A new user account has been created.
Source of event
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing — Security category.
Possible causes
- Arrival of an employee
- Service account
- Unauthorized establishment
Verifications to be carried out
- Identify the creator and the new account
- Check the OR and groups
- Compare with a change request
Commands
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='Security'; Id=4720} -MaxEvents 20Key takeaways
An Event ID must always be interpreted with its source, its full message, its timing and the context of the system. The same number may exist in several providers of events.