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As of [version 2.2.0.0](https://webapp-wdac-wizard.azurewebsites.net/archives.html), the WDAC Wizard supports creating WDAC policy rules from the following event log types:
1. [WDAC event log events on the system](#wdac-event-viewer-log-parsing)
2. [Exported .EVTX log files from any system](#wdac-event-log-file-parsing)
3. [Exported WDAC events from MDE Advanced Hunting WDAC events](#mde-advanced-hunting-wdac-event-parsing)
2. [Exported WDAC events (EVTX files) from any system](#wdac-event-log-file-parsing)
3. [Exported WDAC events from MDE Advanced Hunting](#mde-advanced-hunting-wdac-event-parsing)
## WDAC Event Viewer Log Parsing
@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ To create rules from the WDAC event logs on the system:
1. Select **Policy Editor** from the WDAC Wizard main page.
2. Select **Convert Event Log to a WDAC Policy**.
3. Select the **Parse Event Logs** button under the Parse Event Logs from the "System Event Viewer to Policy" header.
3. Select the **Parse Event Logs** button under the **Parse Event Logs from the System Event Viewer to Policy** header.
The Wizard will parse the relevant audit and block events from the CodeIntegrity (WDAC) Operational and AppLocker MSI and Script logs. You'll see a notification when the Wizard successfully finishes reading the events.
> [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
> ![Parse WDAC and AppLocker event log system events](images/wdac-wizard-event-log-system.png)
4. Select the Next button to navigate to the table of software to view the audit and block events and create rules from.
4. Select the Next button to view the audit and block events and create rules from.
5. [Generate rules from the events](#creating-policy-rules-from-the-events).
## WDAC Event Log File Parsing
@ -58,15 +58,15 @@ To create rules from the WDAC `.EVTX` event logs files on the system:
1. Select **Policy Editor** from the WDAC Wizard main page.
2. Select **Convert Event Log to a WDAC Policy**.
3. Select the **Parse Log File(s)** button under the "Parse Event Log evtx Files to Policy" header.
4. Select the .EVTX WDAC CodeIntegrity files from the disk to parse.
3. Select the **Parse Log File(s)** button under the **Parse Event Log evtx Files to Policy** header.
4. Select the WDAC CodeIntegrity Event log EVTX file(s) from the disk to parse.
The Wizard will parse the relevant audit and block events from the selected log files. You'll see a notification when the Wizard successfully finishes reading the events.
> [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
> ![Parse evtx file WDAC events](images/wdac-wizard-event-log-files.png)
5. Select the Next button to navigate to the table of software to view the audit and block events and create rules from.
5. Select the Next button to view the audit and block events and create rules from.
6. [Generate rules from the events](#creating-policy-rules-from-the-events).
## MDE Advanced Hunting WDAC Event Parsing
@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ To create rules from the WDAC events in [MDE Advanced Hunting](querying-applicat
3. Select **Policy Editor** from the WDAC Wizard main page.
4. Select **Convert Event Log to a WDAC Policy**.
5. Select the **Parse Log File(s)** button under the "Parse MDE Advanced Hunting Events to Policy" header.
6. Select the .CSV WDAC MDE Advanced Hunting export files from the disk to parse.
6. Select the WDAC MDE Advanced Hunting export CSV files from the disk to parse.
The Wizard will parse the relevant audit and block events from the selected Advanced Hunting log files. You'll see a notification when the Wizard successfully finishes reading the events.
> [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
> ![Parse the Advanced Hunting CSV WDAC event files](images/wdac-wizard-event-log-mde-ah-parsing.png)
7. Select the Next button to navigate to the table of software to view the audit and block events and create rules from.
7. Select the Next button to view the audit and block events and create rules from.
8. [Generate rules from the events](#creating-policy-rules-from-the-events).
## Creating Policy Rules from the Events
@ -124,13 +124,16 @@ To create a rule and add it to the WDAC policy:
1. Select an audit or block event in the table by selecting the row of interest.
2. Select a rule type from the dropdown. The Wizard supports creating Publisher, Path, File Attribute, Packaged App and Hash rules.
3. Select the attributes and fields that should be added to the policy rules using the checkboxes provider for the rule type.
3. Select the attributes and fields that should be added to the policy rules using the checkboxes provided for the rule type.
4. Select the **Add Allow Rule** button to add the configured rule to the policy generated by the Wizard. The "Added to policy" label will be added to the selected row confirming that the rule will be generated.
> [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
> ![Adding a publisher rule to the WDAC policy](images/wdac-wizard-event-rule-creation.png)
5. Select the **Next** button to output the policy. Once generated, the event log policy should be merged with your base or supplemental policies. It is not recommended to deploy the event log policy on its own, as it likely lacks rules to authorize Windows and may cause blue screens.
5. Select the **Next** button to output the policy. Once generated, the event log policy should be merged with your base or supplemental policies.
> [!WARNING]
> It is not recommended to deploy the event log policy on its own, as it likely lacks rules to authorize Windows and may cause blue screens.
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