Change Auditor
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What is Change Auditor
Change Auditor is an IT security and compliance auditing tool that tracks and reports changes across Windows-based environments such as Active Directory, Azure AD, Microsoft 365, Windows servers, and file servers. It is used by security, identity, and infrastructure teams to detect configuration and permission changes, support investigations, and meet audit requirements. The product focuses on near-real-time change tracking with searchable event details and alerting, rather than full endpoint detection and response or broad SIEM functionality.
Near-real-time alerting
It can generate alerts when sensitive changes occur, such as privilege modifications or policy updates. This helps teams respond faster than periodic manual reviews of native logs. Alerting is oriented around identity and configuration change events rather than network telemetry.
Detailed change tracking
It captures who/what/when details for changes to directory objects, group policy, and other Windows-centric configuration areas. This supports investigations by providing an audit trail that is more specific than general log collection alone. The event records are designed to be searchable and reportable for compliance workflows.
Compliance-oriented reporting
It provides reporting and review workflows aimed at audit and governance needs (for example, tracking administrative actions and access-related changes). This can reduce effort compared with assembling evidence from multiple Windows event sources. The focus aligns well with regulated environments that need demonstrable change accountability.
Windows-centric scope
The strongest coverage is for Microsoft identity and Windows server/file services, which may leave gaps for Linux, macOS, and non-Microsoft SaaS platforms. Organizations with heterogeneous environments often need additional tools to achieve comparable visibility elsewhere. This can limit its use as a single enterprise-wide audit solution.
Not a full SIEM/EDR
It is primarily a change-auditing and compliance tool, not a replacement for platforms that provide broad security analytics, endpoint telemetry, or automated incident response. Teams may still need separate tools for threat detection, correlation across diverse data sources, and long-term security operations workflows. Integration effort may be required to centralize alerts and evidence.
Tuning and data volume
High-change environments can generate substantial event volume, which can require careful tuning of what to audit and how to alert. Without configuration, teams may experience noisy alerts or large datasets that are harder to review. Ongoing administration is typically needed to keep policies aligned with evolving systems and risk priorities.
Plan & Pricing
No public list pricing published on the vendor (Quest) official Change Auditor product pages. Pricing is provided via Contact Sales / Request a Quote only. Official site trial information: Change Auditor product pages include "Download Free Trial" links and the Change Auditor for Exchange trial page states "Start your free 30-day trial today!" Support documentation notes trial-user support is limited to 30 days.
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Quest Software Inc.
Aliso Viejo, California, USA
1987
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https://www.quest.com/
https://x.com/Quest
https://www.linkedin.com/company/quest-software/
