Win Event

WinEventLog

Prerequisites

Before you can log events you need to make sure that the LogName and Source exists. This needs to be done only once (run as an Administrator)

> New-EventLog -LogName <NOTSET> -Source <NOTSET>

You can now log to the EventLog from your script

Configuration options

Option	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
LogName	String	Yes	N/A	Name of the log to which the events are written
Source	String	Yes	N/A	Event source, which is typically the name of the application that is writing the event to the log
Level	String	No	Default Level	Defines the lowest logging level to logged

EventID

EventID can be specified as body.

Translated Level

Levels will be translated to valid WinEvent log levels

• Greated than 40 = Error
• Between 30 and 39 = Warning
• Less than 30 = Information

Example

> Add-LoggingTarget -Name WinEventLog -Configuration @{
    LogName = 'Application'
    Source  = 'MyNiceScript'
    Level = 'WARNING'
}

Write-Log -Level 'WARNING' -Message 'Hello, {0}!' -Arguments 'Powershell' -Body @{ EventID = 123 }