Windows Event Log collection and monitoring

Easily collect, manage, and archive Windows Event Logs from your Windows servers.

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Log Management

Windows Event Log monitoring

Together with SNMP traps and syslog messages, Windows Event Logs provide extremely valuable insights into your infrastructure running on Windows systems. As Windows operating systems don’t support syslog protocol, Windows Event Logs are crucial for network and system administrators to get similar information about Windows devices to help diagnose and detect possible issues. SolarWinds^® Kiwi Syslog^® is a simple standalone syslog server designed to centralize not only syslog messages and SNMP traps from your network devices, but Windows Event Logs from your servers and workstations and simplify your log management and network troubleshooting.

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Use Windows Event Log for faster troubleshooting

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Similar to syslog messages, Windows Event Log data provides essential data to keep your network up and running. It helps detect important issues such as error messages, network connection problems or unsuccessful attempts to log on, and so on. Without this information, you might miss early signals of an emerging issue, which could result in a network failure or expose your network to a security risk. The Kiwi Syslog Server NG software allows you to centralize Windows Event Logs from your Windows servers or workstations and notify you about an emerging issue in almost real time.

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React to Windows Event Logs with rules and actions

As your devices can produce thousands of logs per hour, it’s important to have a good filtration system in place for monitoring Windows Event Logs. Kiwi Syslog Server offers extensive filtering capabilities designed to help you to filter out “noise”—event logs that aren’t relevant for your efficient network operation. You can set up filters based on Windows Event Log type, source, or keyword and specify rules and actions to react according to the situation—notify selected people through an email alert, forward the message to another host (such as your SIEM system), or run an external script. With such a system in place, network and system administrators can make sure they detect a possible issue and its root cause fast and can troubleshoot the problem before it impacts the normal operation of their network.

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Demonstrate compliance through Windows Event Log retention

Apart from troubleshooting, Windows Event Log collection and retention is an important measure for security and compliance. Various compliance frameworks such as SOX, HIPPA, PCI, and others require log retention from your network devices, including Windows Event Logs. The Kiwi Syslog Server NG software offers automated log archival and cleanup options you can leverage for Windows Event Log retention to help you easily meet the expectations of your security team and demonstrate compliance with regulatory guidelines.

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Centralize your log management in one place

Centralized log collection is the key to effective log management. Your network devices, such as routers, switches, firewalls, or servers, generate logs all the time, and it’s impossible to stay on top of them on a system-by-system basis. Kiwi Syslog Server NG centralizes logs from your network devices, including syslog messages and SNMP traps from Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems, in a single console. From there, you can manage the logs according to your needs—use different views to search and view logs, set up filters and alerts, or forward selected messages to a different monitoring solution while storing your logs for audit purposes. Kiwi Syslog Server NG is a web-based application, so you can easily view and search your logs from anywhere.

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Do you find yourself asking…

How does Kiwi Syslog Server NG collect Windows event logs?
What are the different types of Windows event logs?
How do "event log analysis" and "correlation" differ?
How does Kiwi Syslog Server NG assist in correlating Windows event logs to detect security threats?
How can you automate the archiving of Windows event logs?

To start collecting and processing Windows events in Kiwi Syslog Server NG, use the free SolarWinds^® utility Event Log Forwarder for Windows. You can easily configure your Windows servers or workstations to send the Windows Event Logs from this tool to Kiwi Syslog Server in the compatible syslog format, so you can leverage the extensive filtering capabilities, rules, and actions in Kiwi Syslog Server NG.

To start collecting and processing Windows events in Kiwi Syslog Server NG, use the free SolarWinds^® utility Event Log Forwarder for Windows. You can easily configure your Windows servers or workstations to send the Windows Event Logs from this tool to Kiwi Syslog Server in the compatible syslog format, so you can leverage the extensive filtering capabilities, rules, and actions in Kiwi Syslog Server NG.