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Agent for SharePoint Logging

The Agent for SharePoint log files record information about the status of the agent and other events. You can turn on various logs and tracing components to debug and troubleshoot events.

A log is a record of events that occur during program execution. A log consists of a series of log messages, each one describing some event that occurred during program execution. Log messages are written to log files.

A trace file provides detailed information about program operation for tracing and debugging purposes. Trace messages are ordinarily turned off during normal operation. Trace messages are embedded in the source code and cannot easily be localized. Moreover, trace messages can include significant data in addition to the message itself; for example, the name of the current user or realm.

The agent contains the following log files:

Important! We recommend you to enable logging only for debugging. In a production environment, enabling logging can cause performance degradation.