Active Directory User Reports

Generating reports on Active Directory users using ADManager Plus

Monitoring and analyzing changes in Microsoft Active Directory is one of the major challenges faced by any IT Administrator. User Reports from ADManager Plus give complete insight of the Windows Active Directory domain, having multiple Organizational units and numerous users, to monitor and manage the user account proactively and facilitating easy handling of this otherwise tedious and time consuming activity and also simplifies the process of creating reports.

While native AD tools leave you with no other choice except PowerShell and other scripting methods to build from scratch, every report that you need, ADManager Plus offers a comprehensive list of pre-built Active Directory User reports, for efficient, trouble-free management and reporting on user accounts, key attractions of which include:

• Fully web-based intuitive UI.
• Completely Customizable.
• Instant Update / Modify options
• Easy to generate / Schedule Reports / Automated Report generation.
• Simple Table format.
• Restriction of report generation to specific OUs.
• Exportable in various formats (CSV, Excel, PDF, HTML, CSVDE).
• Compliance Based ( SOX, HIPAA, etc)

User reports are important to get vital information like users with remote user logon permission, mailbox enabled users, OMA / OWA enabled users, etc. ADManager Plus features over 25 schedulable reports on user objects categorized into the following four major types:

General user reports

Under General User Reports, the All Users report gives detailed information like creation, deletion of user accounts, group information, changes to the attributes, etc on all the users in the selected domain. To find the users having blank attribute values, the Users with Empty Attributes report can be generated. The history of the users' Recent Updates can be checked from Recently Created Users Report, Recently Deleted Users Report and Recently Modified Users Report. Specialized reports to track Active Directory users' logon activity can also be generated.

List of user reports

• All Users Report
• Users with Empty Attributes Report
• Users without managers Report
• Manager based users Report
• Users in more than one Group Report
• Recently Deleted Users Report
• Recently Created Users Report
• Recently Modified Users Report
• Dial-in Allow Access Report
• Dial-in Deny Access Report
• Users with Logon Script Report
• Users without Logon Script Report
• Lync Enabled Users
• Lync Disabled Users
• Photo-based reports

User account status reports

Likewise, User account status reports category hosts specialized reports that extract details of disabled users, locked out users and user account expiry information. Reports on Account Expired Users, recently account expired users, user accounts that are soon to get expired, and those users whose accounts will never be expired can be maintained from this active directory user report set, which will help in easy administration and management of user accounts.

List of account status reports

• Disabled Users Report
• Locked Out Users Report
• Account Expired Users Report
• Recently Account Expired Users Report
• Soon-to-expire User Accounts Report
• Account Never Expiry Users Report

User logon reports

User logon reports maintain a history of user login Information. Reports on Inactive users (users who have not logged on for a certain period), users who have logged on recently, users' real last logon time, users who have never logged on, and enabled users, can be scheduled to be generated. The logon hour based reports will give us a clear idea of the users who had logged on in a specified time frame.

List of user logon reports

• Inactive Users Report
• Recently Logged on Users Report
• Users' Real Last Logon Times Report
• Logon Hour Based Report
• Users Never Logged On Report
• Enabled Users Report

Nested user reports

From the Nested Users Report, the group information of the user can be deciphered. Details relating to the Users in a particular group and also the details of the multiple groups the user belongs to can be understood from these reports.

List of nested user reports

• Users in a Group Report
• Groups for a User Report

Meeting SOX compliance requirements with Active DIrectory user reports

ADManager Plus can be an effective tool to meet SOX compliance audit requirements. A whole set of must have reports can be generated and exported to be used for facing compliance audits. The list of Active Directory reports that are relevant to SOX Compliance are available under the Compliance Reports section in ADManager Plus.

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