Windows Server Monitoring Agent
Prevent server downtime and resolve infrastructure issues instantly—without VPN, RDP, or MMC consoles. Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent empowers IT teams to monitor, alert, and remediate Windows Server problems from a single web-based dashboard, anywhere in the world.
Why Teams Choose This Agent
In enterprise environments, Windows Server issues cascade quickly—a full disk stops backups, a crashed IIS app pool breaks customer-facing services, a failed scheduled task disrupts overnight batch processing. Traditional monitoring tools tell you something is wrong, but force you to:
- 🔒 VPN into the network (slow, unreliable, often unavailable for remote teams)
- 🖥️ RDP into each server (time-consuming, requires elevated privileges, breaks during network issues)
- 🛠️ Manually investigate and fix (wasting critical minutes while business impact grows)
The Nodinite Windows Server Monitoring Agent solves this by combining proactive monitoring, real-time alerting, and instant remote actions in one unified platform:
✅ Monitor any Windows Server or pingable device, anywhere – On-premises, cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), hybrid—physical or virtual
✅ Receive actionable alerts before users notice – Proactive detection of disk space, CPU spikes, crashed services, failed tasks, and more
✅ Fix problems instantly from your web browser – One-click remote actions: restart services, recycle IIS app pools, run PowerShell scripts—no RDP required
✅ Visualize server health in real time – Dashboard metrics for CPU, memory, disk I/O, network bandwidth—spot trends before they become incidents
✅ Scale effortlessly across hundreds of servers – Deploy multiple agents, fine-tune monitoring per server, delegate remediation to non-admin users via role-based access
The agent connects to Windows Servers (local or remote) and monitors any pingable network device—routers, switches, firewalls, appliances.
Tip
Any Windows Server, anywhere! Monitor physical, virtual, on-premise, cloud, and hybrid Windows Servers—plus any pingable device on your network (routers, switches, appliances)—from a single agent installation.
What You Can Do
Proactive Monitoring & Alerting
Monitor critical Windows Server resources and receive instant alerts when thresholds are breached—before users experience downtime:
- Server Health – CPU usage, memory consumption, disk space, network bandwidth
- Windows Services – Detect stopped or crashed services, auto-restart on failure
- IIS Web Sites & App Pools – Monitor availability, response time, and worker process health
- Scheduled Tasks – Verify tasks run on schedule, alert on failures or missed executions
- Event Log – Watch for critical errors, warnings, or custom event patterns
- SSL Certificates – Expiration tracking and renewal alerts
- Network Devices – Ping monitoring for routers, switches, firewalls, and appliances
Note
Fine-tune monitoring per server: Different servers can monitor different resources with different alert thresholds—production servers get stricter monitoring than dev/test environments.
Instant Remote Actions (No RDP Required)
Resolve issues immediately from the Nodinite Web Client—no VPN, RDP, or elevated admin access required:
- Windows Services – Start, stop, restart, change startup type
- IIS Web Sites – Start, stop, restart, list applications
- IIS App Pools – Start, stop, recycle (clear hung worker processes)
- Scheduled Tasks – Enable, disable, run on-demand, view execution history
- PowerShell Scripts – Execute custom remediation scripts remotely
- Windows Server – Restart server (with optional delay/warning)
- Event Log – List recent events, clear logs
Important
Delegate safely with role-based access: Use Nodinite Roles and Monitor Views to let non-admin users (help desk, on-call engineers) perform approved actions on selected servers—without granting Windows admin rights.
Real-Time Metrics & Dashboards
Visualize server performance trends on customizable Dashboards with live metric widgets:
- CPU – Processor usage, queue length, context switches
- Memory – Available RAM, committed bytes, page faults
- Disk – Free space, read/write IOPS, disk queue length
- Network – Bytes sent/received, packet errors, bandwidth utilization
- Ping – Response time, packet loss, availability
- IIS – Requests/sec, active connections, app pool worker processes
Example dashboard showing real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics for multiple servers.
PowerShell Automation
Execute on-demand PowerShell scripts remotely to automate diagnostics, maintenance, and custom remediation tasks—without logging into each server.
