The new Event tools also lets you see multiple events simultaneously. Image #1 Expand Windows Admin Center 2103 Gets Redesigned Event Viewer (Image Credit: Microsoft) Then all that’s left to do is choose how to display the events. You can choose the events you want to add to a workspace using a simple set of filters that allow you to choose the log, level, and event ID. And see the data over a period of time as a list or in the new ‘stacked bar’ format (see the image below).

Like the Performance Monitor tool, the new Events tool lets you create workspaces where you can customize the experience, so you see the events and severity levels you are interested in for a specific task. New WAC Events tool provides customized workspaces And that’s a real shame because the old tools, while by and large reliable, aren’t being actively developed. But before I get on to what the new Events tool can do, let me say how unreliable I’ve found WAC to be in general. When trying to open the Events tool, I get “Unable to get property ‘response’ of undefined or null reference”. And I know I’m not the only one facing this problem. At least on a couple of devices, I tried it on. Unfortunately in this release, Microsoft seems to have broken the old Events tool in WAC and the preview tool doesn’t work either. Especially for organizations that don’t have access to a SIEM product. But nevertheless, it will be interesting to look at how the tool is developing. Microsoft says that the new Events tool is still in active development and it is missing crucial features at this stage. While larger organizations aggregate events from multiple servers using security and event information management (SIEM) tools like Splunk and Azure Sentinel, the humble Windows Event Viewer is still the go-to tool for small businesses and individuals needing to troubleshoot problems and investigate security incidents on Windows. And it is now available in preview in WAC version 2103. And as might be expected, rather than update the built-in Windows management console snap-in, Microsoft has opted to bring the new Events tool to Windows Admin Center (WAC). So, Microsoft has decided that it’s time for an update. The Event Viewer tool in Windows and Windows Server first appeared in 1993.

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