# Winlogbeat doesnt send windows defender events
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-doesnt-send-windows-defender-events/249689
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** winlogbeat
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-doesnt-send-windows-defender-events/249689 "2020-09-23T17:48:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ankitdevnalkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankitdevnalkar)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-doesnt-send-windows-defender-events/249689/1 "2020-09-23T17:48:50Z")
is there any way I can ship windows defender even to Elasticsearch ? I cannot see any Windows defender related events in Elasticsearch. Can anyone help me on this ?
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### Author:  [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-doesnt-send-windows-defender-events/249689/2 "2020-09-24T03:42:08Z")
I think you need to add a reader for the Windows Defender channel.
```auto
wineventlog.event_logs:
- name: Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational
```
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### Author:  [@ankitdevnalkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankitdevnalkar)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-doesnt-send-windows-defender-events/249689/3 "2020-09-24T16:54:40Z")
@andrewkroh thanks. I tried that but no luck.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-doesnt-send-windows-defender-events/249689/4 "2020-10-22T18:54:52Z")
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