Audit Logging in SharePoint MOSS

Question

Hi

We want to be able to view an audit of changes to groups/members/user profiles within MOSS. Can we do this out of the box or would we need a 3rd party tool?

Is everything within MOSS audited somewhere or just certain aspects of it?

All the best

Answer 1

The following options are available out of the box under Site Settings > Site collection audit settings:

Documents and Items

• Opening or downloading documents, viewing items in lists, or viewing item properties
• Editing items
• Checking out or checking in items
• Moving or copying items to another location in the site
• Deleting or restoring items

Lists, Libraries, and Sites

• Editing content types and columns
• Searching site content
• Editing users and permissions

The last option, Editing users and permissions, might get you what you want for users.

Answer 2

Meaning of the ids that appear in the audit log reports for SharePoint. http://dzeee.net/sharepoint/post/2010/03/29/Enums-for-Audit-Logs.aspx