Step 1.\u00a0 Create the performance Counter<\/strong><\/p>\n In Visual Studio open Server Explorer, expand the Performance Counters node and right click \u201cCreate New Performance Category\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Step 2.\u00a0 Create an Application that increments the counter<\/strong><\/p>\n In Windows Forms you can just drag the performance counter to the design surface but it is not much harder in a Web Application.<\/p>\n Here is the code for Visual Basic:<\/p>\n Dim PerformanceCounter2 As System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter = New System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter() At this point you should be able to see your application increment the counter in Perfmon. <\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Step 3.\u00a0 Add the performance counter to your Application Insights Configuration File.<\/strong>\u00a0 More information can be found in MSDN documentation on this topic<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/2605.image_thumb_0507C2ED.png\" "\\"image\\"")
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PerformanceCounter2.CategoryName = “chass”
PerformanceCounter2.CounterName = “ChassCounterName”
PerformanceCounter2.MachineName = “aidemo008”
PerformanceCounter2.ReadOnly = False
PerformanceCounter2.Increment()<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/04\/1638.image_thumb_5BFFB4A1.png\" "\\"image\\"")
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\nTo add these entries open your Applicationinsights config file in your solution. This assumes you are using the Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio<\/a>; these entries have the format \u201ccategorynamecountername\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0 <\/PerformanceCounters><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n