Event Details
Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2008 or higher->Security Log->Object Access->Other Object Access Events->EventID 4698 - A scheduled task was created.
EventID 4698 - A scheduled task was created.

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Corresponding events on other OS versions:

Windows 2003
 Sample: 
Log Name:      Security
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date:          10/28/2009 8:31:00 PM
Event ID:      4698
Task Category: Other Object Access Events
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Audit Success
User:          N/A
Computer:      dcc1.Logistics.corp
Description:   
A scheduled task was created.
Subject:
	Security ID:		S-1-5-21-1135140816-2109348461-2107143693-500
	Account Name:		ALebovsky
	Account Domain:		LOGISTICS
	Logon ID:		0x2a88a
Task Information:
	Task Name: 		\At1
	Task Content: 		<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo />
  <Triggers>
    <CalendarTrigger>
      <StartBoundary>2009-10-28T12:30:00</StartBoundary>
      <ScheduleByWeek>
        <DaysOfWeek>
          <Monday />
          <Wednesday />
          <Friday />
        </DaysOfWeek>
      </ScheduleByWeek>
    </CalendarTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>@AtServiceAccount</UserId>
      <LogonType>InteractiveTokenOrPassword</LogonType>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>Cleanup.exe</Command>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>
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 Object Access
Source Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
TaskCategory Other Object Access Events
EventId 4698
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 -
Subject: Security ID Security ID of the account that performed the action. Usually resolved to Domain\Name in home environment. InsertionString1 S-1-5-21-1135140816-2109348461-2107143693-500
Subject: Account Name Name of the account that initiated the action. InsertionString2 ALebovsky
Subject: Account Domain Name of the domain that account initiating the action belongs to. InsertionString3 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. InsertionString4 0x2a88a
Task Information: Task Name InsertionString5 \At1
Task Information: Task Content InsertionString6 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
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