Complete Feature Reference
The Windows Server Monitoring Agent supports 12 monitoring categories, each with specialized capabilities for alerts, metrics, and remote actions. Click any feature below to see detailed configuration and usage instructions:
Monitoring Categories
| Feature | Monitors | Actions | Metrics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Processor usage, queue length, per-core utilization | Edit thresholds, view metrics | ||
| Disk | Free space, IOPS, disk queue, read/write latency | Edit thresholds, view metrics | ||
| Memory | Available RAM, committed bytes, page faults, cache | Edit thresholds, view metrics | ||
| Network | Bandwidth, bytes sent/received, packet errors | View details, edit thresholds, view metrics | ||
| Ping | Any pingable device—response time, packet loss, availability | View details, edit thresholds, view metrics | ||
| Windows Services | Service state (running, stopped, crashed), startup type | Start, stop, restart, change startup type, view details | — | |
| IIS | Web sites, app pools, worker processes, requests/sec, active connections | Performance counters, manage sites & app pools | ||
| Scheduled Tasks | Task execution state, last run time, next run time, failures | Enable, disable, run on-demand, view details, edit thresholds | — | |
| Event Log | Application, System, Security logs—errors, warnings, custom patterns | List events, clear logs | — | |
| Windows Certificates | Certificate expiration, validity, issuer, subject | View details, edit monitoring | — | |
| PowerShell | Execute custom PowerShell scripts remotely on monitored servers | View details, show/run user scripts | — | |
| Windows Server | Server availability, uptime, remote connectivity | View details, edit configuration, restart server | — |
Tip
Organized by category: All monitoring features are grouped within Nodinite Categories for easy navigation. The agent Configuration interface uses intuitive tabs for each category:
Configuration tabs for each monitoring category—quickly jump between CPU, Disk, IIS, Services, and more.### Detailed Actions by Category
All Remote Actions can be performed from the Nodinite Web Client—no VPN, RDP, or MMC consoles required. Use Role-based Monitor Views to delegate approved actions to non-admin users (help desk, on-call engineers) while maintaining security and audit trails.
Click any action below to see step-by-step instructions:
| Category | Available Actions | |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server | Details · Edit configuration · Restart server | |
| Windows Services | Start · Stop · Restart · Change startup type · Details | |
| IIS | IIS Performance Counters | |
| IIS - Web Sites | List Applications · Start · Stop · Restart | |
| IIS - App Pools | Start · Stop · Recycle | |
| Scheduled Tasks | Enable · Disable · Run · Details · Edit | |
| Event Log | List events · Clear | |
| PowerShell | Details · Show User Scripts | |
| Certificates | Details · Edit | |
| CPU | Edit thresholds · Metrics | |
| Disk | Edit thresholds · Metrics | |
| Memory | Edit thresholds · Metrics | |
| Network | Details · Edit thresholds · Metrics | |
| Ping | Details · Edit thresholds · Metrics |
Important
Security & audit trails: All remote actions are logged with user identity, timestamp, and resource details. Use Nodinite Roles to control who can perform which actions on which servers—even allowing non-admin users to restart services without Windows admin rights.
Get Started
Ready to deploy the Windows Server Monitoring Agent? Follow this quick-start workflow:
| Step | Guide | What You'll Do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prerequisites | Verify Windows Server versions, .NET Framework, service accounts, firewall rules, and WMI access |
| 2 | Install | Download the agent, run the installer, configure the monitoring service connection |
| 3 | Configuration | Add servers to monitor, configure categories (CPU, Disk, IIS, Services, Tasks, etc.), set alert thresholds |
| 4 | Configure Alerts | Set up alarm notifications (email, webhook, Teams, Slack) for critical resource thresholds |
| 5 | Add Dashboard Widgets | Visualize server metrics on customizable Dashboards for real-time monitoring |
Tip
Multiple agents for scale: Deploy the Windows Server Monitoring Agent on multiple servers to distribute load, improve security (monitor servers in different zones/VLANs), and ensure high availability.
Common Questions
Q: Can I monitor servers in the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP)?
A: Yes! The Windows Server Monitoring Agent works with any Windows Server—on-premises, cloud, or hybrid—as long as network connectivity and WMI access are configured. See Prerequisites for firewall and connectivity requirements.
Q: Do I need to install the agent on every server I want to monitor?
A: No. A single agent installation can monitor multiple remote Windows Servers. However, deploying multiple agents across different network zones improves security, performance, and fault tolerance.
Q: Can non-admin users restart services or recycle IIS app pools?
A: Yes! Nodinite Roles and Monitor Views allow you to delegate specific Remote Actions to non-admin users (help desk, on-call engineers) without granting Windows admin rights. All actions are audited.
Q: What's the difference between this agent and other monitoring tools?
A: Unlike traditional monitoring tools, Nodinite combines proactive alerting, real-time metrics, instant remote actions, and role-based delegation—all in one web-based platform. No separate RDP/VPN sessions, no separate remediation tools, and no admin rights required for delegated users.
Q: How do I monitor network devices (routers, switches, firewalls)?
A: Use the Ping feature to monitor any pingable device. Configure response time and packet loss thresholds to receive alerts when network devices become unreachable or degraded.
Q: Does the agent support Windows Server 2025?
A: Yes! See the Prerequisites page for the full list of supported Windows Server versions.
Additional Resources
- Release Notes – Latest features, improvements, and bug fixes
- Troubleshooting – Solutions to common installation and configuration issues
- Updating – How to update the agent to the latest version
- Monitor Views – Configure dashboards and role-based access for operators
- Categories – Organize monitored resources by category for easier management
- Remote Actions – Learn how to automate remediation and delegate actions safely
Next Step
Get started now: Prerequisites for Windows Server Monitoring Agent