Many software applications that run on Windows, run as windows services in the background. These processes have no direct user interface and need no logged-on user (e.g. as a server). A few of these are critical services that keep the system functioning and so ensuring that these services are running continuously is a key requirement for most system administrators. An effective Windows Network Monitor Tool can help you monitor all these services running on the background on your windows network devices.

OpManager provides Windows Network Monitoring features such as agentless windows service monitoring using WMI which allows you to monitor windows services either locally or across multiple servers on the network. You can also perform critical actions across remote locations automatically using OpManager.

Windows event log monitoring is critical to secure the windows network from internal threats. The event logs contain the most important information for diagnosing application and operating system failures, determining the health and status of a system and verifying that system and applications are operating properly. Windows event-log monitoring also helps in detecting events like failed logons, logon failures due to bad passwords account lockouts, failed attempts to access secure files, security log tampering etc.

OpManager's Windows Event Log Monitoring provides several automatic rules to monitor critical security logs across all windows servers and workstations in your network. It can also monitor application, system and other event logs. OpManager allows you to monitor windows event logs as part of an integrated network, server and application management solution. It provides a set of about 50 pre-defined event log rules and you can assign appropriate severity and convert them into OpManager alarms. 

In a windows network, Active Directory is used to manage and store information related to network resources. Active Directory helps you to identify security and compliance risks. The processes in Active Directory monitoring include that of services, domain controller and monitoring of critical process. With effective AD monitoring, user performance issues can be rectified proactively and resource allocation can also be optimized.Incorporating a Windows Network Monitor Software to monitor your Active Directory can help you provide quality services, and reduce network down-time in your Windows enterprise network.

OpManager automatically maps Active Directory monitors to the related servers and monitors the AD environment for performance and availability. Using OpManager, you can monitor the Active Directory services, performance, domain controller roles and AD processes. Parameters monitored include CPU Usage, Physical RAM, File Reads, File Writes, Cache Hits, etc. You can also monitor critical Network counters like Connected Users, LDAP Client Sessions, & LDAP Bind Time as well as Performance Counters like NTLM Authentication, Kerberos Authentication & LDAP Searches. OpManager also offers an intuitive dashboard which gives you an overall picture of your Active Directory health at-a-glance. 

Network monitoring tools for windows such as OpManager simplifies windows monitoring by providing a customizable dashboard that can display the performance stats of your windows devices across the network. OpManager's dashboard play a critical role in windows network management by displaying all critical metrics by using widgets. The dashboard can also be set up as a NOC view.