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Once ADAudit Plus has been installed, it automatically configures audit policies required for Active Directory auditing.
To enable automatic configuration: Log in to the ADAudit Plus web console → Domain Settings → Audit Policy: Configure.
Changes in LAPS can be identified by following the below mentioned steps:
Login to ADAudit Plus
Select the required Domain from the dropdown list
Go to the Reports tab
Navigate to LAPS Audit
Select LAPS Password Read
The following are some of the details you can get in this report:
Object Name - Name of the computer object
Modified time - The time at which the LAPS attribute has been modified
Who Changed - Name of the user who made the change
Domain Controller - Name of domain controller
Message - Explains the LAPS modification in verbose format
Modified attributes - Indicates the LAPS attribute that has been altered
Remarks - States the type of access that has been made
LAPS password expiry changes can be tracked by following the below mentioned steps:
Login to ADAudit Plus.
Select the required Domain from the dropdown list.
Go to the Reports tab.
Navigate to LAPS Audit.
Select LAPS Password Expiry Changes.
The following are some of the details you can get in this report:
New account name - Name of the computer object.
Caller user name - Name of the user who has modified password expiration time and date.
Modified time - The time at which the password expiration value has been modified.
Modified attributes - Indicates the LAPS attribute that has been altered.
New value - The present password expiration date and time after the modification.
Old Value - The expiration date and time before the modification.
ADAudit Plus enables IT administrators to have a comprehensive picture of all the activities that happen within an organization's network. The real-time monitoring and out-of-the-box reports generated by ADAudit Plus makes it easier to track critical changes made to LAPS, and detect and prevent mishaps.
With native AD auditing, here is how you can monitor the LAPS password history:
Launch 'Server Manager' in your Windows Server instance.
Under Manage, select 'Group Policy Management' and launch the Group Policy Management console.
Navigate to 'Forest' --> 'Domain' --> 'Your domain' --> 'Domain Controllers'.
Create a new GPO and link it to the domain containing the computer object, or edit any existing GPO that is linked to the domain to open the 'Group Policy Management Editor'.
Navigate to 'Computer Configuration' ➔ 'Windows Settings' ➔ 'Security Settings' ➔ 'Advanced Audit Policy Configuration' ➔ 'System Audit Policies' ➔ 'DS Access'
Under DS Access, turn auditing on for Success and failure events of the following policies:
Audit Directory Service Access
Audit Directory Service Changes
In the GPMC, choose the modified GPO, and click 'Add' in the 'Security' section on the right pane.
Type 'everyone' in the text box to apply the modified GPO to all the objects, click 'Check Names' to confirm the same.
Press 'OK' and Exit GPMC.
To enforce these changes throughout the domain, run the command 'gpupdate /force', in the "Run" console.
From your 'Server Manager' go to 'Tools' and select 'ADSI Edit'.
Right click 'ADSI Edit' node from the left pane and select 'Connect to' option. This pulls up the 'Connection Settings' window.
Select the 'Default Naming Context' option from the 'Select a well-known Naming Context' drop down list.
Click 'OK' and return to the ADSI Edit window. Expand 'Default Naming Context' and select the associated 'DC' subnode. Right-click this subnode and click 'Properties'.
In the 'Properties' window, go to the 'Security' tab and select 'Advanced'. After that select 'Auditing' tab and click 'Add'.
Click on Select a principal. This will bring up a Select User, Computer or Group Window.
Type Everyone in the textbox and verify it with Check Names.
The principal field in the Auditing Entry window now shows Everyone.
In the Type drop-down select All to audit for both success and failure events.
In the Select drop-down choose This object and all descendant object's. This allows the auditing of the OU's descendant objects.
Select Full Control in the Permissions section.
Click Apply, then OK, and close the console.
In Event Viewer window, go to Windows Logs ➔ Security logs.
Click on Filter current log under Action in the right panel.
Search for Event ID 4662 that identifies password changes in LAPS.
You can double-click on the event to view Event Properties.
These steps need to be repeated for all the workstations to audit changes in LAPS. Manually checking every event is time-consuming, inefficient and practically impossible for large organizations.
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