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Windows Event ID 1644 - LDAP searches.

Description This event logs an entry for each LDAP search made by a client against the directory that breaches the inexpensive and/or inefficient search thresholds. It will only be logged if you set the Field Engineering reg key to 5 or higher.
Category Directory service
Sub category Field engineering

The event logs the following information:

  • Client
  • Starting node
  • Search scope
  • Filter
  • Subtree
  • Attribute selection
  • sAM Account name
  • Server controls
  • Visited entries
  • Returned entries

Reasons to monitor this event:

It can provide useful information if you are running applications that regularly generate expensive or inefficient queries.

Pro tip:

  • ADAudit Plus collects all the logs that record this event and present it in the form of a report.
  • These reports are generated in real time and represent every LDAP search made, with details about who made it, and from which domain controller.
  • These reports can also be included in alert profiles to notify the administrators when an LDAP search is made.

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