How to Configure Auditing in Office 365 SharePoint Online sites

I was asked about "How to Configure Auditing in Office 365 - SharePoint Online sites" today and I reliased that I had never cared about audidting in our SharePoint Online sites.  since I write a lot of How to's here I though lets write another one. So here are the steps to Configure Auditing in Office 365 SharePoint Online sites.

Steps to Configure Auditing in Office 365 SharePoint Online sites -

1. Login to Office 365 SharePoint Online site.

2. Navigate to Site Actions -> Site Settings

3. Under Site Collection Administration select Site collection features.

4. Scroll down until you find Reporting and select Activate.

5. Next go to Site Actions -> Site Settings -> under Site Collection Administration select Site collection audit settings.

6. In specify "Audit Log Trimming ", events that needs to be audited in "Documents and Items" and events that needs to be audited in "Lists, Libraries, and Sites "

7. Next go to Site Actions -> Site Settings -> under Site Collection Administration select Audit log reports.

8. Next Select the Report that you need to generate for this example I will select "Content type and list modifications" for this example.  More about kind of Reports

9. When you select the report you will taken to File Location page. This is where you choose the library where this report will be saved. I have selected Shared Documents where I need these reports saved.

10. Once the report is generated you see a dialog like below.

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