Using System Monitoring Components

Server-Based Components for .NET Framework Applications

System monitoring components such as the PerformanceCounter component, the EventLog component, and the ServiceController component allow you to monitor and interact with a variety of system resources. You can use these component instances to interact with Windows performance counters, event logs, and long-running services.

In This Section

System Monitoring Components How-to Topics: Provides links to all how-to topics found in the conceptual documentation for programming with system monitoring components.
Monitoring Performance Thresholds: Provides basic information on monitoring Microsoft Windows performance thresholds.
Logging Application, Server, and Security Events: Provides additional information on monitoring Windows event logs by reading information from and writing information to them.
Monitoring Windows Services: Provides information on how to monitor existing Windows services.
Monitoring and Managing Windows Processes: Explains the process of creating a component to automate administrative tasks for Windows processes.

Topic	Location
System Monitoring Walkthroughs	Server Components in Visual Studio
System Monitoring Walkthroughs	Server Components in Visual Studio
System Monitoring Walkthroughs	Server Components in Visual Studio

Related Sections

Programming with Components: Presents a high-level overview of component programming and authoring.