Passport Authentication Attempt Failures In The Last Minute

Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.Passport_Authentication_Attempt_Failures_In_The_Last_Minute (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Total number of failed Passport authorization requests with CRM cookie authentication credentials per minute.

This counter is useful to show the throughput of the authentication requests which are for specific Organization where user is using CRM authentication credentials that have failed (authentication has failed and request was rejected). High count may indicate that system may be under Denial of Service Attack or some other problem with the authentication service/setup.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.Common
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Instance Name	CRM Authentication
Counter Name	PassportAuthenticationFailuresInTheLastMinute
Frequency	300
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.Passport_Authentication_Attempt_Failures_In_The_Last_Minute" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.Common" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Performance!System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider">

      <ComputerName>.</ComputerName>

      <CounterName>PassportAuthenticationFailuresInTheLastMinute</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>CRM Authentication</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName/>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>300</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>0</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Absolute</ToleranceType>

      <MaximumSampleSeparation>1</MaximumSampleSeparation>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>