Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to facilitating management of collection agents. In one embodiment, a control request is provided to an agent service manager from an agent controller that manages collection agents that collect data. The agent controller and the collection agents operate on a computing machine remote from the agent service manager. In response to the control request, a control directive is received, the control directive including an agent event indicator indicating an agent event to be executed in association with a set of collection agents of the collection agents. Thereafter, execution of the agent event is initiated in association with each collection agent of the set of collection agents.