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+Describe 'New-WinEvent' -Tags "CI" {
+
+    Context "New-WinEvent tests" {
+        
+        BeforeAll {
+            $originalDefaultParameterValues = $PSDefaultParameterValues.Clone()
+            if ( ! $IsWindows ) {
+                $PSDefaultParameterValues["it:skip"] = $true
+            }
+
+            $ProviderName = 'Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell'
+            $SimpleEventId = 40962
+            $ComplexEventId = 32868
+        }
+        
+        AfterAll {
+            $global:PSDefaultParameterValues = $originalDefaultParameterValues
+        }
+
+        It 'Simple New-WinEvent without any payload' {
+            New-WinEvent -ProviderName $ProviderName -Id $SimpleEventId -Version 1
+            $filter = @{ ProviderName = $ProviderName; Id = $SimpleEventId}
+            (Get-WinEvent -filterHashtable $filter).Count | Should BeGreaterThan 0
+        }
+        
+        It 'No provider found error' {
+            { New-WinEvent -ProviderName NonExistingProvider -Id 0 } | ShouldBeErrorId 'System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewWinEventCommand'
+        }
+        
+        It 'EmptyProviderName error' {
+            { New-WinEvent -ProviderName $null -Id 0 } | ShouldBeErrorId 'ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewWinEventCommand'
+        }
+
+        It 'IncorrectEventId error' {
+            { New-WinEvent $ProviderName -Id 999999 } | ShouldBeErrorId 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.EventWriteException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewWinEventCommand'
+        }
+
+        It 'IncorrectEventVersion error' {
+            { New-WinEvent -ProviderName $ProviderName -Id $SimpleEventId -Version 99 } | ShouldBeErrorId 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.EventWriteException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewWinEventCommand'
+        }
+        
+        It 'PayloadMismatch error' {
+            $logPath = join-path $TestDrive 'testlog1.txt'
+            # this will print the warning with expected event template to the file
+            New-WinEvent -ProviderName $ProviderName -Id $ComplexEventId *> $logPath
+            Get-Content $logPath -Raw | Should Match 'data name="FragmentPayload"'
+        }
+    }
+}