
When you refresh, Message Analyzer loads the specified messages from the cache file into the Display window. To perform a refresh, click the Refresh button in the Capture Summary window or click the Edit button in the individual capture summary display.

You can edit the cache extension file before you refresh the capture. Loading a stored collection of message traffic associated with one or more capture sessions is similar to a live capture. During a live capture, your capture session begins with your selection of a load type, such as load request, load confirmation, or load complete. It executes a session of optional capture operations. It is a tool for capture, display, and analysis of network message traffic and other system messages. Message Analyzer 1.2 is the successor to Network Monitor 3.4. It performs capture and analysis of live traffic and it enables you to load stored message collections. It's a tool for capture, display, and analysis of network message traffic and other system messages. There is a TechNet blog dedicated to Microsoft Message Analyzer.Microsoft Message Analyzer: Successor To Microsoft Network Monitor !!BETTER!! I would say it’s a must-have tool for Network administrators since there is so much you can do. Support for “Trace Scenarios” (one or more message providers, filters, and views).Ability to import text logs, parsing them into key element/value pairs.Automatic re-assembly and ability to render payloads.Ability to browse for logs of different types (.cap.User-controlled “on the fly” grouping by message attributes.Summarized grid display – top level is “operations”, (requests matched with responses).Automatic parsing of event messages described by ETW manifests.Parsing and validation of protocol messages and sequences.

