MSSQLTips: Tip #51 – Alerts and Notifications for SQL Server Login, Database User and Role Membership Changes

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_SQL Server security monitoring is a critical part of the Database Administrator’s job. Some security related alerts could be setup very easy, but others require third-party tools or extra steps to setup. For example, SQL Server Audit can be used to monitor logins or users modification, but it requires audit log review. We would like to get real-time alerts every time a login or a user is created or added to a server or a database role, how can this be done?

In this tip we will provide steps and scripts for setting up WMI alerts and jobs responding to these alerts to monitor the creation and removal of users and logins as well as server and database roles membership changes.

Please read the latest MSSQLTips post: “Alerts and Notifications for SQL Server Login, Database User and Role Membership Changes“.

Check out all of my tips here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/94/svetlana-golovko/.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #20 – Monitor SQL Server Master Database Changes with WMI Alerts

In this new tip you will find out how to setup monitoring of the master database and get real time notifications when the new objects created there.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Monitor SQL Server Master Database Changes with WMI Alerts“.

Check out all of my tips here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/94/svetlana-golovko/.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #14 – Using WMI alerts to import SQL Server Default Trace events

And another tip about WMI alerts use.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Using WMI alerts to import SQL Server Default Trace events“.

Check out all of my tips here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/94/svetlana-golovko/.

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MSSQL Tips: Tip #13 – Monitor SQL Server Database File Growth with WMI Alerts

In this tip you can find another example of WMI alerts use.

Please read the latest MSSQL Tip: “Monitor SQL Server Database File Growth with WMI Alerts“.

Check out all of my tips here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/94/svetlana-golovko/.

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