In the past, the question of how to perform auditing under SQL Server has had a simple answer: Do it yourself. But now, SQL Server 2000 has eased the burden of auditing by introducing an extensive and ...

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. We ...

This article gives an overview and offers a practical tips to detecting some suspicious activities in Microsoft SQL Server, from configuring audit policies to leveraging Elastic for effective ...

-- ===== -- STEP 1: CREATE THE AUDIT (change the path!) -- ===== IF NOT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM sys.server_audits WHERE name = 'Audit-LoginActivity' ) BEGIN CREATE ...