Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Server-Service › Event 4000

Event ID 4000 — The DNS server was unable to open Active Directory.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Server-Service
Channel
DNS Server
Level
Error

Message #

The DNS server was unable to open Active Directory.  This DNS server is configured to obtain and use information from the directory for this zone and is unable to load the zone without it.  Check that the Active Directory is functioning properly and reload the zone. The event data is the error code.

Fields #

NameDescription
Name
Binary

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Server-Service",
    "guid": "71A551F5-C893-4849-886B-B5EC8502641E",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4000,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 2,
    "task": 0,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9223372036854841344,
    "time_created": "2022-04-07T16:54:41.266037+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 26,
    "correlation": {},
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 2320,
      "thread_id": 2848
    },
    "channel": "DNS Server",
    "computer": "WIN-FPV0DSIC9O6.lab.local",
    "security": {
      "user_id": "S-1-5-18"
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "Name": "DNS_EVENT_DS_OPEN_FAILED",
    "Binary": "KiMAAA=="
  },
  "message": ""
}

References #