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Need to exclude an Active Directory account form logging events.
Cause
Events from certain accounts do not need to be audited.
Resolution
Please use the following steps to exclude particular events for particular account:
Open the "Administration Tab"
In the Lower left corner select "Auditing"
In the top left hand corner click "Excluded Accounts"
In the toolbar select add
Provide a name for the new template
Find the events you are looking for, highlight them and click "Add" make sure you select "Add this Event" to only add the single event
Click next and select the account you want to exclude, or click next if you want to select multiple accounts with wildcards
Click the drop down arrow on the finish button and select "Finish and assign to agent Configuration"
Under "Auditing and Protection templates" enable the new Account Exclusion template on the configuration that is assigned to the DC agents (or other appropriate agents if you are not excluding AD events)
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Article History:
Created on: 7/5/2013 Last Update on: 6/25/2026
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