Which is the best Active Directory Management tools?

Question

I am using Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition, Which is activated by licence key, in this domain I have 200 client joined in Domain, I want to see active user, active nodes, active printers, as well as which policy is applied to my users and computers & see the users issues.

Is there any Microsoft tools/software to monitor Active Directory Management tools, Or any third party tools for this solution?

Answer 1

In my last job, as an IAM architect, I encountered ENow Sofware's COMPASS.
I've written two books about Active Directory and I honestly believed that Active Directory admins were destined to use multiple tools, juggle multiple dashboards and left to wonder what's going on in their environments.

They put the dashboards on several big screens and enjoyed more direct error handling and Active Directory incident response. The delegation support allowed us to provide information on Active Directory availability to our SOC, Exchange admins, service desk and, of course, to our own team. ... and that's just the monitoring part. The reporting part allowed us to do the same thing with reports. We ended up putting the inactive user report in the hands of HR and no longer had to sweat about lingering user objects.

As Identity has a foot in everything an organization does, I feel monitoring and reporting shouldn't be just with the Identity person or Identity team. Active Directory Administration is a organizational effort. Make it so.

Answer 2

Common Monitoring Processes:
Changes in AD or Group Policies:
These tools can monitor changes made to policies, users, machines, etc.
Monitor directory replication updates throughout all servers:
Keep track of the replication of directories and synchronization of domain controllers.
Identify logged out, locked, or deactivated users:
The AD monitoring tools can help you find user accounts that have been locked or deactivated.
AD User Audits:
The audits performed by some of these tools can help you determine the who, what, when, and how. This is helpful to monitor logons.
Domain controller Monitoring:
Keep track of authentication, the domain controller performance, and the service directories (NTDS files).
Here's the Best 15 Active Directory Monitoring Tools and Software of 2020:
Below are the top 15 AD monitoring tools.

Some of them are free, while others are commercial.

Some tools have robust autonomous functionalities, and others are log management with analysis capabilities.

Others are comprehensive network monitors that rely on AD add-ons and agents, and others are AD-specific tracking systems.

We will talk about each one so that you can find the one that best suits your needs.

https://www.pcwdld.com/active-directory-monitoring-tools-and-software-free-paid-downloads

Answer 3

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