NAME
New-WinEvent
SYNOPSIS
Creates a new Windows event for the specified event provider.SYNTAX
New-WinEvent [-ProviderName]
[-Id] [[-Payload] DESCRIPTION
The New-WinEvent cmdlet creates an Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) event for an event provider. You can use this
cmdlet to add events to ETW channels from Windows PowerShell.PARAMETERS
-Id
Specifies an event id that was registered through an instrumentation manifest. Required? true Position? 2 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false-Payload
Specifies the message for the event. When the event is written to an event log, the payload is stored in the Message property of the event object. When the specified payload does not match the payload in the event definition, Windows PowerShell generates a warning, but the command still succeeds. Required? false Position? 3 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false-ProviderName
Specifies the event provider that writes the event to an event log, such as "Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell". An
ETW event provider is a logical entity that writes events to ETW sessions. Required? true Position? 1 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false-Version
Specifies the version number of the event. Type the event number. Windows PowerShell converts the number to the required Byte type. This parameter lets you specify an event when different versions of the same event are defined. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? falseThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). INPUTS
None This cmdlet does not take input from the pipeline.OUTPUTS
None This cmdlet does to generate any output.NOTES
After the provider writes the even to an eventlog, you can use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet to get the event from
the event log. For information about Event Tracing for Windows, see "Improve Debugging And Performance Tuning With ETW" inMSDN Magazine at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163437.aspx.
Example 1
PS C:\>New-WinEvent -ProviderName Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell -Id 45090 -Payload @("Workflow", "Running")
This command uses the New-WinEvent cmdlet to create event 45090 for the Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell provider.
RELATED LINKS
Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=289628Get-WinEvent