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Event ID 1149: Remote Desktop Services: User authentication succeeded:

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Remote Desktop Services: User authentication succeeded:

Event 1149
TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager
TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Operational log
Information

Remote Desktop network authentication succeeded for a user (before the logon itself). The best quick list of who connected to RDP from where.

What to check: Logged in Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Operational. Unknown source addresses mean RDP is reachable from places it shouldn't be.

Related: 21, 4624

Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Remote Desktop Services: User authentication succeeded:

User: …
Domain: …
Source Network Address: …