Which Azure Monitor data type captures structured operation records like requests, dependencies, exceptions, and custom events from applications?

1. A Metrics
2. B Logs (Log Analytics)
3. C Traces (distributed tracing)
4. ✓ D Application Insights telemetry (correct answer)

Shortcut: Application Insights collects telemetry including requests, dependencies, exceptions, page views, custom events, and performance counters, all stored as structured records in the underlying Log Analytics workspace.