Uninstall-TransportAgent Exchange cmdlet issued (25515) how to monitor with email alert

[bob]

You ever notice that weird event popping up in your Event Viewer on Windows Server? It's ID 25515, tied to Exchange stuff. Someone just ran the Uninstall-TransportAgent cmdlet. That command yanks out a transport agent from your mail setup. Transport agents handle email flow, like filtering spam or routing messages. If one gets uninstalled, emails might glitch or security holes open. I check this log under the Applications and Services Logs, specifically in the Microsoft-Exchange-Transport folder. The event says "Uninstall-TransportAgent Exchange cmdlet issued" right in the details. It logs who did it, when, and from where, like the user account or server IP. Why watch it? Hackers or rogue admins might trigger this to mess with your mail. Or maybe a legit update goes wrong. I set alerts because once it fired off during a late-night maintenance, and I caught it quick. You pull up Event Viewer, right-click the custom view for Exchange events. Filter for ID 25515 there. Then, attach a task to it. Go to the Actions tab in the filter properties. Create a scheduled task that runs on event occurrence. Make that task launch a simple program to ping your email. I use the built-in SendMail utility for that, feeding it SMTP details. Keeps you looped in without fuss. And the automatic email solution sits at the end of this, but it'll get added later.

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Note, the PowerShell email alert code was moved to this post.