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Change Auditor 7.6 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Change Auditor Overview

Available Change Auditor auditing modules

Agent Deployment

Deployment page Using group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) Deploy agents Connect to a different foreign forest/update credentials Change the agent installation location and system tray option Enable auto deployment Refresh or clear Deployment page information

Change Auditor Client Overview

Starting the Change Auditor client Accessing Change Auditor news and updates Managing connection profiles

Connection wizard

Client components Customize table content

Sort data Resize or move columns Add or remove columns Group data

Using custom filters

Directory object picker

Overview My Favorite Search Define a favorite search Overview panes

Top Agent Activity Recent Event Activity Count of Events By Agent Status Coordinator Status

Event Details pane

Introduction Searches page

Explorer view Searches list Search Properties tabs

View a list of available searches Run searches Run a quick search

Search Results and Event Details

Introduction Search Results page

Search Results grid Search Properties tabs Event Details pane

View search results

Display results in different formats

Preview search results Compare results side-by-side View event details or search properties Copy event details Email event details Add comments View user context and run related searches Protect critical objects, mailboxes, files and folders Add search properties to existing event queries

Custom Searches and Search Properties

Introduction Create a custom search Search Properties tabs

Info tab Who tab What tab Where tab When tab Origin tab Alert tab Report tab Layout tab SQL tab XML tab

Enable Alert Notifications

Introduction Alert tab (Search Properties tabs) Enable alerts Disable alerts Alert History page View alert history View event details or alert properties

Administration Tasks

Administration Tasks tab Administration Task lists Export/import Administration Task settings

Agent Configurations

Introduction Agent Configuration page Define agent configurations Assign agent configurations to server agents Enable event logging

Coordinator Configuration

Coordinator Configuration page Configure email alert notifications/reports Manually create a Microsoft Entra web application for sending Microsoft 365 mail Customize alert email content Shared Folder Configuration Group Membership Expansion Add groups to Group Membership Expansion list Agent Heartbeat Check Disconnect client after 30 minutes of inactivity Scheduled Task Handling

Purging and Archiving your Change Auditor Database

Introduction Planning your jobs Purge and Archive page Create and maintain jobs Purge and Archive wizard Purge selected records

Working with Private Alerts and Reports

Introduction Private Alerts and Reports page Disable private alerts and reports Move and delete private searches

Generate and Schedule Reports

Schedule reports for distribution

Create global report template Define report content and layout Enable and schedule reporting

Launch Report Designer Publish reports Print or save a page's contents

SQL Reporting Services Configuration

Introduction SQL Reporting Services Page SQL Reporting Services Templates SQL Reporting Services Wizard

Change Auditor User Interface Authorization

Introduction Application User Interface Authorization page Add task definition Add role definition Add application group Remove a task definition

Client Authentication

Introduction Client Authentication Page

Changing authentication methods

Certificate authentication for client coordinator communication

Installation settings Deployment Coordinator configuration Windows client configuration

Integrating with On Demand Audit

Managing a Quest On Demand Audit integration

Creating an On Demand Audit configuration Working with an On Demand Audit configuration

Enable/Disable Event Auditing

Introduction Audit Events page Enable/disable event auditing Modify event's severity level or event class description Define events to be captured based on results View event information

Account Exclusion

Introduction Excluded Accounts Auditing page Excluded Accounts templates Excluded Accounts wizard

Registry Auditing

Introduction Registry Auditing page Registry Auditing templates Registry Auditing wizard

Service Auditing

Introduction Services Auditing page Service Auditing templates Service Auditing wizard

Agent Statistics and Logs

Introduction Agent Statistics page

Agent Statistics grid Resource Properties pane

Machine Info page Processors page Drives page Shares page Services page Exchange Mailboxes page

Agent system tray icon

Change Auditor Agent Status dialog

View agent status/statistics Manage Change Auditor agents Agent Log page View and save agent trace logs

Coordinator Statistics and Logs

Introduction Coordinator Statistics page Coordinator system tray icon

Change Auditor Coordinator Status dialog Coordinator Configuration tool

View coordinator status and statistics Manage Change Auditor coordinators Coordinator Log page View and save coordinator trace logs

Change Auditor Commands

Menu commands Tool bar buttons Right-click commands

Change Auditor Email Tags

Managing a Quest On Demand Audit integration

Managing a Quest On Demand Audit integration

Quest On Demand Audit is a Software as a Service (SaaS) application, available through quest-on-demand.com that provides extensive, customizable auditing of critical activities and detailed alerts about vital changes taking place in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra ID.

