Default trace enabled

Name:	Default trace enabled
Platform:	Sqlserver
Category:	Security
Premium package:	Security and compliance package
Description:	Checks that ‘Default Trace Enabled’ server configuration option is set to ‘1’.
Long description:	Checks that ‘Default Trace Enabled’ server configuration option is set to ‘1’. The default trace provides audit logging of database activity including changing of accounts and privileges.
Version:	1.2
Default schedule:	9 1 1 *
Requires engine install:	Yes
Compatibility tag:	[CDATA[.[type=‘instance’ & databasetype=‘sqlserver’]/instance[maj_version > ‘2005’ & hasengine=‘YES’ & eng_inst_priv = 0 & (engine_edition = ‘Microsoft SQL Server’ \| engine_edition = ‘Azure SQL Managed Instance’)

Parameters
Name	Default value	Description
return status	1	Return status value (ALARM – 2, WARNING – 1, or OK – 0) if the instance is exposed by SQL Browser (for Non-clustered SQL Server instances).
enable default trace	NO	If set to “YES” the alert will enable “default trace enabled” by running sp_configure stored procedure.
history threshold	365	The maximum number of days to keep statistics for in the historic tables.

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