Event Details
Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2008 or higher->Security Log->Logon/Logoff->Network Policy Server->EventID 6279 - Network Policy Server locked the user account due to repeated failed authentication attempts.
EventID 6279 - Network Policy Server locked the user account due to repeated failed authentication attempts.

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 Sample:
        Network Policy Server locked the user account due to repeated failed authentication attempts.

        User:
        Security ID:			%1
        Account Name:			%2
        Account Domain:			%3
        Fully Qualified Account Name:	%4
      
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 Logon/Logoff
Source Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
TaskCategory Network Policy Server
EventId 6279
Field Matching
FieldDescriptionStored inSample Value
DateTime Date/Time of event origination in GMT format. DateTime 10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source Name of an Application or System Service originating the event. Source Security
Type Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc. Type Success
User Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event. User RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer Name of server workstation where event was logged. Computer DC1
EventID Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source. EventId 576
Description The entire unparsed event message. Description Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.) LogName Security
Task Category A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source. TaskCategory
Level Warning, Information, Error, etc. Level
Keywords Audit Success, Audit Failure, Classic, Connection etc. Keywords
Category A name for an aggergative event class, corresponding to the similar ones present in Windows 2003 version. Category Account Logon
Object Name -
Whom -
Object Type -
Class Name -
Security ID -
Account Name -
Account Domain -
User: Security ID Security ID of the account that requested the access. Usually resolved to Domain\Name in home environment. InsertionString1
User: Account Name Name of the account that requested the access. InsertionString2
User: Account Domain Name of the domain that account requested the access belongs to. InsertionString3
User: Fully Qualified Account Name FQDN of the account that requested the access. InsertionString4
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