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Exchange Registry Keys

Review the basic registry keys that you may need to configure for monitoring Exchange with Netwrix Auditor. Navigate to Start → Run and type "regedit".

Registry key (REG_DWORD type)Description / Value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Netwrix Auditor\AD Change Reporter
CleanAutoBackupLogsDefines the retention period for the security log backups: - 0—Backups are never deleted from Domain controllers - [X]— Backups are deleted after [X] hours
IgnoreAuditCheckResultErrorDefines whether audit check errors should be displayed in the Activity Summary footer: - 0—Display errors - 1—Do not display errors
IgnoreRootDCErrorsDefines whether to display audit check errors for the root domain (when data is collected from a child domain) in the Activity Summary footer: - 0—Display errors - 1—Do not display errors
MonitorModifiedAndRevertedBackDefines whether the Activity Summary must display the attributes whose values were modified and then restored between data collections: - 0—These attributes are not displayed - 1—These attributes are displayed as "modified and reverted back"
ProcessBackupLogsDefines whether to process security log backups: - 0—No - 1—Yes Even if this key is set to "0", the security log backups will not be deleted regardless of the value of the CleanAutoBackupLogs key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Netwrix Auditor\AD Change Reporter<monitoring plan name>
CollectLogsMaxThreadsDefines the number of Domain Controllers to simultaneously start log collection on.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Netwrix Auditor\Management Console\Database settings
overwrite_datasourceDefines whether to overwrite the database connection settings (stored in the reports data source) if they differ from the SQL server settings specified when configuring the monitoring plan: - 0—No - 1—Yes
SqlOperationTimeoutDefines the timeout for executing SQL queries such as data selection, insertion or deletion (in seconds).
timeoutDefines the Audit Database connection timeout (in seconds).