Security Audit Events for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

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Hello, everyone!

One of the new features in Windows Server 2008 was the new Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) auditing.  This gave us a new audit subcategory to log old and new values when changes are made to objects and their attributes.

One of the things I get asked for by customers is a comprehensive list of the Security Event descriptions.

Well, wait no more! For Windows Server 2008 R2 (and Windows 7), you can download a handy Excel spreadsheet that includes this information.

It can be found at Security Audit Events for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on Microsoft Downloads.

FYI. The format of the spreadsheet is .xls. So, you do not have to open the file in Office 2007.