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# Manage Cloud audit

Connect, verify, and remove cloud storage providers

## Requirements

Before connecting a provider, make sure the following conditions are met:

| Requirement | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| ✅**Cloud audit add-on** | Add-on option to FileAudit. See [Cloud audit](/fileaudit/docs/reference/core-concepts/cloud-audit) Reference for how it works. |
| ✅**Administrator account** | You must be an administrator of the provider's subscription to approve access. |
| ✅**Supported provider and plan** | FileAudit connects to:   - Dropbox Business, - Box, - OneDrive for Business (including SharePoint Online and Teams), - Google Workspace.  Each requires a minimum subscription plan, listed per provider in the [Cloud audit](/fileaudit/docs/reference/cloud-audit). |

## Connect a cloud storage provider

1. Open the **Cloud Audit** page in the FileAudit console, and click on the **Start** button.
2. Locate the tile for your provider and click **Audit now**.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions. FileAudit opens your default browser and redirects you to the provider's website to continue.
4. Sign in with an administrator account and authorize FileAudit to audit your data.
5. Return to the FileAudit console.

![Cloud audit](https://a.storyblok.com/f/122374/1012x686/e08baf7fc4/cloud-audit.png)

Cloud audit has no paths to configure. Once a provider is connected, all files and folders in the tenant are audited automatically.

> **Note**
>
> FileAudit requests read-only access to the provider's audit log. It collects activity metadata only, never file content.

## Verify the connection

After connecting, confirm that events are flowing into FileAudit:

1. Generate some file activity in the connected provider (for example, open or edit a file).
2. Open a [report](/fileaudit/docs/reference/reporting) in FileAudit and filter on cloud events.

Allow for provider delay before expecting results. 

- Box and Dropbox deliver events within seconds.
- Google Workspace and OneDrive can take 5 to 15 minutes.

This delay comes **from the provider**, not from FileAudit. 

> **Note**
>
> See [Cloud audit](/fileaudit/docs/reference/cloud-audit) Reference for the latency details per provider.

## Remove a cloud audit

1. Open the **Cloud Audit** page.
2. Click the tile of the connected provider.
3. Click **Remove audit** and confirm.

> **Note**
>
> ⚠️** Important** 
> Removing a provider stops new event collection, but all events already collected and stored in the FileAudit database remain available in your reports.

## Troubleshooting

See the [Cloud audit](/fileaudit/docs/reference/cloud-audit) Reference documents for more details.

If the issue persists, contact [IS Decisions support](/fileaudit/docs/support/need-assistance).