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WinCollect: What fields are included in the payload when WinCollect creates and forwards a Syslog event?

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WinCollect is a Syslog event forwarder that administrators can use to forward events from Windows logs to QRadar. When WinCollect polls for events, it reads events from fields in the Windows Event Viewer or log files to create a Syslog payload. This article discusses a common question from administrators, "What are the Syslog fields with Windows data in WinCollect Syslog event?

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Modified date:
28 June 2023

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