

For information about the type of logon, see the Logon Types table below. Logon eventsĪ user successfully logged on to a computer.

You can configure this security setting by opening the appropriate policy under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policy. To set this value to No auditing, in the Properties dialog box for this policy setting, select the Define these policy settings check box and clear the Success and Failure check boxes.įor information about advanced security policy settings for logon events, see the Logon/logoff section in Advanced security audit policy settings. Failure audits generate an audit entry when a logon attempt fails. Success audits generate an audit entry when a logon attempt succeeds. If you define this policy setting, you can specify whether to audit successes, audit failures, or not audit the event type at all.

For more info about account logon events, see Audit account logon events. Additionally, interactive logons to a member server or workstation that use a domain account generate a logon event on the domain controller as the logon scripts and policies are retrieved when a user logs on. If both account logon and logon audit policy categories are enabled, logons that use a domain account generate a logon or logoff event on the workstation or server, and they generate an account logon event on the domain controller. Determines whether to audit each instance of a user logging on to or logging off from a device.Īccount logon events are generated on domain controllers for domain account activity and on local devices for local account activity.
