У Microsoft есть такая штука — Enterprise Instrumentation Framework. Логирование — одна из ее задач.

Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF)
EIF is a new instrumentation technology that includes a unified application programming interface (API) to support creation of manageable and informative event logs. EIF uses existing technologies such as the Windows Event Log, and the Windows 2000 Event Trace (the Kernel-mode logging infrastructure for the Windows operating system).