On Demand Audit can provide a single view of activity across hybrid Microsoft environments. By sending Change Auditor Active Directory, Group Policy, Logon Activity, and File System Activity event data, you can gain visibility to on premises changes.

Historical data sent to On Demand Audit is as follows:

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Trial On Demand Audit subscription: 24 hours.

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Full On Demand Audit subscription: All events in Change Auditor. (Any events collected prior to Change Auditor 7.0.0 will not be included.)

By integrating Change Auditor with Quest On Demand Audit, you will gain access to:

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Granular, delegated access to tenants, workloads, and reports.

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Interactive, rich visualizations of on-premises and cloud events.

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Responsive search across tenants that delivers immediate results.

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Long-term storage of audit data.

Creating an On Demand Audit configuration

An On Demand Audit subscription is required before you can configure the connection to Change Auditor.


	NOTE: If you do not currently have a subscription, you can select to register for a free 30 day trial. Once you have registered, you can sign in and configure the connection between Change Auditor and On Demand Audit.


	NOTE: To create the configuration, you must use the email from the account that created the On Demand subscription or have been delegated the appropriate permissions from your On Demand administrator. To delegate the required permissions, the On Demand Audit administrator must add the required accounts to the Auditing Administrator role through the On Demand Access page.


	NOTE: Once a configuration is in place, all coordinators which belong to the Change Auditor Installation will be registered with On Demand Audit.

To create a configuration with On Demand Audit, Change Auditor clients and coordinators must be able to access specific URLs. See the Quest On Demand Audit User Guide for details.

To send events to On Demand Audit, Change Auditor coordinators must be able to access specific URLs. See the Quest On Demand Audit User Guide for details.


	IMPORTANT: If the only coordinator in the Installation is removed for any reason the On Demand Audit subscription will become unavailable. Once a new coordinator is deployed, set all deprecated coordinators to "Uninstalled" status in the Change Auditor client under View \| Statistics \| Coordinator. Once complete, recreate the On Demand Audit subscription under View \| Administration \| Configuration \| On Demand Audit. Event forwarding will continue from the last forwarded event.

To create a configuration

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From the Administration Tasks, select Configuration | On Demand Audit.

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Select Sign in and Configure to create the connection.

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Enter your Quest account credentials to sign in to On Demand Audit.

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Choose the required organization if prompted and click Select Organization.

By default, the current installation is used for the configuration name. If required, you can enter a different name for the configuration. This is the configuration name used in On Demand Audit; it does not change the Change Auditor installation name.

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Click Finish.

On Demand Audit will now create the subscription and Change Auditor will begin to send events.

Working with an On Demand Audit configuration

You can view the On Demand Audit configuration details in Change Auditor; however, the configuration is managed (paused, started, or removed) through On Demand Audit. See the On Demand Audit User Guide for details.

To view existing details of the subscription created by the configuration:

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From the Administration Tasks, select Configuration | On Demand Audit.

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Click Refresh to update the information.

The following subscription information is displayed.

Table 1. Subscription properties


Property	Description
ActiveBatchSize	The current batch size. (The current number of events to include in a single notification message.) The batch size is automatically adjusted based on network throughput and system performance. Its value never exceeds the specified batch size.
AllowedCoordinators	List of coordinators permitted to send events.
BatchSize	Batch size. (The maximum number of events that the active batch size can increase to.)
BatchesSent	Number of batches sent.
Enabled	Whether the subscription is enabled.
EventsSent	Number of events sent.
LastCoordinator	The coordinator that is sending events. If the subscription is disabled, this is the last coordinator that sent events.
LastEventResponse	The last event response. Provides the response in JSON format from the event receiver.
LastEventTimeUTC	When the last event was sent.
NotificationInterval	How often how often (in milliseconds) notifications are sent.
StartTimeUTC	Starting point in time for events being sent.
Subscription Id	The subscription ID.
Subsystems	Subsystems that contain the event data being sent.
Webhook Subscription Id	The webhook subscription ID.

To pause, start, or remove a configuration

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From the Administration Tasks, select Configuration | On Demand Audit.

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Click the link to access On Demand Audit.

Enable/Disable Event Auditing

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Audit Events page

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Enable/disable event auditing

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Modify event’s severity level or event class description

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Define events to be captured based on results

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View event information

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