Features

Discover all the different features that make ChangeAuditor the complete change management solution.

General Features

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  At-a-Glance Display

  Tracks user and administrator activity with detailed information including who, what, when, where, which workstation and why for change events, plus original and current values for all changes.

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  Configurable Auditing

  Enable or disable events from being generated to exclude high traffic or "safe" accounts from being audited, keeping the audit database from overloading..

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  Comprehensive Audit Library

  Enables built-in alerts, reports and powerful searches based on Microsoft and security best practices and regulations.

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  Does Not Require Native Auditing

  Captures change information without the need for native audit logs, resulting in significant savings of storage resources.

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  Real Time and "Smart" Alerts

  Sends an alert immediately when critical items are changed or when patterns of changes occur.

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  Preconfigured and Customizable Reports

  An extensive library of reports for security, compliance and operations to satisfy auditor and management requests, enabling administrators to get back to their regular jobs fast.

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  Role-Based Access

  Configures access so auditors can run searches and reports without making any configuration changes to the application, and without requiring the assistance and time of the administrator.

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  Anti-Tamper Controls

  Controls who can start and stop the ChangeAuditor agents preventing unauthorized manipulation so a rogue user cannot by-pass auditing policies.

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  Event Filter

  Narrow searches by event type, server, user and more to filter out routine or benign events, then quickly pinpoint the source of a problem, and resolve it quickly.

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  Summary Presentation

  See the who, what, where, when, and why, as well as workstation origin, for each change event in simple terms with before and after values, to save time you'd normally spend digging for more details.

Exchange-specific Features

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  Non-owner Mailbox Access Auditing

  Provides a detailed view of any changes made to mailboxes that have been accessed by a non-owner, which enhances security and compliance.

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  Server Configuration Change Auditing

  Tracks changes to Exchange Server configuration parameters such as policy changes, (message size, mailbox size) which protects against system performance issues and unwanted security gaps.

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  Public Folders Support

  Tracks changes made to Exchange Public Folders which speeds troubleshooting and ensures compliance.

Active Directory-specific Features

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  Account Lockout

  Captures the originating IP address/workstation name for Account Lockout events to simplify troubleshooting.

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  Object Protection

  Provides protection against changes to the most critical AD objects, such as accidentally deleted OU and modified GPO settings.

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  Tracks Changes to Nested Group Memberships

  Monitors groups that exist within groups without setting an explicit rule, streamlining the monitoring of group changes.

File Server-specfic Features

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  Share Auditing

  Tracks all events related to shares, helping administrators ensure access to shared files is maintained by capturing all change events, in real-time.