Event ID 6279

Network Policy Server locked the user account due to repeated failed authentication attempts.

Network Policy Server locked the user account due to repeated failed authentication attempts.

User:
    Security ID:            %1
    Account Name:           %2
    Account Domain:         %3
    Fully Qualified Account Name:   %4

Auditing: Conditional

Enable if auditing of NPS activity is desired.

Lookup Audit Policy Configuration Settings


  C:\> AuditPol.exe /get  /subcategory:"Network Policy Server"

How to enable Windows Auditing

Recommended Audit Policy

Operating Systems:

Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows 2012 Windows 2012 R2 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 2016 Windows 2019 Windows 11 Windows 2022 Windows 2025

Tags:

Audit Success Audit Failure

Audit Category:

Logon/Logoff

Audit Subcategory:

Network Policy Server

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