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Gain critical insights with Active Directory reports

As an Active Directory admin, gaining clear, actionable insights into your Active Directory infrastructure is non-negotiable for maintaining security, ensuring compliance, and optimizing Active Directory management. However, the complexity of using PowerShell for report generation often makes it a time-consuming, manual, and error-prone process.

ADManager Plus, a Microsoft Active Directory reporting tool, enables admins to generate over 200 reports on Active Directory and gain unparalleled visibility at the click of a button without using any scripts. The reports can be used to fetch the last logon date of Active Directory users, get members of an Active Directory group, and much more with just a few clicks.

ADManager Plus vs. PowerShell for Active Directory reporting

PowerShell ADManager Plus
  • Lacks a GUI-based interface, requiring users to work entirely through command-line scripting.
  • Provides an intuitive interface that simplifies reporting with point-and-click actions.
  • Relies heavily on custom scripting, requiring scripting knowledge.
  • Requires no scripting, making it accessible to both admins and non-admins.
  • Multi-domain reporting is complex and manually done, often requiring custom scripts and configurations.
  • Supports multi-domain reporting out of the box.
  • Offers limited export options, typically requiring manual steps and offering only basic formats like CSV.
  • Allows admins to export reports in multiple formats, including CSV, PDF, HTML, and XLSX.
  • Does not provide compliance-ready reports, and admins must build them from scratch.
  • Includes prebuilt reports for common compliance standards like SOX, HIPAA, and the GDPR.
  • Automating and scheduling reports requires advanced scripts.
  • Lets admins schedule and automate reports with just a few clicks.

Active Directory reports in ADManager Plus

How to pull a report from Active Directory using ADManager Plus

  • Pick your report

    Choose from over 200 predefined Active Directory reports or create custom reports on users, groups, computers, and other Active Directory objects.

  • Apply filters

    Set report parameters including date ranges, domains, OUs, user groups, and more.

  • Generate and export Active Directory reports

    Execute reports instantly and export them in formats such as CSV, PDF, HTML, XLSX, and CSVDE.

Generate and export Active Directory reports

ADManager Plus reports library

Use cases

Use case 1: An IT admin needs to generate reports for SOX or GDPR audits

ADManager Plus provides preconfigured compliance reports on user logon activity, group memberships, inactive accounts, and permissions—all exportable in audit-friendly formats.

Compliance-ready Active Directory reports in ADManager Plus.

Use case 2: Identify and manage inactive user Active Directory accounts

A healthcare organization wants to eliminate users who have been inactive for more than 90 days to reduce security risks. Use the Inactive Users report in ADManager Plus to identify accounts that haven’t logged in over a defined period and disable them instantly.

Detect inactive Active Directory users and disable them on the fly from the report

Why choose ADManager Plus for your Active Directory reporting needs

As an AD reporting software, ADManager Plus offers:

 
Out-of-the-box reports

Choose from over 200 predefined Active Directory reports and generate them at the click of a button. Unlike PowerShell's command-line interface, ADManager Plus comes with an intuitive interface for faster and error-free reporting.

 
Automation and scheduling

Save countless hours by scheduling reports and automatically generating them to meet audit requirements.

 
Exportable reports

Export reports in various formats such as CSV, HTML, XLSX, CSVDE, and PDF.

 
Actionable reports

Manage Active Directory objects on the fly from the reports. Delete, move objects to other OUs, and more, all from the report.

 
Custom reports

Tailor reports to meet your organizational needs and use them like any other report.

 
Delegated reporting

Empower non-admins to generate specific reports without granting them excessive Active Directory permissions.

 

FAQs

Active Directory reporting refers to the process of generating detailed insights into the objects and activities within your Active Directory environment, such as users, groups, computers, GPOs, logon patterns, permissions, and more.

With the right AD reporting tool like ADManager Plus, IT administrators can track changes and user activity, ensure compliance, and maintain the overall health and security of the directory, without writing complex PowerShell scripts.

Active Directory stores information about the entities in your network and is quite sensitive to changes. It's important to keep an eye on your Active Directory at all times to ensure that it is up-to-date with information and there are no potential vulnerabilities in it. Active Directory reporting helps you gain visibility into your Active Directory structure, configured permissions, group memberships, group policies, and more.

ADManager Plus includes built-in scheduling capabilities. You can set up automated report generation on daily, weekly, monthly, or custom schedules. Reports can be automatically emailed to stakeholders in desired formats.

Yes, ADManager Plus allows complete customization of reports. You can modify existing reports, create custom reports from scratch, set filtering criteria, and more.

Yes, ADManager Plus provides several reports crucial for Active Directory health checks. These include reports on domain controller replication status, GPO changes, and more. By regularly reviewing these reports, admins can proactively identify potential issues, ensure optimal Active Directory performance, and maintain a clean and efficient environment.

Other features

Active Directory Management  

Make your everyday Active Directory management tasks easy and light with ADManager Plus's AD Management features. Create, modify and delete users in a few clicks!

Active Directory Password Management  

Reset password and set password propertied from a single web-based console, without compromising on the security of your AD! Delegate your password-reset powers to the helpdesk technicians too!

Active Directory Delegation  

Unload some of your workload without losing your hold. Secure & non-invasive helpdesk delegation and management from ADManager Plus! Delegate powers for technician on specific tasks in specific OUs.

Microsoft Exchange Management  

Create and manage Exchange mailboxes and configure mailbox rights using ADManager Plus's Exchange Management system. Now with support for Microsoft Exchange 2010!!

Active Directory Cleanup  

Get rid of the inactive, obsolete and unwanted objects in your Active Directory to make it more secure and efficient...assisted by ADManager Plus's AD Cleanup capabilities.

Active Directory Automation  

A complete automation of AD critical tasks such as user provisioning, inactive-user clean up etc. Also lets you sequence and execute follow-up tasks and blends with workflow to offer a brilliant controlled-automation.

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