Azure SQL Auditing to storage account behind Virtual Network and firewall now generally available

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Published

May 13, 2020

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • May 2020
    General Availability

Product

Azure SQL Database
Azure Synapse Analytics

Tag

Features
Security

Category

Databases
Hybrid + multicloud
Analytics

Description

We have been listening to feedback around the need to store Azure SQL audit logs in a secure location, and are excited to announce today that writing database events via Azure SQL Auditing to an Azure storage account destination behind an Azure  Virtual Network or firewall is now in general availability. SQL Auditing for  SQL Database and Azure Synapse Analytics tracks database events and writes them to an audit log in your Azure storage account, Log Analytics workspace, or Event Hubs.

This newly supported capability is delivered to you seamlessly and does not require additional configurations and setting, keeping SQL Auditing deployment simple and easy. Get started today and learn how to Write audit to a storage account behind a virtual network and firewall.