Objective  

This article explains how to exclude specific user accounts from being audited in ADAudit Plus.

Prerequisites  

• Access to the ADAudit Plus console is required.

• You must have either the Administrator role or a technician account with sufficient privileges to perform the task.

• All relevant Domain Controllers must be added and properly configured in ADAudit Plus.

• Real-time data fetching must be enabled for all configured Domain Controllers to ensure immediate event capture.

Steps to follow

1. Open the ADAudit Plus web console.
   
2. Log in using an administrator account or a technician account with permissions to access the Admin section.

3. Go to the Admin tab on the top navigation bar.

4. Under the Administration section, click on Exclude User Accounts.

5. From the dropdown, choose the Domain where the user(s) to be excluded belong.

6. Click the Add button.

7. Use the search or browse option to select the user accounts you wish to exclude from auditing.

8. Once the users are selected, click Save to apply the exclusion.
   

Validation and confirmation  

• Verify that the selected user accounts are no longer appearing in audit logs.
  
• Check ADAudit Plus reports to ensure the excluded accounts are not being monitored.
  

Tips

• Exclude system accounts, service accounts, or test users to avoid unnecessary noise in reports.

• Avoid excluding privileged accounts unless necessary.

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• How to configure a Global Exclusion Rule for excluding a specific user from account lockout monitoring