In today's digital world, applications are the backbone of many businesses. From web-based software to on-premises applications, they allow organizations to streamline their operations, increase productivity, and improve customer experiences. However, with the growing complexity of applications and the increasing demand for seamless performance, it has become crucial to monitor their performance continuously.

Event logging for Microsoft Windows provides a standard, centralized way for applications and the operating system to record important software and hardware events. The event-logging service (eventlog) stores events from various sources in a single collection called an event log. The system administrator can use the event log to help determine what conditions caused the error and the context in which it occurred. TechTarget have an excellent overview of Windows event logs available.

As the growth lead of an open-source APM tool, I keep interacting with developers from companies of all shapes and sizes. I recently talked with a developer from a fintech startup in India. The startup provides a payment processing platform that enables businesses to accept payments from customers worldwide. For them, monitoring is critical, but the dev shared how limited they were when exploring an APM tool for their application. The reason? Reserve Bank of India.