# Hello, I'm new, how do I monitor Windows? (I don't want to use netdata cloud) **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** platform\ **Created:** [October 17, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hello-im-new-how-do-i-monitor-windows-i-dont-want-to-use-netdata-cloud/3398 "2022-10-17T13:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lluis\_Morales](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/lluis_morales/32/2245_2.png) [@Lluis\_Morales](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Lluis_Morales)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hello-im-new-how-do-i-monitor-windows-i-dont-want-to-use-netdata-cloud/3398/1 "2022-10-17T13:26:03Z")
I want to monitor Windows (I know about the windows exporter), but I don’t know how to do it ---
**Author:** ![Wojtek\_X](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/wojtek_x/32/2241_2.png) [@Wojtek\_X](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Wojtek_X)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hello-im-new-how-do-i-monitor-windows-i-dont-want-to-use-netdata-cloud/3398/2 "2022-10-17T18:13:39Z")
You cannot visualize out of [app.netdata.cloud](https://app.netdata.cloud). They do not share their visualization engine with `netdata` package. By installing `netdata` you install `netdata-agent` only. It sends data to [app.netdata.cloud](https://app.netdata.cloud) to get visualizations ( graphs, etc ). Currently there is no Windows installer package. ---
**Author:** ![lupimiguel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/lupimiguel/32/1304_2.png) [@lupimiguel](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/lupimiguel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hello-im-new-how-do-i-monitor-windows-i-dont-want-to-use-netdata-cloud/3398/3 "2022-10-17T18:56:13Z")
Hi @Lluis_Morales welcome to Netdata. We’re upgrading the Windows collector and should be released in a couple of weeks (estimate). You can track this [Issue](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/13843) in Github. Curious to know why you don’t want to use Netdata Cloud. Could you please elaborate? Thank you and have a nice day! ---
**Author:** ![Christopher\_Akritid1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/christopher_akritid1/32/419_2.png) [@Christopher\_Akritid1](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Christopher_Akritid1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hello-im-new-how-do-i-monitor-windows-i-dont-want-to-use-netdata-cloud/3398/4 "2022-10-17T19:09:38Z")
The agent comes with its own UI. Some advanced visualizations (composite charts) haven’t made it to the agent UI yet. The cloud is for infrastructure monitoring, the agent UI is for single node monitoring. ---
**Author:** ![Christopher\_Akritid1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/christopher_akritid1/32/419_2.png) [@Christopher\_Akritid1](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Christopher_Akritid1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/hello-im-new-how-do-i-monitor-windows-i-dont-want-to-use-netdata-cloud/3398/5 "2022-10-17T19:14:00Z")
We’re actively working on getting Windows monitoring via a netdata running on WSL2 properly supported [here](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/13727). The OP of that ticket also has a link to draft instructions on what’s possible today, but we should have something workable next week, so I’d hold on until most of the open tasks on that ticket are closed (especially the msi installer).