[mso] Re: Word and Excel Tracking Option
- From: "Greg Chapman" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:27:31 -0500
If the document resides on a single server share, they can build such a
log of successful reads (whether the file was opened or not- that's
metadata) if they enable Auditing on the file for Read, Write, Modify
Successes/Failure. The logs of this activity will be created in the file
server's Security event log.
The same is true if the document is stored on a workstation. Where this
paradigm falls apart is if the document is being sent around in email. In
that case, the only audit info created in the event logs will be when one
of the correspondents finally writes the modified file back to the server
resource. In that case, the metadata which Linda described will have to be
examined.
Another option is to attach an Autorun macro to the document which records
the user and system names to a central log file. Probably ought to run on
open and exit of the file in order to catch the full chain of events.
The final thing I can think of would be to place the document in question
under Version Control through something like Visual Source Safe or PVCS.
In that instance, the Source Control software should be recording a record
of the file being checked out and back in and whether the file was checked
out for exclusive or read-only viewing.
Greg Chapman
http://www.mousetrax.com
"Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11!
With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McDonald,
> Christine, Ms, DCAA
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:47 PM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Word and Excel Tracking Option
>
>
> Thanks Linda,=20
>
> I think that will help, but what they really want is a log of everyone
> who has ever modified the file, which I don't think there is.
>
> Christine McDonald
> Technical Specialist
> Western Regional Office
>
>
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