View AD Operations Performed via Adaxes

All operations performed in Active Directory via Adaxes are logged in the Adaxes service log. This allows you to view who performed what operations, when, on what objects, from what hosts, etc. In this tutorial, you will learn how to view all operations performed by a specific user, all operations performed on a specific AD object, and all operations performed in Active Directory via Adaxes.

To view all operations performed via Adaxes:

Launch Adaxes Administration Console, expand your Adaxes service and click Logging.

The log of operations performed in Active Directory will be shown in the Result Pane (located on the right).

To view all operations performed by a specific user:

Right-click this user, point to All Tasks and click Management Activity.

To view all operations performed on a specific AD object:

Right-click this object, point to All Tasks and click Management History.

Get Adaxes Log Records Using Script

It is also possible to access the Adaxes service log with the help of a script (using the Adaxes ADSI provider). The following VB script reads records from the Adaxes log and saves them into a file:

    AdaxesServiceHost = "localhost"
    BackupFile = "Log.txt"
    NumberOfDaysToLog = 0
    ' If the username and password are empty, the account of the user under which
    ' the script is running will be used.
    Username = Empty ' Example: DOMAIN\username, username@domain.com
    Password = Empty
    ' Open the Adaxes namespace
    Set ns = GetObject("Adaxes:")
    ' Connect to the Adaxes service
    Set admService = ns.GetService(AdaxesServiceHost, Username, Password)
    ' Get the ADsPath of the Adaxes Service Log
    serviceLogPath = admService.Backend.GetConfigurationContainerPath("ServiceLog")
    ' Bind to the Service Log
    Set admServiceLog = admService.OpenObject(serviceLogPath, Username, Password, 0)
    ' Get the General Log
    Set admGeneralLog = admServiceLog.GeneralLog
    If NumberOfDaysToLog <> 0 Then
        admGeneralLog.StartDateTime = DateAdd("d", -NumberOfDaysToLog, Now())
        admGeneralLog.EndDateTime = Now()
    End If
    ' Get the Adaxes log
    Set admLog = admGeneralLog.Log
    Set admRecords = admLog.GetPage(0)
    recordsCount = admRecords.Count
    ' Open the file and write all the log records into it
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set textStream = fso.OpenTextFile(BackupFile, 2, True)
    For index = 0 To recordsCount - 1
        Set admRecord = admRecords.GetObject(index)
        textStream.WriteLine "Start Time: " & admRecord.StartTime
        textStream.WriteLine "Completion Time: " & admRecord.CompletionTime
        textStream.WriteLine "Initiator: " & admRecord.Initiator.Name
        textStream.WriteLine "Target Object GUID: " & admRecord.TargetObjectGuid
        textStream.WriteLine "Operation Description: " & admRecord.Description
        textStream.WriteLine
    Next