A person with a small amount of SQL Server DBA experience came to me and asked if there was an automatic job deletes users or changes user permissions. I told them there was no default job that does that. I then suggested they look at the audits to see if there was any activity. Come to find out, there were no audits on the installations. I decided to implement some audits so the question I was originally asked could be answered by viewing the audits.
This led to explaining how to use audits. In SQL Server 2008 (and 2008 R2), hereinafter referenced as SQL 2008, auditing is so easy, there is no reason not to do it. Basic process for creating an audit is to create audit and then define the specification for the audit. Continue reading SQL Server 2008 (and 2008 R2) Auditing