Powershell - Writing an event to an event log

Would you like to learn how to write an event to an event log? In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a log entry in the Event Viewer using Powershell.

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Tutorial Powershell – Writing an event to an event log

Start an elevated Powershell command line.

Create a custom source of events.

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Start a Powershell command-line.

Write an event on the Applications log file.

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The event can be seen on the Windows event viewer.

You have learned how to create an event log in Event Viewer.

Powershell – Writing an event to an event log