IIS monitoring with Datadog

In this tutorial, we learn how to use Datadog's IIS and WMI integrations to monitor an Internet Information Services (IIS) deployment. We start by setting up the Datadog Agent on our Windows hosts, which collects metrics and logs from our IIS environment. Then, we configure IIS monitoring by enabling the IIS integration in the Agent configuration file and specifying the host and sites we want to monitor. Next, we set up the WMI integration to pull data from any formatted performance counters, including those for IIS worker processes. We create a custom dashboard that displays metrics from three different sources: HTTP.sys request queue, Windows processes, and the Web Service performance counter. Finally, we configure IIS log collection in the Agent configuration file and use Datadog's Log Explorer to analyze our IIS logs. By using Datadog for IIS monitoring, we can visualize, compare, and correlate metrics from all components of our IIS environment in one place, set up automated alerts, and gain full visibility into our deployment.