Does anyone have recommendations for (or warnings to stay away from) auditing software for Windows file servers? I'm looking for something that can give me access reports to shared folder & files ...

I need to audit access on a specific folder on a file server. I have enabled "Object access" in the local policy and configured the folder to audit access from my user account "full control ...

FileAudit 4 is also the first and only file auditing solution Microsoft-certified for compliance with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Click here to view FileAudit 4 in action.

Audit Policy Program, AuditPol.exe is a command line tool in Windows 11/10 that allows you to manage and audit policy sub-category settings in a more precise way.