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Event ID 21: Session logon succeeded (Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager/Operational)

What this Event ID actually records on disk, the EventData fields worth reading first, and where it sits in a DFIR triage workflow.

Channel
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager/Operational
Provider
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager%4Operational
Triage notes
RDP session established. Source IP in the record is your attribution anchor.

Microsoft Learn

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/remote/rdp-error-general-troubleshootingOpen the official reference