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Change Auditor 7.2 - Release Notes

Product licensing

As of Change Auditor 7.0 a new license key is required. Please obtain the new key before installing the new release. To obtain a new key, refer to the License Key Upgrade page.

You will need the license number from each license that is applied. To get this information, select the license in the License Manager and choose Details.

If you purchased multiple Change Auditor products, you only need one instance of the Change Auditor product. The license keys determine what features are enabled and disabled in the product.

The following products require separate licenses which can be applied during the coordinator installation process:

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Change Auditor for Active Directory
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Change Auditor for Active Directory Queries
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Change Auditor for EMC
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Change Auditor for Exchange
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Change Auditor for Fluid File System
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Change Auditor for Logon Activity User (to capture logon activity from server agents)
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Change Auditor for Logon Activity Workstation (to capture logon activity from workstation agents)
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Change Auditor for Skype for Business
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Change Auditor for NetApp
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Change Auditor for SharePoint
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Change Auditor for SQL Server
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Change Auditor for Windows File Servers

If you are licensing multiple Change Auditor products, you can apply the licenses in any order but must apply all the licenses provided.

To enable a trial or purchased commercial license:
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Copy the Change Auditor license files to your desktop, or other convenient location.
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If you have not installed the Change Auditor components, from a member server run the autorun.exe file to start the Quest Change Auditor autorun. See Upgrade and compatibility for more information about installing the Change Auditor components.
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On the Install page of the autorun, click Install for the Install Change Auditor Coordinator option to start the Change Auditor Coordinator Setup wizard.
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During the coordinator installation, you are prompted to locate the Change Auditor license files. Click Open License Dialog to locate and apply a license.
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Review your installed licensed components by right-clicking the coordinator icon in the system tray and selecting Licensing or by selecting Help | About | Licensing in the client.
To apply licenses after initial installation:

If you purchased more Change Auditor products after the initial installation, you can apply new licenses from the coordinator icon in the system tray.

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Right-click the coordinator icon in the system tray and select Licensing.
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From the Licenses tab, click Select License.
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Locate and apply the new product licenses.
The new licenses are applied once the configuration is updated.

Getting started with Change Auditor 7.2

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Upgrade and compatibility
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Additional resources
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Upgrade and compatibility

You can upgrade to Change Auditor 7.2 from the following versions of Change Auditor: 6.x through 7.x.

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For versions prior to 6.8: You can upgrade directly to 7.2. If the upgrade cannot proceed because 5.x events are still present in the database, upgrade to 6.8 first to complete the upgrade of the 5.x events, then upgrade to 7.2.
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Previous versions of Change Auditor agents (6.x through 7.x) can connect and work with the new Change Auditor coordinator.
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Change Auditor 7.1 and later agent requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1. See the Change Auditor agent (Server-side component) system requirements for the list of supported platforms.
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Change Auditor 7.0.2 and higher agents cannot connect to a coordinator version 7.0.1 or earlier. When upgrading the Change Auditor agent to 7.0.2 and higher, ensure the Change Auditor coordinator has also been upgraded to 7.0.2 and higher.
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The Threat Detection server version deployed cannot be newer than the currently deployed version of Change Auditor.
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As of Change Auditor version 7.0.4, Microsoft Graph API permissions are required for the web application to audit Office 365 and Azure Active Directory. Due to this, any existing Office 365 or Azure Active Directory templates must be updated. Office 365 and Azure Active Directory auditing will not occur if the permission requirements are not met. See the Office 365 and Azure Active Directory auditing User Guide for details on updating the templates and the required permission.

Additional resources

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NOTE: For installation and upgrade procedures, refer to the Change Auditor Installation Guide.

Additional information is available from the following:

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Online product documentation (https://support.quest.com/change-auditor/technical-documents)
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Quest Community (https://www.quest.com/Community)
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