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On the collector computer, type the following at an elevated command prompt:

1.1  PS C:\Users\Administrator>wecutil qc

Create a New Subscription

1.2  On the collector computer, run Event Viewer as an administrator.

1.3  Click Subscriptions in the console tree.

1.4  Start Windows Collector Service

If the Windows Event Collector service is not started, you will be prompted to confirm that you want to start it. This service must be started to create subscriptions and collect events. You must be a member of the Administrators group to start this service.

1.5  On the Actions menu, click Create Subscription.

1.6  In the Subscription Name box, type a name for the subscription

1.7  In the Description box, enter an optional description.

1.8  In the Destination Log box, select the log file where collected events are to be stored. By default, collected events are stored in the "System" log.

1.9  Click Add and select the computers from which events are to be collected.



1.10  After adding a computer, you can test connectivity between it and the local computer by selecting the computer and clicking Test.

1.11  Click on "Advanced ">> Select "Specific User">>Enter the credentials of the admin user of the Collector system.


1.12 Click Select Events to display the Query Filter dialog box. Use the controls in the Query Filter dialog box to specify the criteria that events must meet to be collected.

In the "Event Level part", click on all critical, warning, verbose, error and information for all events.


Also, select the "By log" option, and then choose "Applications and Services" in the dropdown.

Click OK.

1.12  Click OK on the Subscription Properties dialog box. The subscription will be added to the Subscriptions pane.


To check the status,

Right click on the Subscription name, select "runtime status". if the operation was successful, the Status of the subscription will be Active.

The following link provides additional information: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722010.aspx



Note: If the AD machine is configured as the collector then you need to enable audit logs only on the AD machine. If the case is otherwise(any endpoint is configured as the collector), then you need to enable audit logs on each of the computers added in the subscriptions separately.



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