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title: "Get Quick Insights with Improved NTFS Permissions Reporting"
description: "Get enhanced visibility on NTFS permissions and permission changes with FileAudit."
locale: "en"
updated_at: "2025-01-06T15:14:48.681Z"
canonical: "https://www.isdecisions.com/en/blog/data-security/get-quick-insights-with-improved-ntfs-permissions-reporting"
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# Spot issues quicker with improved NTFS permissions reporting

_Get enhanced visibility on NTFS permissions and permission changes with FileAudit._

**[FileAudit](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/fileaudit/)**** makes NTFS permissions reporting easy **—** and adds the ability to migrate or archive your database.  **

You want quick insights into access rights across the entire file system directory. And you need more control over your data.

You spoke, we listened.

## Easily report on NTFS permissions & permission changes

With the new FileAudit update, you now have the ability to view and report on all [NTFS permission changes](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/fileaudit/file-folder-ntfs-permissions-reporting.htm) for every impacted user/group on a file/folder. Need more detail? You can easily drill down to view permissions added, removed or modified, along with actionable information, like:

- Name of user who change permissions.
- Whether assigned permission is a denied or allowed right.
- Permission rights prior to the change.
- Whether change is inherited.

Best of all, you can schedule  regular reports, and save even more time by opting to send those emails automatically to pre-determined recipients.

![Scheduled report configuration](https://a.storyblok.com/f/122374/714x576/52706a3991/scheduled-report-configuration.png)

Not only does having all this information at your fingertips give minutes (hours?) of your life back, but it also helps you:

- **Ensure users** **only have the permissions they need** to prevent unauthorized access to files.
- **Reduce security gaps** by making sure only certain employees have access to the most sensitive data.
- **Detect escalation of permission rights **before damage occurs.
- **Have proof of permission management** to comply with different data regulations.

## Get more control over your data

Another request we heard on several fronts was: “I’d like to be able to migrate or archive my database. Can I do that with FileAudit?” We’re happy to now be able to reply with a simple yes.

[Manage your database](https://www.isdecisions.com/products/fileaudit/windows-file-server-auditing-easy-way.htm) on your own terms with the new ability to:

- Copy your data to a new database (MySQL, SQLite, SQL server or MS Access) and use this as your production database.
- Transfer data from one database provider to another (MySQL, SQLite, SQL server or MS Access).
- Schedule regular transfers according to set criteria.

What’s more, you can rest easy knowing that FileAudit removes the data from the production database after a transfer has been completed.