These scenarios illustrate capabilities that can be accessed by reviewing a packet capture.

This article goes through some pre-configured scenarios on a packet capture that was run previously. We will also provide examples showing how to calculate a connection latency, identify abnormal traffic, and examine networking statistics. In this article, we show how to open a packet capture file provided by Network Watcher using a popular open source tool. Some example uses of packet capture data include: investigating network or application issues, detecting network misuse and intrusion attempts, or maintaining regulatory compliance. Leveraging freely available tools to inspect the data, you can examine communications sent to and from your VMs and gain insights into your network traffic.

Packet capture allows you to address scenarios that require packet level data by providing the information in a readily usable format. Using the packet capture feature of Network Watcher, you can initiate and manage captures sessions on your Azure VMs from the portal, PowerShell, CLI, and programmatically through the SDK and REST API.

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