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Windows event log · Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDPClient/Operational1024 RDP Client is trying to connect to the server

RDP ClientActiveX is trying to connect to the server ([Destination Host Name]).

  • Remote access
  • 2 fields
  • Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDPClient%4Operational.evtx
  • Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-ClientActiveXCore

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

2 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • PayloadData1Dest: %DestServer%
    • %DestServer% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Value"]
  • PayloadData6ActivityID: %ActivityID%
    • %ActivityID% = /Event/System/Correlation/@ActivityID

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event>
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-ClientActiveXCore" Guid="28aa95bb-d444-4719-a36f-40462168127e"/>
    <EventID>1024</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>101</Task>
    <Opcode>10</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-08-31 14:53:31.6512242"/>
    <EventRecordID>1</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="6e1e588c-e540-4405-b784-16ca89260000"/>
    <Execution ProcessID="11636" ThreadID="10688"/>
    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDPClient/Operational</Channel>
    <Computer>base-rd-01.shieldbase.lan</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-3445421715-2530590580-3149308974-1193"/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="Name">Server Name</Data>
    <Data Name="Value">172.16.6.14</Data>
    <Data Name="CustomLevel">Info</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

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Source: evtx/Maps/Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDPClient-Operational_Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-ClientActiveXCore_1024.map(opens in new tab) by Eric Zimmerman and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)