Section 2 · Choose and set up an integration

Monitoring Windows servers with integrations

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Windows integration

The Windows integration monitors the health and performance of Windows servers.

What it’s forMonitoring health and performance of Windows servers
Under the hoodUses the Windows exporter (prometheus.exporter.windows)

Metrics collected

The integration collects host and service metrics with these Windows exporter collectors:

  • CPU: Processor time, queue length
  • Memory: Available, committed, page faults
  • Disk: Read/write bytes, queue depth
  • Network: Bytes sent/received, errors
  • Services: State, start mode

What to know

This integration offers:

  • Prebuilt dashboards: overview, CPU and system, disks, fleet overview, logs
  • Prebuilt alerts: CPU, memory, disk, services
  • Windows exporter collectors for CPU, memory, disk, network, and services
  • Service state monitoring built-in
  • If you also run IIS, the IIS integration in this journey covers the web server.

Set it up

The Alloy Windows installer handles installation. You then configure the integration in Grafana Cloud.

Open this path in your Grafana Cloud stack for a fully interactive experience, or read through it to understand the process first.

Learning path

Monitor a Windows system

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides best practices for monitoring your Windows system.

13 min
Beginner
Docs & blog posts

Open in Grafana Cloud

Complete this learning path directly in your Grafana Cloud stack with an interactive learning experience.