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Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing › Event 4954

Event ID 4954 — Windows Firewall Group Policy settings has changed.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Policy Change → MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change
Collection Priority
Low (Microsoft-AppendixL)
Opcode
Info

Description

Group Policy settings for Windows Firewall were changed, and the new settings were applied.

Message #

Group Policy settings for Windows Firewall were changed, and the new settings were applied.

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4954,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 13571,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2026-03-09T00:56:52.595949+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 1628305,
    "correlation": {
      "ActivityID": "96A9D96E-AF5F-0001-F1D9-A9965FAFDC01"
    },
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 828,
      "thread_id": 844
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "LAB-WIN11",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {},
  "message": ""
}

References #