DROP SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)

**APPLIES TO:** SQL Server (starting with 2008) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Data Warehouse Parallel Data Warehouse

Drops a Server Audit Object using the SQL Server Audit feature. For more information on SQL Server Audit, see SQL Server Audit (Database Engine).

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

  
DROP SERVER AUDIT audit_name  
    [ ; ]  

Remarks

You must set the State of an audit to the OFF option in order to make any changes to an Audit. If DROP AUDIT is run while an audit is enabled with any options other than STATE=OFF, you will receive a MSG_NEED_AUDIT_DISABLED error message.

A DROP SERVER AUDIT removes the metadata for the Audit, but not the audit data that was collected before the command was issued.

DROP SERVER AUDIT does not drop associated server or database audit specifications. These specifications must be dropped manually or left orphaned and later mapped to a new server audit.

Permissions

To create, alter or drop a Server Audit Principals require the ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT or the CONTROL SERVER permission.

Examples

The following example drops an audit called HIPAA_Audit.

ALTER SERVER AUDIT HIPAA_Audit  
STATE = OFF;  
GO  
DROP SERVER AUDIT HIPAA_Audit;  
GO  

See Also

CREATE SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
DROP DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
ALTER AUTHORIZATION (Transact-SQL)
sys.fn_get_audit_file (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audits (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_file_audits (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
sys.server_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
sys.database_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
sys.database_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_server_audit_status (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_audit_actions (Transact-SQL)
sys.dm_audit_class_type_map (Transact-SQL)
Create a Server Audit and Server Audit Specification