Archive for December 2010

 
 

Top 5 Reasons for Third Party Active Directory Tools

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1. Security

Many threats to IT environments are being created each day by those with malicious intent. While many threats are external, the most insidious threat may come from the internal user that has unchecked IT privileges and access to essential data. The Verizon 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report stated that 48% of data breaches are done by insiders. The actions by 90% of those insiders are done on purpose with malicious intent in mind.
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Free Active Directory Reporting Tool

ADInfo

AD Info is a free reporting tool currently in Beta. I was able to download the installer, install it, and run my first report within 1 minute:) It has a nice, easy to use user interface, and many reports including User, Computer, Group, Group Policy, Contacts. It automatically detected the domain and used the credentials I was logged in as by default to run the reports. While domain and credential configuration options are available, I was glad I didn’t have to configure anything to run my first report.
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