Employee time tracking software

Employee time tracking with ADAudit Plus

What is employee time tracking software?

Employee time tracking software records when workers are active, how long sessions last, and where they're working from. Organizations use this data for payroll validation, HR audits, compliance evidence, and workforce planning. ADAudit Plus derives attendance records directly from Windows logon and logoff events in AD so the data exists automatically for every domain user without requiring manual input or a clock-in application.

Track employee work hours automatically

ADAudit Plus reads Windows startup and shutdown, screensaver invoke and dismiss, console lock and unlock, and other logon related events from all monitored workstations and domain controllers and calculates active hours per user per day. No timesheet submission, clock-in app, or change to employee behavior is required.

• The User Work Hours report shows session start time, end time, and total hours per user per workstation, day by day, filterable by user, machine, or time range.
• The Users First and Last Logon By Computers report records the earliest and most recent logon time per user per workstation, giving you a day-level attendance record grounded in AD event data, not employee-submitted timesheets.
• Export to CSV, PDF, or XLSX for payroll reconciliation or HR records, or schedule the report for automated email delivery to HR, management, or audit teams on a recurring basis.

 

 

Gain quick visual insights on how users spend their workday, and quickly spot the employee with least amount of productivity.

Monitor active sessions and attendance in real time

ADAudit Plus provides both a live view of who is currently at their workstation and a historical record of how long each session lasted, covering shift management, incident investigation, and security oversight from a single set of reports.

• The Currently Logged On Users report shows every user with an open session in real time, along with the workstation they're using and when the session started.
• The Logon Duration report records the exact start and end of every session per user per machine.
• The Users Logged into Multiple Computers report surfaces concurrent sessions per user with each machine name and timestamp, relevant for both HR oversight and for detecting credential sharing or unauthorized account use.

 

 

View active user accounts, the workstation name each user is logged on to, session start time, and more.

Audit remote and hybrid employee activity

Remote and hybrid workforces create a visibility gap when on-premises tools cannot see cloud authentication events. ADAudit Plus closes that gap by correlating on-premises AD logon data with Microsoft Entra ID sign-in records in a single console, so remote and hybrid employees appear in the same reports as on-site users.

• Track sign-in times for remote employees connecting through Entra ID without separate cloud reporting, and surface sign-ins using legacy authentication protocols that bypass modern MFA enforcement.
• The Remote Desktop Services Activity report captures session start and end times, the originating client IP address, and gateway routing information for every RDP connection.
• Identify RDP sessions from unexpected IP addresses or geographic locations, and track session duration for contractors or temporary staff accessing the environment remotely.

 

 

Get an overview of logon activity across your AD and Entra ID environments.

Detect attendance anomalies with user behavior analytics (UBA)

ADAudit Plus applies machine learning to build a behavioral baseline for each individual user, covering their typical logon times, the machines they normally access, etc. Deviations from that baseline are flagged automatically in the Analytics tab, without requiring manual threshold configuration.

• Unusual Logon Activity Time flags any logon that falls outside the hours that user normally works, per their own individual historical baseline.
• First Time Host Accessed by User identifies the first time a user logs on to a machine they have never accessed before, which can indicate lateral movement or a new work location.
• Unusual Volume of Logon Failure detects a spike in failed authentication attempts above a user's individual baseline, consistent with brute-force activity or a credential compromise.

 

 

Leverage machine learning to track unusual volumes of logon failures, logon activity times, new accesses to the host, and more.

Get real-time alerts on attendance and access events

ADAudit Plus includes pre-configured alert profiles covering the logon and session events most relevant to attendance and access monitoring. When an alert fires, your team is notified through email or SMS, and each alert can auto-create a ticket in ServiceNow, Zendesk, ManageEngine Service Desk Plus, Freshservice, Jira, or Kayako.

• Unusual Logon Time alerts notify your team the moment a user authenticates outside their normal hours, so unusual access is investigated before it becomes a larger incident.
• Disabled Users Logon Attempt alerts surface logon activity from accounts that have been disabled.
• First Time Host accessed by User alerts flag a first-time connection to an unrecognized machine so you can confirm the session is authorized rather than discovering it in a retrospective audit.

Meet compliance requirements for employee time records

Employee attendance records carry legal and regulatory weight across several frameworks. ADAudit Plus provides pre-configured compliance reports mapped to SOX, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FISMA, GLBA, GDPR, and ISO 27001, covering the logon, access, and session events each standard requires.

• SOX requires documented access controls and evidence that system changes are authorized; logon activity reports and permission change records satisfy this without additional tooling.
• HIPAA requires an audit trail of who accessed systems containing protected health information; the logon and session reports cover this at the user and workstation level.
• GDPR requires that access to personal data is logged and reviewable; both on-premises and Entra ID logon events are captured and reportable.
• Custom report profiles combine specific users, time ranges, and activity types into saved views that schedule for automatic email delivery to auditors and HR teams.

Why manual timesheets and basic tools fall short

Manual timesheets rely on employees recording their own hours accurately and on time, and disputes are difficult to resolve without an independent record. Basic clock-in applications add a step employees must take each shift, with failure points when users forget, share credentials, or log on from an unregistered device. Neither approach produces an audit trail verifiable against a system record.

• Windows Security event logs generate a continuous, immutable record of every domain logon and logoff event; ADAudit Plus reads those events centrally across all monitored domain controllers and workstations.
• Security event logs are stored locally on each domain controller, making cross-DC attendance reporting impossible without a tool that aggregates them centrally.
• Neither Event Viewer nor PowerShell produces a formatted, filterable work hours report without significant scripting overhead that most environments don't maintain.