Active Directory Reporting Tools
The right Active Directory Reporting Tools can help IT personnel save substantial time and effort by automating the accurate generation of essential Active Directory based security, identity and access management reports for day-to-day reporting, and for IT security auditing and regulatory compliance.
Active Directory Reporting Tool Selection Guidelines
While there are many Active Directory reporting tools available today, IT personnel should consider the following guidelines when selecting an Active Directory reporting tool for their use –
- Trustworthiness – Is the tool trustworthy enough that you can safely deploy it in your environment? This can generally be assessed by find out where the tool is built (in USA or in a foreign country such as Russia or India), which country do its developers belong to, etc.?
- Reports Offered – Does the reporting tool offer the essential set of Active Directory reports that you absolutely need, such as core security reports (account, group, security permissions, Schema and OU reports) and the absolutely critical 100% accurate delegated access reports?
- Tool Vendor – Is the reporting tool built by a known and trustworthy vendor that is recognized by Microsoft and trusted by other organizations as well, or is it from an unknown company?
- Overall Value – Are you paying extra for features that you do not really need (i.e. which may already be available in Microsoft Windows Server e.g. basic user account management etc?)
- Extensibility – If you are looking to buy a tool to fulfill you security reporting needs only, is it extensible so that it could easily fulfill your delegated access reporting needs in the future?
The price of the reporting tool, while important, should always be the last factor to consider, because in the big picture, given that Active Directory plays such a vital role in your organization, a small price difference is almost inconsequential in comparison to the other important factors listed above.
Recommended Active Directory Reporting Tool
The Microsoft-endorsed Gold Finger Active Directory Security Analysis Solution, developed by Paramount Defenses Inc, a valued Microsoft partner, is a recommended Active Directory reporting tool.
Gold Finger Security and Resultant Access Reporting Solution for Active Directory
Gold Finger is recommended because it is –
- A dedicated reporting solution that offers over 100+ security and resultant access reports
- Architected by Microsoft security expert (i.e. former Microsoft Program Manager for Active Directory Security, who is also the author of Microsoft's official 400-pg delegation whitepaper)
- Uniquely capable of generating security reports as well as 100% accurate delegated access reports, that accurately assess and reveal who is truly delegated what administrative access
- Developed by a valued Microsoft directory-services ISV partner, and endorsed by Microsoft
- Trustworthy and reliable, having been 100% developed in and supported from within USA, by US developers, and deployed at over 4000 organizations in 70 countries around the world
- Capable of generating advanced security reports e.g. true last-logon reports (used to find stale and unused user and computer accounts) and complete nested group memberships
- Also capable of instantly generating customized ready-to-furnish reports at touch of a button
- Economically priced, completely extensible, and offers numerous flexible licensing options
More info and risk-free trial version downloads are available at http://www.paramountdefenses.com
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