Andreas Wolter • 8/19/2025

How to Use Data Classification to Audit specific Data Access in SQL Server

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This technical article explains how to leverage the Data Discovery and Classification feature in Microsoft SQL Server (especially from version 2022) to audit specific data access. It details how to classify sensitive columns and use the new SENSITIVE_BATCH_COMPLETED_GROUP audit action to capture queries accessing that data, even through indirect methods like dynamic management functions and statistics objects.

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