Chapter 53. SQL Server Audit, change tracking, and change data capture
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server 2008 introduces three new features for tracking data and object changes within the database: change tracking, change data capture, and SQL Server Audit. Based on the marketing information alone, it might be difficult to determine which, if any, would be useful for your specific scenario. In this chapter, I will compare the features, outline their pros and cons, and try to help you to decide which solution or solutions might work best in your environment.
What are these solutions used for?
Since shortly after the very first database was persisted to disk, database administrators everywhere have been asking questions like, “Who did what to my data, ...
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