Here’s a monitoring resource for the .NET folks out there. It’s worth a look to see what monitoring features are already provided with Windows 2000/XP and how to use them in your .NET applications.

If you’re into .NET, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) looks like an interesting way to string trip wires in your applications. Want to keep an eye on the inner workings of that hosted .NET application to spot notable user actions or the first signs of a problem? Imagine an WMI event consumer that, for example, pops important events onto an RSS feed or even out to your cell phone.