Message Analyzer Team Blog

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Periodically, members of the Microsoft PEF engineering team post interesting articles on the Message Analyzer Team Blog on TechNet. From the blog site, you can learn about Message Analyzer features from the perspective of those who designed it, which can be invaluable to your Message Analyzer expertise. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and leave comments about blog posts and you can interact with other Message Analyzer users who may have already solved an issue that you are dealing with. Also, the site is monitored by the PEF engineering team, so you can be assured that your questions and concerns will be addressed.

Go To the Message Analyzer Team Blog

Blog Feature Summary

The following Message Analyzer blog feature summary describes some of the specific things you can do at the site:

  • Review blog posts — read articles that provide tips, tricks, and how-to information for using Message Analyzer features.

  • Rate blog posts — click one of the five stars above the article to specify a rating of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest rating.

  • Leave a comment — post a comment or question against a blog post.

  • Sort blog postings — organize your blog display by the most recent, the most viewed, or the most comments, or inspect a monthly archive category.

  • Search for a blog by name — enter search text and search for a blog title match.

  • Share a blog post — share a post with another Message Analyzer user by sending them a blog title and link via email, or share a post with others on Facebook, Twitter, Digg, LinkedIn, and other social media sites, by sending them a blog title and link.

  • Subscribe to feeds — options include RSS for posts, Atom, and RSS for comments:

    • Subscribe to the blog posts feed, so that you can receive information updates about new blog postings that are automatically downloaded to your computer.

    • Subscribe to the blog comments feed, so that you can receive questions/comments from other users and engage in the discussions on posted blog articles.

Blog Posts

A few sample blog postings describing Message Analyzer features are included here so you can get started:

Diagnosing Network Issues with the New Pattern Match Viewer
Message Analyzer v1.3 vs Network Monitor v3.4
Relating and Correlating Data Sources
Process Tracking with Message Analyzer
Parsing Text Logs with Message Analyzer Grouping Viewer - AKA Conversation Tree

Note

Many more blog posts will be forthcoming as the community of Message Analyzer users continues to ramp up.