ApexSQL Audit knowledgebase – Table of contents

Permissions and requirements

• Minimum requirements for installing ApexSQL Audit
• Supported software for ApexSQL Audit
• ApexSQL Audit – Permissions and requirements

Configuration and setup

• Auditing SQL Server databases – initial configuration
• ApexSQL Audit installation terms, definitions, and network topography
• ApexSQL Audit installation recommendations, best practices and alternatives
• ApexSQL Audit installation guides
• Installing ApexSQL Audit
• Remote installation of ApexSQL Audit auditing instance (service)

Licensing and activation

• Licensing and activation of distributed system products

Introduction and evaluation help

• Evaluating ApexSQL Audit – Part 1
• Evaluating ApexSQL Audit – Part 2
• ApexSQL Audit limitations

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 ApexSQL Audit in a clustered environment

Reporting

• ApexSQL Audit database audit reporting module
• ApexSQL Audit custom queries and reports
• How to allow/deny only certain users access ApexSQL Audit auditing reports

Alerting

• How to create a custom alert with an email notification

Central repository database

• 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

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