Public/Invoke-EventLogs.ps1

function Invoke-GetEventLog {
    [PoshBot.BotCommand(
        CommandName = 'events',
        Aliases = ('event', 'logs', 'eventlog')
    )]
    [cmdletbinding()]
    param(
        [parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]$ComputerName,
        [parameter()]
        [int]$HoursBack = 48
    )
    $AllResults = @()
    foreach ($Computer in $ComputerName) {
        $Result = $Null
        write-output "$(Get-Date) - Working on $Computer - Eventlog"
        $starttime = (Get-Date).AddHours(-$HoursBack)
        try {
            write-output "$(Get-Date) - Trying with Get-WinEvent"
            $result = Get-WinEvent -ErrorAction stop -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
            $result
        }
        catch [System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogException] {
            switch -regex ($_.Exception.Message) {
                "RPC" {
                    Write-Warning "$(Get-Date) - RPC error while communicating with $Computer"
                    $Result = 'RPC error'
                }
                "Endpoint" {
                    write-output "$(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-output "$(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
            $AllResults
        }
    }
    # New-PoshBotCardResponse -Type Normal -Text ($pcevents | format-list -property * | Out-String)
}