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Security Event Log Account Management Reports

The Account Management Reports enable you to scan the consolidated log database for Audit User Account Management Event IDs. This report is typically used by compliance and audit professionals while auditing domain controllers and stand-alone servers.

Server Manager includes two methods to report Audit User Account Management events:

MethodDescription
One-Off Account Management ReportParses Audit User Account Management Event IDs, then returns a sub-set of the Event's columns. This report is supported on all locales.
Generic Account Management ReportUses Regular Expressions to parse Security Event Log Entries, extract values, validate subject and target accounts in Active Directory, then finally filter entries using Event Log Filters. This report is only supported on English locales.

How to configure the One-Off Account Management Report

How to configure the Generic Account Management Report

The Options Tab

  • Use the Filters drop-down to select all of the filters you would like to apply to the report.
Important
To target specific columns (e.g. New Account), create a Complex Event Log Filter then, create a new Attribute Value Pair Criteria, specify the column's key (e.g. TARGET_ACCOUNT_NAME) then, specify the account name or regular expression to target.
Sample Regular Expression Driven Account Management Filter Properties View
Sample Regular Expression Driven Account Management Filter Properties View
  • Once a filter is assigned, use the Include entries that pass drop-down to select the filter method.
    The following filter options are available:
OptionDescription
AllInclude each entry that passes all assigned filters.
AnyInclude each entry that passes any filter.
NoneInclude each entry that does not pass any of the filters.
IgnoreInclude all entries.
  • Use the Apply filter frequency rules to display the Latest or Oldest entry when it occurs more than X times every X periods.
Note
A unique instance of these settings is attached to each assigned filter. Select the Filter to apply each instance's settings.
  • Use the Duplicates controls to group entries by Source and Event ID then display Latest or Oldest entry along with a count of entries in each group.
Generic Account Management Report Properties View
Generic Account Management Report Properties View

Related Topics

Security Event Log Reports