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troubleshooting. SharePoint Server 2010 includes several Windows PowerShell cmdlets
for retrieving information and configuring the ULS.
SharePoint Server 2010 logs feature usage and performance information into the usage
database. This logging is done by the usage service application, and is enabled by
default. Administrators can read, query, and build reports directly from the usage
database because the schema is public. As such, third-party applications can also write
their data to the usage database. The types of events that are logged are shown in the
figure below and include: page requests, feature use, search query usage, site inventory
usage, timer jobs, and rating usage. Because the usage database tracks feature usage
and licensing information, the administrator can track the use of enterprise features
against the number of enterprise client access licenses purchased, to help ensure
compliance.
Figure 14: Usage Logging
A new addition to server diagnostics is the developer dashboard. This dashboard
displays detailed information for each page load and therefore helps troubleshoot