# Alert on new windows update available

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-on-new-windows-update-available/201632>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [September 30, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-on-new-windows-update-available/201632 "2019-09-30T12:16:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![INML](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@INML](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/INML)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-on-new-windows-update-available/201632/1 "2019-09-30T12:16:42Z")

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Hello there,

I have an idea of creating a watcher that sends me a mail when a new windows update is detected by the windows update service on a specific server. I already tried to find something with winlogbeat but i didnt find what i was searching for.  
Do you guys have any idea on how i could find update messages in my log to filter on it in my watcher alert ?

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![awataszko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/awataszko/32/54457_2.png) [@awataszko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/awataszko)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-on-new-windows-update-available/201632/2 "2019-10-10T15:16:49Z")

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I'm not sure you will get this through an eventlog. You may have better luck using filebeat and the windows update log files

> **[Windows Update log files](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/windows-update-logs)**
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> Learn about the Windows Update log files

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**Author:** ![INML](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@INML](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/INML)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-on-new-windows-update-available/201632/3 "2019-10-11T12:57:09Z")

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That could solve my problem, i'll try that.

thank you

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-on-new-windows-update-available/201632/4 "2019-11-08T12:57:12Z")

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