1. A method for determining a number of users being served by a server, said method comprising the steps of: running, at a pre-determined point-in-time, a collection script for collecting a set of user data from each of a plurality of target systems, said set of user data collected including a number of concurrent users logged into each of said plurality of target systems at said pre-determined point-in-time; generating one or more electronic transmissions for transmitting said set of user data collected from said each of said plurality of target systems; loading said one or more electronic transmissions generated into a monitoring system; and creating an output file containing said set of user data.