date.