# Collecting Logs from Window Server 2008 R2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-logs-from-window-server-2008-r2/176332>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-logs-from-window-server-2008-r2/176332 "2019-04-11T06:55:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kajol\_Nimesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kajol_nimesh/32/42291_2.png) [@Kajol\_Nimesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kajol_Nimesh)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-logs-from-window-server-2008-r2/176332/1 "2019-04-11T06:55:40Z")

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Hi,  
Is there any possible way that I can get logs of window server 2008 R1 & R2 on my local client machine without installing elk stack and Winbeatlog on server? Please suggest me some possible way.

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-logs-from-window-server-2008-r2/176332/2 "2019-04-11T17:32:19Z")

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First you don't need to have Elasticsearch running on Windows 2008 to use Winlogbeat. You can run Elasticsearch elsewhere.

Winlogbeat 6.x will likely work on Windows 2008. We don't test/support this configuration hence why I say "likely". But for Winlogbeat 7.0 I don't think it will work because Go [isn't supported](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Windows) there.

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**Author:** ![Kajol\_Nimesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kajol_nimesh/32/42291_2.png) [@Kajol\_Nimesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kajol_Nimesh)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-logs-from-window-server-2008-r2/176332/3 "2019-04-15T08:39:21Z")

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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:** [May 13, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-logs-from-window-server-2008-r2/176332/4 "2019-05-13T08:39:21Z")

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