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# FIM Integration with GPO

### Enable Windows File System Auditing

#### Step 1: Enable Audit Policy

First, go to the Domain Controller (DC) and update the Group Policy (GPO) to enable file auditing.

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Right click on the Group Policy you want to update or create a new [GPO](https://www.varonis.com/blog/group-policy/?hsLang=en) for file auditing. In the right-click menu, select edit to go to the [Group Policy Editor](https://www.varonis.com/blog/group-policy-editor/?hsLang=en).

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*\*Here, created a new GPO called “File Auditing” for the purposes of this example.*

In the Group Policy editor, click through to *Computer Configuration -> Policies ->* *Windows Settings -> Local Policies.* Click on *Audit Policy.*

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Double-click “Audit object access” and set it to both success and failure.

To enable your new GPO, go to a command line and run ‘gpupdate /force’.

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Verify that your policy is set correctly with the command ‘gpresult /r’ on the computer that you want to audit.

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#### Step 2: Apply Audit Policy to Files and/or Folders.

Next, tell Windows exactly which files and/or folders that you want to audit. Here is the procedure to set auditing up for your folders.

* Right-click the file or folder in Windows Explorer. Select *Properties*.

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* Change to the Security tab and click Advanced.

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* Click the Auditing tab and then Continue.
* Add the Users or Groups that you want to audit and check all of the appropriate boxes.

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#### Step 3: Open Event Viewer

Once you have enabled the Auditing GPO and set the file/folder auditing, you will see audit events in the Security Event Log in Windows Event Viewer.

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