SQL Server 2008 has some great new features. One of them is the new auditing capability. Now we can audit at the server, database and table level according to specifications provided by the DBA.

Depending on their industry sectors, many database professionals have to deal with audits at some stage, often removing vital years off their lives and inches off their hairlines! Having worked as a ...

A collection of SQL Server queries designed for auditing and maintaining Always On Availability Groups (AON) configurations. This repository includes monthly audit scripts to ensure consistent and ...

Still, SQL Server 2000 does conform with the C2-level auditing required by certain government users. Let’s take a quick look at the evolution of SQL Server auditing, then dive into its capabilities.

Windows Server 2008’s Default Domain and Domain Controllers Group Policy Objects (GPOs) leave all global audit policies undefined initially (Figure 1). Nevertheless, if these default GPOs are applied ...

I worked with a half-dozen customers who are really, really irritated that Windows Server won't do exactly what they want in regard to auditing, unless they add third-party software. Seriously?