Event Details
Operating System->Microsoft Windows->Built-in logs->Windows 2008 or higher->Security Log->Account Logon->Kerberos Authentication Service->EventID 4768 - A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested - Success.
EventID 4768 - A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested - Success.
Indicates that the authentication ticket was granted to a user or computer account requesting it.
In other words, this event indicates successful user/computer initial domain logon.

Note:
Logged only on domain controllers.

Find more information about this event on ultimatewindowssecurity.com.

Corresponding events on other Windows versions:
Windows 2000
Note: On Windows 2000 the EventID 672 indicates only authentication ticket grants, whereas failures to serve the authentication ticket request are indicated by EventID 676. Windows 2003
 Related events:
 Sample: 
Log Name:      Security
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date:          10/27/2009 9:58:02 PM
Event ID:      4768
Task Category: Kerberos Authentication Service
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Audit Success
User:          N/A
Computer:      dcc1.Logistics.corp
Description:   
A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested.
Account Information:
	Account Name:		DCC1$
	Supplied Realm Name:	LOGISTICS.CORP
	User ID:			S-1-5-21-1135140816-2109348461-2107143693-1000
Service Information:
	Service Name:		krbtgt
	Service ID:		S-1-5-21-1135140816-2109348461-2107143693-502
Network Information:
	Client Address:		::1
	Client Port:		0
Additional Information:
	Ticket Options:		0x40810010
	Result Code:		0x0
	Ticket Encryption Type:	0x12
	Pre-Authentication Type:	2
Certificate Information:
	Certificate Issuer Name:		
	Certificate Serial Number:	
	Certificate Thumbprint:		
Certificate information is only provided if a certificate was used for pre-authentication.
Pre-authentication types, ticket options, encryption types and result codes are defined in RFC 4120.

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Description template stored in adtschema.dll:
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A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested.

Account Information:
	Account Name:		%1
	Supplied Realm Name:	%2
	User ID:			%3

Service Information:
	Service Name:		%4
	Service ID:		%5

Network Information:
	Client Address:		%10
	Client Port:		%11

Additional Information:
	Ticket Options:		%6
	Result Code:		%7
	Ticket Encryption Type:	%8
	Pre-Authentication Type:	%9

Certificate Information:
	Certificate Issuer Name:		%12
	Certificate Serial Number:	%13
	Certificate Thumbprint:		%14

Certificate information is only provided if a certificate was used for pre-authentication.
Pre-authentication types, ticket options, encryption types and result codes are defined in RFC 4120.
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 Logon
Source Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
TaskCategory Kerberos Authentication Service
EventId 4768
Type Success Audit
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 InsertionString1
Account Domain -
Account Information: Account Name The name of the account that Kerberos request was processed for InsertionString1 DCC1$
Service Information: Service Name The account name of the service distributing tickets, e.g. krbtgt InsertionString4 krbtgt
Network Information: Client Address The IP address of the computer that sent the ticket request. If the request was made locally, then the address will be listed as 127.0.0.1 InsertionString10 ::1
Network Information: Client Port The network port on the client machine that request was sent from InsertionString11 0
Additional Information: Ticket Options A hexadecimal number representing the Key Distribution Center (KDC) Option flags that were used or requested when the ticket was issued. KDC Option flags include information such as whether a ticket can be forwarded or renewed. The number in the Ticket Options field is a bit mask InsertionString6 0x40810010
Account Information: Supplied Realm Name User/computer account's DNS suffix InsertionString2 LOGISTICS.CORP
Account Information: User ID Account Security ID. It is usually being resolved to the following format: DomainName\AccountName InsertionString3 S-1-5-21-1135140816-2109348461-2107143693-1000
Service Information: Service ID The account security ID of the service distributing tickets. It is usually being resolved to the following format: DomainName\ServiceAccountName InsertionString5 S-1-5-21-1135140816-2109348461-2107143693-502
Additional Information: Result Code The Kerberos error code for the reason that the domain controller was unable to issue the ticket InsertionString7 0x0
Additional Information: Ticket Encryption Type The code for the Kerberos encryption type (etype) used in the ticket request InsertionString8 0x12
Additional Information: Pre-Authentication Type The code for the type of pre-authentication InsertionString9 2
Certificate Information: Certificate Issuer Name Name of the authority that issued the certificate InsertionString12
Certificate Information: Certificate Serial Number A unique ID within the same Certificate Authority (Issuer) InsertionString13
Certificate Information: Certificate Thumbprint A digest of the certificate data InsertionString14
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