Microsoft KB Archive/316365

= INFO: ROADMAP for How to Use the .NET Performance Counters =

Article ID: 316365

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0
 * Microsoft .NET Framework Class Libraries 1.0

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SUMMARY
This article provides a roadmap to learn and master the .NET Performance counters. To assist you with learning a Microsoft product or technology, roadmap articles provide links to useful information, including online documentation, Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles and white papers.

This article contains the following sections:
 * Overviews
 * Architecture
 * Key Concepts and Quickstarts
 * How To Articles
 * Troubleshooting

Overviews
Performance counters enable you to track the performance of an application. The operating system (OS) provides several counters such as memory usage and CPU usage. In addition, the .NET Framework provides several counters, such as counters related to the Garbage Collector, to the just-in-time (JIT) compiler, and to exceptions. The .NET Framework also provides you with some classes that enable you to create your own counters.

The following links provide overview information about Performance Counters in .NET:

Performance Counters

Creating System Monitoring Components

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Architecture
The following link provides architectural (internal) information about Performance Counters:

PerformanceCounter Class

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Key Concepts and Quickstarts
The following links provide documentation about key Performance Counters concepts and Quickstart tutorials:

Windows Forms: Performance Monitor Sample

General Samples (C#) (See the perfmon sample)

Performance Counters for ASP.NET

Also, a good source of tutorials is our WebCasts. Refer to the list of planned WebCasts, as well as a list of our past presentations, at the following link:

Support WebCasts

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How To Articles
How To articles provide step-by-step instructions for to help you accomplish specific tasks. The following link provides a list of How To resources for VS .NET:

Visual Studio .NET How-To Resources

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Troubleshooting
If you run into problems along the way and you need some answers to your questions, the best places to get those questions answered are in the Microsoft Newsgroups, where you can share your experiences with your peers, or in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) where you can search for KB articles about specific issues:

MSDN Newsgroups

Microsoft Knowledge Base

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