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You can choose to either install this on a new workspace or use an existing one. Service Map is a ‘solution’ installed within an Azure Log Analytics workspace.

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I’ll now cover how to set this up for yourself.

Service Map ‘solution’ in a Log Analytics workspace in Azure.

It’s pretty low-cost to use in small testing scenarios. In my tests, a single machine was generating around 80MB per day (around 2.5 GB per month), but will likely be different based on how many network streams are captured an how many hours the computer is used each day. Unless you deviate from the retention period of 30 days, you will not be charged for data retention - if you want to track network traffic over a longer period this will need to be extended.įor data ingestion, you will be billed monthly for each GB of data ingested. This solution is built on Log Analytics, as such it will be charged against this service. Service Map records the following (and more) attributes for each stream every 60 seconds: Whilst this blog post is centered around Teams, this solution can be used for other network monitoring purposes

This solution will record all network traffic, not just Teams. By installing the Log Analytics Agent and Dependency Agent you can have your machine(s) send all network stream information to a centralised database (workspace) to report upon. Thankfully there is a tool you can use to record all your network traffic in a much more useful way - Azure Log Analytics Service Map.

There is no breakdown of what the traffic actually is (ports, protocols, IPs etc.).

It is tied to a particular process ID (PID) - Teams actually has more than one process running (you can see this in the example), so there is potential to watch the wrong process or not get the true usage.

You have to watch Resource Monitor and take note what the send/receive peaks are - who wants to do that during a call?.

Whilst this is a quick and easy way to see Teams network usage, it does have its limitations: If you divide 115,000 by 1,000,000 (bytes to megabytes) and then times by 8 (bytes to bits) you will end up with 0.92 Mbps - so within the 500 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps range that Microsoft estimate for a peer-to-peer video call. In this example, it was during a peer to peer video call (unknown resolution), roughly consuming 115,000 bytes per second (up and down). You can use it to monitor the Teams.exe process and see the sent/received bytes per second: If you are just concerned with a very rough network usage figure, an easy and basic test can be performed by using Resource Monitor (built-in to Windows). Wireshark - just more what the traffic is.

It is important to note, I don’t need to capture the actual payload of the traffic e.g. There are many ways to monitor the Teams client network traffic, but I am going to show you two options. But I wanted to see how real-life figures stacked up against this. With some ball-park figures in mind, you could just use these as a basis for your network impact assessment. Note: These are not exact figures, more an estimation of each scenario - real-life usage will differ

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HD Group video calling (540p videos on 1080p screen) Peer-to-peer HD quality video calling with resolution of HD 1080p at 30fps

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Peer-to-peer HD quality video calling with resolution of HD 720p at 30fps

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Peer-to-peer quality video calling 360p at 30fps Peer-to-peer audio calling and screen sharing Recommended Teams bandwidth requirementsīefore I go in to measuring Teams network usage, it’s worth noting the aforementioned bandwidth requirements Microsoft recommend when using Teams: Scenario It is vital to determine this before-hand so the network can be prepared and provide a good experience to users of Teams. I have previously written about preparing your network for use with Microsoft Teams, and part of the process is determining the estimated network bandwidth that Teams will consume and the path it will take. Although Microsoft do provide estimated figures for this purpose, it doesn’t hurt to see how real-life usage compares. Not just for curiosity, but for performing a network impact assessment when helping organisations roll out Teams. Have you ever wondered how much network traffic Teams uses? I have.