Chapter 20. Configuring Event Logs

This chapter covers the following subjects:

• Event Viewer: This section provides a background to the rest of the chapter by describing the various event logs generated by Windows Server 2008 and how to set up the properties of these logs for optimum viewing and analysis.

• Customizing Event Logs: This section shows you how to create custom views that contain only the information you need to have at your fingertips and make these customized logs available throughout your network.

• Configuring Event Log Subscriptions: By creating subscriptions, you can set up a single computer to collect event logs from many other computers on your network, thus simplifying the task of finding events of importance, regardless of the computer on which they occur.