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A detailed comparison showing the advantages of using ADAudit Plus over Azure Portal for auditing your Azure AD DS domain.
| ADAudit Plus | Azure Portal |
|---|---|
| Azure AD DS auditing | |
| Displays audit information from domain controllers, member servers, file servers, and workstations joined to the Azure AD DS domain. | Only streams audit information from Azure AD DS domain controllers to Event Hubs. |
| User auditing | |
| Resolves user SIDs to human-readable names in all reports. | Log data contains only the SID of users. |
| Retention | |
| Retains historical audit data indefinitely. | The size of data stored depends on your Azure license. (Maximum retention period is 7 days.) |
| Reports | |
| Provides dedicated reports for logon activity, user, computer, group, and GPO management with intuitive graphs and charts. | Does not have any reporting capabilities. |
| User Behavior Analytics (UBA) | |
| Leverages UBA to detect anomalous events indicating suspicious activities in the Azure AD DS domain. | Does not have UBA capabilities. |
| Real-time alerts | |
| Sends real-time alerts when suspicious activities happen within the Azure AD DS domain. | Does not have alerting capabilities. |
| Automated threat response | |
| Executes custom scripts automatically when suspicious activities like privilege escalation or lateral movement are detected. | Does not have automated threat response capabilities. |
| Compliance | |
| Provides pre-packaged compliance reports for SOX, HIPAA, FISMA, GLBA, the GDPR, and ISO. | Does not provide compliance reports. |
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