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title: Audit Policy (Windows 10)
description: Provides information about basic audit policies that are available in Windows and links to information about each setting.
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# Audit Policy

**Applies to**
-   Windows 10

Provides information about basic audit policies that are available in Windows and links to information about each setting.

The security audit policy settings under **Security Settings\\Local Policies\\Audit Policy** provide broad security audit capabilities for client devices and servers that cannot use advanced security audit policy settings.

The basic audit policy settings under **Security Settings\\Local Policies\\Audit Policy** are:
- [Audit account logon events](../auditing/basic-audit-account-logon-events.md)
- [Audit account management](../auditing/basic-audit-account-management.md)
- [Audit directory service access](../auditing/basic-audit-directory-service-access.md)
- [Audit logon events](../auditing/basic-audit-logon-events.md)
- [Audit object access](../auditing/basic-audit-object-access.md)
- [Audit policy change](../auditing/basic-audit-policy-change.md)
- [Audit privilege use](../auditing/basic-audit-privilege-use.md)
- [Audit process tracking](../auditing/basic-audit-process-tracking.md)
- [Audit system events](../auditing/basic-audit-system-events.md)

## Related topics

- [Configure security policy settings](how-to-configure-security-policy-settings.md)
- [Security auditing](../auditing/security-auditing-overview.md)