It’s #TSQLTuesday and I received a question that occurs any day of the week. I hadn’t posted anything in a few days, so I thought I’d share this one. Hope it helps.
A Friend Asked
- Does the native audit feature has any GUI where we can see the reports ( example:- List of the users whose access level has changed in last 3 months)
- Does the native audit tool has feature to audit the users based on the condition from where they are logging in and what they are doing ( example:- User A connect through SSMS and using query windows to update a table should be audited but if he/she connects with SSMS and use SQL server agent to run update it should not be monitored )
- What is the best practices for selective/customized auditing if we want to audit for DML,DDL ,access ,configuration?
Reply
- Yes
- Yes and you can also build a Power BI or SSRS report on top of the audit data with click-through or drill-down filtering.
- There’s no recommended best practice per say, you audit what you’re interested in. This is completely up-to you. You can see samples here: https://github.com/hfleitas/TrinityGhoul
Sincerely,
Hiram
