How to automate Azure backup report without Log Analytics

Azure Backup’s current reporting and automation capabilities are built around Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) and Azure workbooks. The out-of-box Backup Reports experience, including the Email Report feature, requires that backup diagnostics be sent to a Log Analytics workspace.

The automated email reports work as follows:

• Backup diagnostics are sent to Log Analytics.
• Backup Reports (workbooks) query that Log Analytics workspace.
• The Email Report feature deploys an Azure Logic App that queries the selected Log Analytics workspace(s) and sends periodic reports via email.
• After deployment, API connections to Azure Monitor Logs and Office 365 must be authorized in the Logic App.

Because this pipeline depends on Log Analytics, there is no supported way in the provided documentation to automate Azure Backup reports without using Log Analytics.

To automate reports with the supported approach:

1. Configure Azure Backup to send diagnostics to a Log Analytics workspace using the supported V2 schema.
2. Use Azure Backup Reports in the portal to build or use existing workbooks.
3. Use the Email Report feature to deploy a Logic App that queries the Log Analytics workspace and emails the report on a schedule.
4. In the Logic App resource, open API connections and authorize the connections to Azure Monitor Logs and Office 365.

For broader automation of backup operations (not just reporting), Azure Backup supports PowerShell, CLI, REST API, SDKs, ARM/Bicep, Terraform, Azure Policy, Logic Apps, Runbooks, and Azure Resource Graph, but the reporting solution documented is still Log Analytics–based.

References:

• Email Azure Backup Reports
• Manage Azure Files backups using Azure portal
• Configure Azure Backup reports
• View out-of-box reports for Azure Backup
• Automate Azure Backup operations for efficient datasource protection
• Support matrix for automation in Azure Backup