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The Who, Where and When information is very important for an administrator to have complete knowledge of all activities that occur on their Active Directory. This helps them identify any desired / undesired activity happening. ADAudit Plus assists an administrator with this information in the form of reports. In real-time, ensure critical resources in the network like the Domain Controllers are audited, monitored and reported with the entire information on AD objects - Users, Groups, GPO, Computer, OU, DNS, AD Schema and Configuration changes with 200+ detailed event specific GUI reports and email alerts.

Get categorized reports on all events occurring in your Windows Server without having
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How to check event logs in Windows Server 2012?

Step 1 -Hover mouse over bottom left corner of desktop to make the Start button appear

Step 2 -Right click on the Start button and select Control Panel → System Security and double-click Administrative Tools

Step 3 -Double-click Event Viewer

Step 4 -Select the type of logs that you wish to review (ex: Application, System, etc.)

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NOTE: To access the Application Logs in Event Viewer, go to Windows Logs → Application, for shutdown errors refer to Application and System logs.