IDERA SQL Compliance Manager provides the following new features and fixed issues.
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5.0 New features
Fully supports the SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups feature
SQL Compliance Manager 5.0 now allows DBAs to monitor their availability groups, availability replicas, and availability databases through AlwaysOn Availability in SQL Server 2012 and newer. AlwaysOn automatically switches auditing from the primary to the secondary replica in the event of failure as well as failback to primary when it comes back online. This advantage prevents a loss of audit data trail in the event of failure.
For additional information on SQL Compliance Manager and the AlwaysOn Availability Groups feature, see Enable automatic failover using AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
Offers a technology preview of a new web-based SQL Compliance Manager Dashboard
Along with the integration of the IDERA Dashboard, SQL Compliance Manager 5.0 includes a preview of a newly-designed web console that offers quick views of key audit trail activities on your SQL Servers from any web browser. Identify key compliance issues quickly and provide an easy access point to non-DBAs without giving them access to the entire Management Console.
Added integration with the IDERA Dashboard
SQL Compliance Manager 5.0 now integrates with the IDERA Dashboard, a common technology framework designed to support the IDERA product suite. Users are able to obtain an overview of the status of their SQL Servers and hosted databases all in a consolidated view and navigate to individual product dashboards for details. The IDERA Dashboard provides a central set of services for managing users, product registry, instance registry, aggregated alerts across IDERA applications, a central web server, and tags for grouping instances. For more information about the IDERA Dashboard, see Navigate the IDERA Dashboard web console.
Moved to the Windows .NET 4.0 framework
SQL Compliance Manager 5.0 supports Microsoft Windows operating systems using .NET 4.0. Note that .NET 4.0 or later must be installed on the audited server. For more information about requirements, see Software requirements.
5.0 Fixed issues
- Active Trace is now properly cleared when necessary.
- A change to the SQL Compliance Manager login filter settings from minutes to seconds fixes an issue that allowed new user events such as failed login attempts to be missed in reports.
- Reports now are viewable in .CSV format.
- SQL Compliance Manager 5.0 includes an update that clarifies alert email triggers when users to have two alert rules for Sensitive Columns.
- SQL Compliance Manager no longer displays conflicting data by including a fix that forces the collection of object names while processing trace file records.
- Normal user accounts are no longer able to capture SQL text used in admin activities without enabling additional options.
- When you have multiple columns selected for a particular table in Before-After Data (BAD), SQL Compliance Manager no longer labels events that update other columns as BAD events.
- SQL Compliance Manager now includes descriptions for ALTER ANY SCHEMA and ALTER ANY USER in the tracejob.cs file.
- The permissions check process is updated in SQL Compliance Manager 5.0 to avoid any issues when performing a check.
- Event types 158 and 258 now include expanded details that display when these types of events occur.
- SQL Compliance Manager Integrity Check now properly tracks and reports on deleted rows.
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