Splunk® App for Microsoft Exchange (EOL)

Deploy and Use the Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange

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On October 22 2021, the Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange will reach its end of life. After this date, Splunk will no longer maintain or develop this product. The functionality in this app is migrating to a content pack in Data Integrations. Learn about the Content Pack for Microsoft Exchange.
This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk® App for Microsoft Exchange (EOL). For documentation on the most recent version, go to the latest release.
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Sample searches and dashboards

This topic lists searches that you can perform to confirm that Active Directory data has arrived at the indexer.

Note: If you are using TA-Windows version 6.0.0 version or later then you do not need TA_AD and TA_DNS, as they are merged with TA-Windows. To configure TA-Windows v6.0.0, Please refer to Deploy and configure the Splunk Add-on for Windows v6.0.0 or later.

Search Active Directory data

To confirm that Active Directory data is present on the indexer, use the Search app:

  1. Log into Splunk Enterprise on the indexer, if you have not already.
  2. Load the Search app. In the system bar, select Apps > Search & Reporting. Splunk loads the Search app.
  3. Try the following searches to confirm that data is present:

This search confirms that the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Active Directory is sending data to the indexer:

index=msad

This search confirms that the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Active Directory has been installed properly on the deployment client named <host_name>:

index=msad host=<host_name>

Can't find the data?

Try the following:

  • Use Forwarder Management to confirm that the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Active Directory has been deployed to your deployment clients.
  • Refer to the Troubleshooting manual for additional help.
Last modified on 18 October, 2019
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® App for Microsoft Exchange (EOL): 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3


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