Go to Advanced Settings
Expand the settings menu item and go to auditing
Click global audit settings

You need to click Start Auditing here before enabling any other options. Then you have the next possibilities:

Audit user access. Again, it will only track login action once in 24 hours, I do not find this feature particularly useful
Start read auditing – if you want to protect your data from being exported by users
Also, you can click on areas you want to be audited. You can put the mouse over the item to see what’s included like on the screenshot. This will track all data changes for specified objects

If you want to track data that is missing in those areas, or you want a more specific setup, click Entity and Field Audit Settings. Here it might become complicated, so keep your seatbelt fastened, you’re going to see Saint Graal of Dynamics 365 customization.

Enable Dynamics 365 Auditing - system settings

Navigate to the entity you need on the left side panel, then scroll down a little bit on the right page to see Data Services and Auditing areas. Just to note that currently, Auditing settings are not available in the new interface, so do not succumb to the temptation to click Try a new experience.

Enable Dynamics 365 Auditing - Data Services and Auditing areas

We need 3 settings here

Auditing will enable tracking all changes
Single record auditing will enable tracking when the record is opened
Multiple record auditing will enable tracking when the user retrieves data as a view or search

Well, that was kind of a workload. Now you are all set to track your data. Before we proceed to how actually use it, I would like to note that auditing can consume a lot of space.

There are 3 places where you can see the audit data.

The first one is the actual record. You’ll be able to see here all changes made to the record. To view them, open Related -> Audit History tab.

Enable Dynamics 365 Auditing - Audit History tab

Here you’ll be able to see what data was changed by whom and when.

Enable Dynamics 365 Auditing - data changes

If you want to see who accessed what data in reading mode, we need to go to the Office 365 Security and Compliance Center. Here you need to press Turn on auditing to start collecting logs.

Enable Dynamics 365 Auditing - Security and Compliance

Since it will take several hours for logs to be initially collected, we will end our setup journey here. After they are collected – you should be able to navigate who and when accessed Dynamics 365 data.

In case you have a very complicated setup or need personal advice, feel free to contact us.