Free Windows Active Directory Tools

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The tools are ordered according to user ratings. To rate a program click on its title and scroll to the end of the review.

1. Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner
2. Managed Service Accounts GUI
3. ManageEngine Free Active Directory Tools
4. ADRestore.NET – the GUI version of ADRestore
5. AD Tidy – Identify last logged on user and computer accounts
6. Active Directory Reports Lite – Active Directory reporting tool
7. ADManager Plus – Active Directory reports and monitoring
8. Active Directory Telephone Book
9. Quest Object Restore for Active Directory – Undelete AD objects
10. AD PHOTO EDIT – Import Exchange Global Address List (GAL) images into Active Directory
11. AD Info – User friendly Active Directory reporting tool
12. SysAdmin – Active Directory Management
13. Active Directory Topology Diagrammer
14. Directory Service Comparison Tool – Restore changed Active Directory objects
15. ADREPLSTATUS – Active Directory Replication Status Tool
16. SpecOps Gpupdate – WOL, gpupdate, remote restart
17. SolarWinds Permissions Analyzer for Active Directory – Determine effective NTFS and share permissions
18. Specops Command – PowerShell meets Group Policy
19. Blackbird auditor express – Real-time Active Directory change monitoring
20. PowerGUI Active Directory Recycle Bin PowerPack
21. ADModify.NET – Modify multiple user accounts in Active Directory
22. AD Query – Search Active Directory
23. Group Manager – Allows end users to manage Active Directory group membership
24. Softerra LDAP Browser – LDAP viewer and search tool
25. Account Lockout Tools – View lockout status and unlock account
26. Active Directory Explorer – Active Directory Viewer
27. IT Environment Health Scanner – Identify Active Directory problems
28. Blackbird Privilege Identity Auditor – Audit logon and logoff
29. Group Policy Refresh PowerShell Cmdlet
30. Active Directory Search – Server Admin
31. NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter
32. NetWrix AD Object Restore Wizard – Create Active Directory snapshots
33. ADMX Migrator – GUI tool for creating ADMX templates and converting ADM files
34. NetWrix Inactive Users Tracker

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