sys.server_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Contains information about the server audit specifications in a SQL Server audit on a server instance. For more information on SQL Server Audit, see SQL Server Audit (Database Engine).
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | Sysname | Name of the server specification. |
| server_specification_id | Int | ID of the server_specification. |
| create_date | Datetime | Date the audit server specification was created. |
| modified_date | Datetime | Date the audit server specification was last modified. |
| is_state_enabled | tinyint | Audit specification state: 0 - DISABLED 1 -ENABLED |
| audit_GUID | uniqueidentifier | GUID for the audit that contains this specification. Used during enumeration of member server audit specifications during server startup. |
Permissions
Principals with the ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT or VIEW ANY DEFINITION permission have access to this catalog view. In addition, the principal must not be denied VIEW ANY DEFINITION permission.
The visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that a user either owns, or on which the user was granted some permission. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.
See Also
CREATE SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
DROP SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
DROP DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER AUTHORIZATION (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_get_audit_file (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audits (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_file_audits (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
sys.database_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
sys.database_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_server_audit_status (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_audit_actions (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_audit_class_type_map (Transact-SQL)
Create a Server Audit and Server Audit Specification