This document discusses ASP.NET Health Monitoring. It provides examples of bad exception handling practices and explains why trying again is a bad idea. It then discusses how Health Monitoring can be used to be notified of errors and application events. Notifications can be sent to the Windows Event Log, SQL Server, email, or other providers. Profiles like Default and Critical can be used to define notification rules. Health Monitoring provides a convenient way to monitor application errors and keep track of issues.