Audit database changes Determine who changed data and when the change occurred. Read the transaction log to find out who created, changed or dropped a database object

Capture login information Identify users by their SQL or Windows login or host and application name

Analysis and reporting Create end-user reports to document the changes in your environments

Disaster recovery Reverse inadvertent or malicious database changes that occurred even before the product was installed. Replay all valid SQL transactions on a different database


Point-in-time restores Recover from specific data loss/damage without relying on full database restores

Survey security Track permissions changes and trigger state

Information drill-down Recover from specific data loss/damage without relying on full database restores

Information drill-down Isolate specific transactions by user, date, object, change type and more

Forensics Read SQL Server database transaction logs to find out exactly when and how an accident occurred as well as details on who was involved

Automation Schedule database audits unattended via the CLI