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Event ID 4720: A user account was created

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Try: 4625, 4624, 4740, 6008, 41, 1074, 7045, 1102, 4104, 1149

A user account was created.

Event 4720
Security-Auditing
Security log
Audit Success

A user account was created.

What to check: Check Subject (who created it) against your change records.

Related: 4722, 4738, 4726

Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
A user account was created.

Subject:
	Security ID:		…
	Account Name:		…
	Account Domain:		…
	Logon ID:		…

New Account:
	Security ID:		…
	Account Name:		…
	Account Domain:		…

Attributes:
	SAM Account Name:	…
	Display Name:		…
	User Principal Name:	…
	Home Directory:		…
	Home Drive:		…
	Script Path:		…
	Profile Path:		…
	User Workstations:	…
	Password Last Set:	…
	Account Expires:		…
	Primary Group ID:	…
	Allowed To Delegate To:	…
	Old UAC Value:		…
	New UAC Value:		…
	User Account Control:	…
	User Parameters:	…
	SID History:		…
	Logon Hours:		…

Additional Information:
	Privileges		…