Bulk delete Active Directory users

Delete AD users in bulk using ADManager Plus

User accounts constitute a major chunk of all Active Directory (AD) objects in any IT environment. Most IT administrators are often engaged with managing the active users that they tend to pay less attention towards inactive or stale user account management. However, those inactive user accounts might pose serious security threats by serving as an entry point for attackers, potentially leading to data breaches. Disabled user accounts, when left undeleted, might also violate compliance standards. Administrators must delete the disabled or stale users in their environment at frequent intervals.

AD cleanup, particularly of user accounts, can prove to be laborious if administrators resort to the manual method of writing complex scripts. As organizations scale, the volume of users to be purged at regular intervals also increases. Often, the PowerShell scripts or the native tools don't scale and they instead create more security loopholes. ADManager Plus, an AD cleanup tool, helps administrators adhere to their AD housekeeping policy by automatically identifying inactive and stale users and deleting them. With this AD user cleanup tool, administrators can:

• Delete users individually or in bulk.
• Delegate AD user cleanup to help desk technicians.
• Automate AD user deletion.
• Configure domain-specific deletion policies.

Delete users individually or in bulk

ADManager Plus offers reports on inactive or disabled users and allows admins to delete multiple users at once from within the reporting console. You can also upload a CSV file that contains your own list of users to be deleted.

Delegate AD user cleanup to help desk technicians

Delegating routine AD tasks to help desk technicians drastically reduces the administrators' workload. ADManager Plus allows administrators to delegate the AD user deletion operation to non-administrators. The delegated help desk technicians will have limited access and be able to carry out only the user deletion task in this case. The solution also monitors the activities of help desk technicians and presents you with a detailed audit report to identify which technician deleted which user accounts.

With the tool's delegation module, administrators can also securely delegate other routine AD, Exchange, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace management tasks to other personnel.

Automate AD user deletion

ADManager Plus' built-in AD automation module allows you to automatically delete expired users from AD at specific intervals. You can also configure automation policies to automatically execute a sequence of tasks at desired times to deal with more complex scenarios. For instance, you can set up an automation policy that moves all inactive users to a separate container after every X days, retain them for a period of Y days, and then delete those users. Moreover, you can introduce a review-approval mechanism that allows a technician to take a look at the list of users that will be deleted, before the operation is actually executed.

In addition to deleting AD users, the solution's automation module also enables administrators to automate other routine AD tasks such as AD user provisioning, group membership management, and Microsoft 365 license management.

Configure domain-specific deletion policies

ADManager Plus leaves no stone unturned as its capabilities extend beyond user-deletion activities. You can configure domain-specific delete policies that will be executed whenever user accounts are deleted from AD. With this AD cleanup tool, you can manage what happens with deleted users' home folders, profiles, on-premises mailboxes, cloud accounts, and custom scripts.

ManageEngine ADManager Plus, a web-based Windows AD management and reporting solution, helps administrators perform their everyday AD management activities. This product handles a variety of complex tasks such as AD object backup and recovery, user account provisioning, and routine task automation with its intuitive interface. ADManager Plus also lets you generate a comprehensive list of AD reports, many of which are essential requirements for satisfying compliance audits. What's more, administrators can also manage and report on their Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and AD environments all from a single console.

Benefits of using ADManager Plus as an AD user deletion tool:

• Bulk delete AD users without a single line of PowerShell script.
• Automate AD user cleanup to run at specific times.
• Delegate the user deletion operation to non-administrators.

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