Enable-TransportAgent Exchange cmdlet issued (25158) how to monitor with email alert

[bob]

You ever notice how Windows Server logs all these little happenings in Event Viewer? That event ID 25158 pops up when someone runs the Enable-TransportAgent cmdlet in Exchange. It means a transport agent got switched on, like some add-on filter for emails just activated. Could be you doing maintenance, or maybe an admin poking around. But if it's unexpected, it might flag something fishy, like unauthorized changes sneaking in. The log captures who issued it, the time, and which agent fired up. I check mine weekly to spot patterns. Keeps things from going haywire without you knowing.

Monitoring that sucker for alerts? Fire up Event Viewer on your server. Right-click the log where it lives, usually under Applications and Services Logs for Exchange stuff. Filter for ID 25158. Then, attach a task to it. You select Create Task from the right pane. Name it something like AgentAlert. Set it to trigger on that event. For the action, pick Start a program, but keep it simple with a built-in notifier if you can. I like tying it to a batch that pings your email setup. Test it once to make sure it fires. You'll get notified quick if it happens again.

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At the end here, you'll find the automatic email solution ready to plug in.

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