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Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2008 or higher->Security Log->Account Management
Account Management
This category includes events indicating the following user actions:
  • A user/computer account or group is created, changed, or deleted
  • A user/computer account is renamed, disabled, or enabled
  • A group membership is modified
  • A password is set or changed
Events are logged on Domain Controllers in case of actions with Active Directory accounts, and on workstations in case of actions with local SAM accounts.
Log Type: Windows Event Log
 Uniquely Identified By:
Log Name: Security
Filtering Field Equals to Value
OSVersion Windows Vista (2008)
Windows 7 (2008 R2)
Windows 8 (2012)
Windows 8.1 (2012 R2)
Windows 10 (2016)
Category Account Management
Source Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Field Matching
FieldDescriptionSample Value
DateTime Date/Time of event origination in GMT format. 10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source Name of an Application or System Service originating the event. Security
Type Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc. Success
User Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event. RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer Name of server workstation where event was logged. DC1
EventID Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source. 576
Description The entire unparsed event message. Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.) Security
Task Category A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source.
Level Warning, Information, Error, etc.
Keywords Audit Success, Audit Failure, Classic, Connection etc.
Category A name for an aggergative event class, corresponding to the similar ones present in Windows 2003 version. Account Logon
Object Name
Whom
Object Type
Class Name
Security ID
Account Name
Account Domain
Subject: Account Name Name of the account that initiated the action. ALebovsky
Subject: Account Domain Name of the domain that account initiating the action belongs to. LOGISTICS
Subject: Logon ID A number uniquely identifying the logon session of the user initiating action. This number can be used to correlate all user actions within one logon session. 0x2a88a