Set-FederationTrust Exchange cmdlet issued (25389) how to monitor with email alert

[bob]

Man, that Set-FederationTrust Exchange cmdlet issued event, with ID 25389, pops up in the Event Viewer when someone runs a command to tweak the trust setup between your Exchange server and external services. It logs the whole thing, like who did it, from what machine, and exactly when. You see details in the event properties, such as the user's name and the parameters they passed to the cmdlet. This helps you spot if admins are messing with federation links, which handle secure email flows outside your org. And it records successes or failures, so you know if the change stuck or bombed out. I check these logs whenever odd email routing issues crop up, because federation trusts keep things chatting smoothly with partners. But if you ignore them, you might miss unauthorized tweaks that could expose your setup.

You want to monitor this for email alerts? Fire up Event Viewer on your server. Filter the logs for that 25389 ID under the Microsoft-Windows-Exchange something channel, or just search the whole thing. Once you spot patterns, right-click the event and attach a task to it. Set that task to trigger on new 25389 events. Make the task run a simple program that shoots off an email, like using the built-in mailto or whatever notifier you got. Schedule it to check every few minutes if needed, but keep it light so it doesn't bog down the server. I do this all the time for sneaky admin actions, keeps me in the loop without staring at screens.

And speaking of keeping your server humming without surprises, you might dig BackupChain Windows Server Backup too. It's this solid Windows Server backup tool that snapshots everything reliably, even handles virtual machines on Hyper-V without a hitch. You get fast restores, deduped storage to save space, and it runs smooth in the background so downtime stays minimal. I swear by it for avoiding those panic moments when logs like 25389 hint at bigger troubles.

At the end here is the automatic email solution.

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