Permissions and requirements
- Permissions and requirements for SQL auditing
- Minimum requirements for installing ApexSQL Audit
- Supported software for ApexSQL Audit
Configuration and setup
- SQL Server auditing software installation terms, definitions, and network topography
- ApexSQL Audit installation recommendations, best practices and alternatives
- ApexSQL Audit installation guides
- ApexSQL Audit installation FAQs
- Applying SQL auditing configuration to multiple instances and databases
- SQL Server auditing – initial configuration
- Automating SQL auditing for new SQL Server instances
- Configuring auditing via the advanced session options in ApexSQL Audit
- Configuring gMSA account to run ApexSQL Audit processes
- Configuring sensitive columns auditing in ApexSQL Audit
- Creating sensitive data reports and alerts
- How to configure ApexSQL Audit in a large scale environment
- How to install ApexSQL Audit main GUI on a remote machine
- How to configure and use before-after auditing in ApexSQL Audit
- Installing ApexSQL Audit
- Remote installation of ApexSQL Audit auditing instance (service)
- Setting up automatic database auditing
Licensing and activation
Introduction and evaluation help
- ApexSQL Audit guide for deployment and use
- ApexSQL Audit limitations
- ApexSQL Audit architecture and product components overview
- Evaluating ApexSQL Audit – Installation terms, recommendations, and core components overview
- Evaluating ApexSQL Audit – Auditing configuration, status overview, and alerting
- Evaluating ApexSQL Audit – Create report definitions, output, and schedule
- SQL auditing and data flow overview with ApexSQL Audit
- Resolving SQL auditing connection issues
- SQL audit reporting filter dynamics
Compliance standards
- HIPAA compliance checklist for ApexSQL Audit
- PCI compliance checklist for ApexSQL Audit
- SOX compliance checklist for ApexSQL Audit
- FISMA (NIST800-53 rev. 4) compliance checklist for ApexSQL Audit
- Title 21 CFR Part 11 (FDA) compliance checklist for ApexSQL Audit
Auditing
- Audited events in ApexSQL Audit
- ApexSQL Audit – How to audit remote SQL Server instances
- Deploying, installing and configuring SQL auditing in a clustered environment
- How to achieve high quality auditing trail with the minimum number of auditing events
Reporting
- ApexSQL Audit custom queries and reports
- SQL Server auditing tool reporting feature overview
- How to allow/deny only certain users access ApexSQL Audit auditing reports
- How to create a scheduled audit report with an e-mail notification
- Using API to generate SQL auditing reports
- Which events are included in the “Configuration update received on server” internal event
- Walkthrough examples for SQL Server audit report customization
Alerting
Central repository database
- Auditing events are not inserted into the central repository database in a timely manner
- ApexSQL Audit Tamper-evident design features
- ApexSQL Audit Central Repository Database design
- Archiving the Central repository database – ApexSQL Audit
- ApexSQL Audit – Migrate the central repository database
- Repository maintenance options
- Schedule archiving in ApexSQL Audit
- SQL audit data repository index maintenance
- Verifying SQL audited data integrity of central repository database
General features and guides
- ApexSQL Audit main features overview
- How to change a default folder in ApexSQL Audit
- How to allow or deny certain user access to the ApexSQL Audit GUI
- ApexSQL Audit glossary of terms
- How to perform full application files cleanup after uninstalling ApexSQL Audit
- Updating accounts for SQL auditing administration
- Overview of general SQL auditing administration options
- Overview of SQL auditing status information
- Advanced SQL auditing filters
- An overview of SQL auditing features in ApexSQL Audit
- Understanding the changes implemented in ApexSQL Audit 2021.01.2098 hotfix and using it to retrieve quarantined data information
