Windows integration

The Windows integration provides comprehensive host monitoring for Windows servers using native Windows mechanisms.


What it’s for	Monitoring health and performance of Windows servers
Who uses it	Windows administrators, DevOps teams managing mixed environments
Under the hood	Uses Windows performance counters for authoritative data

Metrics collected

The integration collects host and service metrics from Windows performance counters:

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

Prebuilt dashboards: host overview, services
Prebuilt alerts: CPU, memory, disk, services
Native Windows performance counters
Service state monitoring built-in
Familiar Windows terminology in dashboards

Set it up

Open this learning 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.

16 min

Beginner

Docs & blog posts

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

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The Windows integration is the Linux integration’s counterpart, giving you comprehensive host monitoring through native Windows performance counters, the same data Windows uses itself.

It collects CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network metrics, plus service states, so you can see which services are running, stopped, or failing. The dashboards use familiar Windows terminology, and if you run IIS, the integration can pull web server metrics too.

Setup is straightforward: the Alloy Windows installer handles installation, you configure the integration in Grafana Cloud, and metrics start flowing.

Windows integration