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Date Published
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Muhammad Shahzeb
Word count
655
Language
English
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None

Summary

The updated Windows integration for Grafana Cloud now includes support for monitoring Windows logs alongside metrics, thanks to the event log scraping capabilities provided by the embedded promtail module in the Grafana Agent. Users can easily set up this integration in Grafana Cloud by installing the Grafana Agent on their Windows machines, which allows them to send metrics and logs to their Grafana Cloud instance. Once installed, the integration provides two prebuilt dashboards: one for monitoring Windows metrics, such as system uptime, CPU, memory, disk usage, and network statistics, and another for aggregating and viewing Windows log events, including errors, warnings, and their sources. These dashboards enable users to filter data by job name, hostname, and log details, offering a comprehensive view of their Windows system's performance and event logs. This integration is available to all Grafana Cloud users, including those using the free tier, and further information can be found in the Windows integration documentation or by engaging with the Grafana Labs Community.