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View all events in your network as detailed reports and export them to
CSV, PDF, XLS, HTML formats

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Active Directory Auditing Tool

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.

View all events in your network as detailed reports and export them to
CSV, PDF, XLS, HTML formats

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How to export event viewer logs?

Export as CSV

  1. Open Event Viewer (Run → eventvwr.msc).
  2. Locate the log to be exported.
  3. Select the logs that you want to export, right-click on them and select "Save All Events As".
  4. Enter a file name that includes the log type and the server it was exported from.
  5. Save as a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file.

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Archive all the logs from Windows in a zip file

  1. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs
  2. Archive (ZIP\7z\RAR) the entire contents of the Logs folder.