Get-DomainUserEvent

SYNOPSIS

Enumerate account logon events (ID 4624) and Logon with explicit credential events (ID 4648) from the specified host (default of the localhost).

Author: Lee Christensen (@tifkin_), Justin Warner (@sixdub), Will Schroeder (@harmj0y)
License: BSD 3-Clause
Required Dependencies: None

SYNTAX

Get-DomainUserEvent [[-ComputerName] <String[]>] [-StartTime <DateTime>] [-EndTime <DateTime>]
 [-MaxEvents <Int32>] [-Credential <PSCredential>]

DESCRIPTION

This function uses an XML path filter passed to Get-WinEvent to retrieve security events with IDs of 4624 (logon events) or 4648 (explicit credential logon events) from -StartTime (default of now-1 day) to -EndTime (default of now). A maximum of -MaxEvents (default of 5000) are returned.

EXAMPLES

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

Get-DomainUserEvent

Return logon events on the local machine.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

Get-DomainController | Get-DomainUserEvent -StartTime ([DateTime]::Now.AddDays(-3))

Return all logon events from the last 3 days from every domain controller in the current domain.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

$SecPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString 'Password123!' -AsPlainText -Force

$Cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('TESTLAB\dfm.a', $SecPassword) Get-DomainUserEvent -ComputerName PRIMARY.testlab.local -Credential $Cred -MaxEvents 1000

Return a max of 1000 logon events from the specified machine using the specified alternate credentials.

PARAMETERS

-ComputerName

Specifies the computer name to retrieve events from, default of localhost.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: dnshostname, HostName, name

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: $Env:COMPUTERNAME
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-StartTime

The [DateTime] object representing the start of when to collect events. Default of [DateTime]::Now.AddDays(-1).

Type: DateTime
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: [DateTime]::Now.AddDays(-1)
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-EndTime

The [DateTime] object representing the end of when to collect events. Default of [DateTime]::Now.

Type: DateTime
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: [DateTime]::Now
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MaxEvents

The maximum number of events to retrieve. Default of 5000.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 5000
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Credential

A [Management.Automation.PSCredential] object of alternate credentials for connection to the target computer.

Type: PSCredential
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: [Management.Automation.PSCredential]::Empty
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

OUTPUTS