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        Managing Event Logs on Multiple Servers

Section(s): Admin , Security
Published on Jul 13, 2005.
Last Modified on Jul 13, 2005.
Last Modified by Mitch Tulloch.
Rated 3 out of 5 based on 6 votes.

Tools for managing Event logs on multiple Windows servers.

If you have multiple Windows servers, you'll soon get tired of viewing Event logs on each server separately and will want a more centralized and integrated solution. There are a number of tools available for consolidating and monitoring Event logs, and Randy Smith, a Security MVP who runs www.UltimateWindowsSecurity.com, has done a useful comparison of some of them at http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/logtools.html which you should check out.

About Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com .