Dataverse auditing
Microsoft Dataverse supports an auditing feature designed to meet internal and external auditing, compliance, security, and governance policies common to many enterprises. Dataverse auditing logs changes made to customer records in an environment with a Dataverse database. It also logs user access through an app or through the SDK in an environment.
Dataverse auditing is supported on all custom and most customizable tables and columns. Audit logs are stored in Dataverse and consume log storage capacity. You can view audit logs in the Audit History tab for a single record, or in the Audit Summary View to see all audited operations in a single environment. Audit logs can also be retrieved using the Web API or the SDK for .NET.
Key concepts
Auditing can be configured at three levels: environment, table, and column. Table-level auditing requires that environment-level auditing be enabled. Column-level auditing requires that both environment-level and table-level auditing be enabled.
To enable user access auditing (Log access) or activity logging (Read logs), auditing must be enabled at the environment level. The option to enable activity logging appears only when minimum Microsoft 365 licensing requirements are met.
You must have the System Administrator or System Customizer role—or equivalent permissions—to enable or disable auditing.
Auditing can be configured manually in the Power Platform admin center or the Power Apps portal. Auditing can also be configured programmatically. For more information, see Auditing overview.
Configure tables and columns for auditing in Power Apps
This procedure requires the System Administrator or System Customizer role—or equivalent permissions.
Sign in to Power Apps using the appropriate credentials.
Select the desired environment.
To configure a table for auditing, select Tables.
Select a table.
Select Properties from the Table properties pane.
In the Edit table panel on the right side of the screen, expand Advanced options.
Under For this table, select the checkbox next to Audit changes to its data.
Select Save.
Select Back to return to the table viewer. Next, configure auditing for a column.
In the Schema pane, select Columns.
Select the column you want to audit to open the Edit column pane.
Expand Advanced options, then select the checkbox next to Enable auditing.
Select Save.
With this setup, Microsoft Dataverse can track changes to a table or a specific column. Audit data is accessible in model-driven apps under the Audit History tab for a record. To view auditing at the environment level, use the Audit Summary View in the Power Platform admin center. It provides a comprehensive list of all audit logs in the environment.
For more information, see Manage Dataverse auditing.