This step-by-step guide explains how to install the unified CloudWatch agent on Windows on EC2 Windows instances. This allows you to monitor logs and guest OS metrics. In the example here, I will show you how we can monitor IIS with CloudWatch.

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The two most common protocols for monitoring Microsoft products are Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). They are both natively supported in Windows and Windows Server, and neither one requires you to install third-party add-ons to start monitoring. This article explains the difference between the two protocols and helps you choose the one that works better for your scenario.

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Sysinternals Process Monitor runs on a Windows device and uses a filter driver to log real-time file system, registry, and process/thread monitoring. It is a vital tool for troubleshooting Windows and combines the capabilities of two older Sysinternals tools: filemon and regmon.

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The uberAgent solution from vast limits GmbH is a premier user experience monitoring (UXM) and endpoint security analytics (ESA) solution that helps organizations improve user experience and security for on-premises and remote workers. Recently, uberAgent released uberAgent ESA 7.0, which has many new capabilities and features.

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Sentry is an app monitoring tool for DevOps environments that is based on a stack of products such as Snuba, Kafka, and Nginx. It features proactive application monitoring to ensure that issues are addressed before they disrupt production environment.

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