Windows Servers are the most frequently changed resources within the entire IT infrastructure. Daily modifications present enormous risk to critical IT systems’ stability and availability. Unauthorized and erroneous changes made to Windows Server configurations can potentially result in serious disruption of the IT infrastructure.
Microsoft made incremental changes to security auditing in Windows Server 2012. These enhancements include the ability to audit removable drive usage, to create expression-based audit policies, and to retrieve more detailed and meaningful audit log entries.
Access-Denied Assistance is a new feature in Windows Server 2012 that makes it easier for users to get help for “access denied” errors with shared file resources. On the other side of the equation, administrators are given clear information to resolve such permissions problems.