Configuring centralized receipt of events from Windows devices using the Windows Event Collector service

The Windows Event Collector service allows you to centrally receive data about events on servers and workstations running Windows. You can use the Windows Event Collector service to subscribe to events that are registered on remote devices.

You can configure the following types of event subscriptions:

• Source-initiated subscriptions. Remote devices send event data to the Windows Event Collector server whose address is specified in the group policy. For details on the subscription configuration procedure, please refer to the Configuring data transfer from the event source server section.
• Collector-initiated subscriptions. The Windows Event Collector server connects to remote devices and independently gathers events from local logs. For details on the subscription configuration procedure, please refer to the Configuring the Windows Event Collector service section.