We’re excited to announce the general availability of the enhanced server audit feature for Azure SQL Database, now deployed globally. This update delivers improved performance, availability, and reliability, aligning server auditing more closely with SQL Server and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
The new architecture introduces a single extended event session at the server level, capturing audit events across all databases. This design optimizes CPU and memory usage, reduces overhead, and ensures consistent audit behavior across Azure SQL platforms.
🔐 Server Audit Action Groups Now Supported
With this release, server-level audit action groups are now available in Azure SQL Database. This enhancement enables customers to meet security and compliance requirements more effectively by capturing broader activity at the server scope.
For more information on supported action groups, refer to the https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/auditing/sql-server-audit-action-groups-and-actions
For more details on the enhancements, please refer to the blog post.
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