Public/Invoke-EventLogs.ps1

function Invoke-EventLogs {
    [PoshBot.BotCommand(
        CommandName = 'events',
        Aliases = ('event', 'logs', 'log', 'eventlog')
    )]
    [cmdletbinding()]
    param(
        [parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]$ComputerName
    )
    function Get-AdministrativeEvent {
        [CmdletBinding()]
        Param(
            [Parameter(Mandatory)]
            [string]$ComputerName,
            [Parameter(Mandatory)]
            [int]$HoursBack
        )
        Begin {
            Write-Verbose "$(Get-Date) - Started."
            $AllResults = @()
        }
        Process {
            foreach ($Computer in $ComputerName) {
                $Result = $Null
                write-verbose "$(Get-Date) - Working on $Computer - Eventlog"
                $starttime = (Get-Date).AddHours(-$HoursBack)
                try {
                    write-verbose "$(Get-Date) - Trying with Get-WinEvent"
                    $result = Get-WinEvent -ErrorAction stop -Credential $credential -ComputerName $Computer -filterh @{LogName = (Get-WinEvent -Computername $Computer -ListLog * | Where-Object { ($_.logtype -eq 'administrative') -and ($_.logisolation -eq 'system') } | Where-Object recordcount).logname; StartTime = $starttime; Level = 1, 2 } | Select-Object machinename, timecreated, providername, logname, id, leveldisplayname, message
                }
                catch [System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogException] {
                    switch -regex ($_.Exception.Message) {
                        "RPC" {
                            Write-Warning "$(Get-Date) - RPC error while communicating with $Computer"
                            $Result = 'RPC error'
                        }
                        "Endpoint" {
                            write-verbose "$(Get-Date) - Trying with Get-EventLog for systems older than Windows 2008"
                            try {
                                $sysevents = Get-EventLog -ComputerName $Computer -LogName system -Newest 1000 -EntryType Error -ErrorAction Stop | Where-Object TimeGenerated -gt $starttime | Select-Object MachineName, @{Name = 'TimeCreated'; Expression = { $_.TimeGenerated } }, @{Name = 'ProviderName'; Expression = { $_.Source } }, LogName, @{Name = 'Id'; Expression = { $_.EventId } }, @{Name = 'LevelDisplayName'; Expression = { $_.EntryType } }, Message
                                if ($sysevents) {
                                    $result = $sysevents
                                }
                                else {
                                    Write-Warning "$(Get-Date) - No events found on $Computer"
                                    $result = 'none'
                                }
                            }
                            catch { $Result = 'error' }
                        }
                        Default { Write-Warning "$(Get-Date) - Error retrieving events from $Computer" }
                    }
                }
                catch [Exception] {
                    Write-Warning "$(Get-Date) - No events found on $Computer"
                    $result = 'none'
                }
                if (($result -ne 'error') -and ($result -ne 'RPC error') -and ($result -ne 'none')) {
                    Write-Verbose "$(Get-Date) - Consolidating events for $Computer"
                    $lastuniqueevents = $null
                    $lastuniqueevents = @()
                    $ids = ($result | Select-Object id -unique).id
                    foreach ($id in $ids) {
                        $machineevents = $result | Where-Object id -eq $id
                        $lastuniqueevents += $machineevents | Sort-Object timecreated -Descending | Select-Object -first 1
                        $lastuniqueevents | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "NumEvents" -Value ($machineevents | Measure-Object).Count -Force
                    }
                    $AllResults += $lastuniqueevents | Select-Object MachineName, NumEvents, TimeCreated, ProviderName, LogName, Id, LevelDisplayName, Message
                }
            }
        }
        End {
            Write-Verbose "$(Get-Date) - Finished."
            $AllResults
        }
    }
    $pcevents = Get-AdministrativeEvent -ComputerName $ComputerName -HoursBack 48
    New-PoshBotCardResponse -Type Normal -Text ($pcevents | format-list -property * | Out-String)
}