Splunk® Add-on for Windows

Deploy and Use the Splunk Add-on for Windows

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Release notes

This topic contains information on new features, known issues, and updates as we version the Splunk Add-on for Windows.

The latest version of the Splunk Add-on for Windows was released on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

What's new

Here's what's new in the latest version of the Splunk Add-on for Windows:

  • The add-on has improved logic for extracting Windows Registry information. (TAG-9106)

Current known issues

The Splunk Add-on for Windows has the following known issues:

  • On Windows Server 2003 systems, the sourcetypes for WinEventLog events are in lower case, while others have mixed case (for example: WinEventLog:Security versus WinEventLog:security). This causes filters set up in props.conf to fail to match. To work around the issue, read this Splunk Answers post. (SPL-78726, MSAPP-2916)

Change log (what's been fixed)

  • The add-on has improved logic for extracting Windows Registry information. (TAG-9106)
Last modified on 31 March, 2015
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Add-on for Windows: 4.7.5

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