Account Management Event: 4787

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Account Management » Event ID 4787 - A non-member was added to a basic application group

Event ID 4787 - A non-member was added to a basic application group

Event ID 4787
Category Account management
Sub category Application group management
Description A non-member was added to a basic application group

When a non-member is added to a basic application group, event ID 4787 gets logged.

This log data gives the following information:

Subject: User who performed the action Security ID
Account Name
Account Domain
Logon ID
Member Security ID
Account Name
Group Security ID
Account Name
Account Domain
Additional Information Privileges

Why event ID 4787 needs to be monitored?

  • Prevention of privilege abuse
  • Detection of potential malicious activity
  • Operational purposes like getting information on user activity like user attendance, peak logon times, etc.
  • Compliance mandates

Pro tip:

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Event 4787 applies to the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
  • Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10

Corresponding event ID for 4787 in Windows Server 2003 and older is 691

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