Access to server's application event log without being a PowerUser

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Published on 2009-08-20T16:19:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 8:03 UTC
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Is there a way to grant users access to the Application Event Log on a server without making them a PowerUser on the server?

There are other tools that we can use (syslog or elmah), but it would be easier if we can just grant access to the log.

I just want to be able to open up eventvwr and "Connect to Another Computer".

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