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Microsoft NetEventPacketCapture reference: Modifies settings for an ETW provider. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.
Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Set-NetEventProvider. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.
Supported environments
Windows / NetEventPacketCapture · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
Parameters
-AsJob
Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.
-AssociatedCaptureTarget
Specifies the associated capture target as a CIM object. The capture target is one of the three following objects: - MSFT_NetEventNetworkAdapter - MSFT_NetEventVmNetworkAdapter - MSFT_NetEventVmSwitch To obtain a capture target, use the Get-NetEventNetworkAdapter cmdlet, the Get-NetEventVmNetworkAdapter cmdlet, or the Get-NetEventVmSwitch cmdlet.
-AssociatedEventSession
Specifies the associated network event session, as a CIM object. To obtain the network event session, use the Get-NetEventSession cmdlet.
-CimSession
Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-InputObject (required)
Specifies the input object that is used in a pipeline command.
-Level
Specifies the level of Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) events for the provider. Use the level of detail for the event to filter the events that are logged. The default value for this parameter is 0x4. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - 0x5. Verbose - 0x4. Informational - 0x3. Warning - 0x2. Error - 0x1. Critical - 0x0. LogAlways The provider must log the event if the value of the event is less than or equal to the value of this parameter.
-MatchAllKeyword
Specifies a bitmask that restricts the events that the provider logs. Set the MatchAnyKeyword parameter value to 0 (zero) to match all keywords.
-MatchAnyKeyword
Specifies keywords as a set of hexadecimal values. Keywords are flags that you can combine to generate values. Use a set of hexadecimal values of the keywords instead of the keyword names, and apply a filter to write ETW events for keyword matches. For more information, see CLR ETW Keywords and Levels in the Microsoft Developer Network library.
-Name
Specifies an array of names that identify ETW providers.
-PassThru
Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
-ThrottleLimit
Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Prerequisites
Windows with the NetEventPacketCapture module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.
Security considerations
This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.
This example modifies an ETW provider. The first command uses the New-NetEventSession cmdlet to create a new session named Session01. The second command uses the Add-NetEventProvider cmdlet to add a provider named Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP to the session named Session01. The third command modifies the logging level for the provider named Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.