Hi - I'm coinsidering addng sharepoint log reading capabilities into an application I've built for reading windows and IIS logs (for more info http://logenvy.com). I know there are quite a few applications capable of reading sharepoint logs (a number are listed here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/781179/sharepoint-2007-log-viewer). Does anyone think the capability to analyse windows and IIS logs alongside sharepoint logs would be useful, or have any logging requirements not well met by the current set of tools? I'm especially keen to explore useful/interesting data visualizations on top of data logs.

that could be a nice idea. Two things i usually scan the IIS log for are auth and 404. Basically a shorter synthetic version of the roundtrips occuring would be nice, like fiddler/VRTA but not live. perhaps linking moss trace messages that concern a IIS item with relevants matchs in the IIS logs might help, too (like a content query webpart) On the other hand, most of the time IIS logs are used for stats, and moss trace for incident solving. We might be mixing carrots and onions, or whatever you say in english for "torchons et serviettes" :)Emmanuel ISSALY - Sharepoint MCTS, MCNEXT (FR).