North Atlantic Offers Solution To Tracking Documents In Microsofts SharePoint Portal Server

One of the most commonly requested enhancements to Microsofts SharePoint Portal Server is the ability to track changes made to the document library. A new product by North Atlantic Publishing Systems can now track who changed what, and when.

SPSAuditTrail was specifically designed by North Atlantic Publishing Systems, Inc. to enhance Microsofts SharePoint Portal Server. SPSAuditTrail automatically keeps track of changes users make to SharePoint Portal Server Document Library content when users access the Document Library through the browser, Office XP applications or Web Folders.

SPSAuditTrail automatically records check ins, check outs, document and folder additions, renames and deletes, approvals, rejections and other activity across the portal server. For each action, SPSAuditTrail records the Windows login name of the initiator, the client machine IP address, date and time the activity occurred, and what the activity is. All automatically!

The saved audit information is searchable directly from the SPSAuditTrail Search Web Part. You use the Search Web Part to specify the audit trail information you want to view. For example, you might search for all the actions that have affected a particular document (its history), or what documents a particular user has modified on a particular day or over a range of days. The search tools are flexible and allow you to easily find the information you need.

A common request is to know which users rejected a documents publication and where a document is in the approval process. SPSAuditTrail can answer either of these requests with its easy to use search capabilities.