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AD LDS object management

For IT admins, managing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) objects is a time-consuming and complex task. The AD LDS Object Management tool from ADManager Plus simplifies this task by letting you effortlessly manage AD LDS users and groups. Download and connect it to an LDS instance, and the AD LDS Object Management tool will do the rest! Launching the tool Run this in either…
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PST Migration Tool

Personal Storage Table (PST) is a Microsoft Outlook file format used for saving users’ mailbox data—such as emails, address books, calendars, notes, and tasks—on a local computer. PST files can help you archive mailboxes, back up critical data and restore it later, meet security requirements of compliance mandates, and migrate mailboxes from one Exchange server to another or…
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Weak Password Users Reporter

The ideal password is over 14 characters long, with a mixture of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. But many users are allowed to use weak passwords based on the weak password policy. The IT admin’s job is to ensure that every user account in Active Directory is secured with a strong password. Unfortunately, the default domain password policy, which admins use to…
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Service Accounts Management Tool

Managed service accounts (MSAs) – introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 — are a godsend for Active Directory admins. An MSA can be assigned to a computer, and any Windows service running on that computer can be set to run as that MSA. Unlike service accounts, which require regular maintenance, the MSA password is set during creation and the password is then automatically updated by Active…
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Duplicate Finder tool

Get Duplicates is a Powershell utility that is useful for administrators to identify duplicate entries for Active Directory attribute(s) in the domain. Duplicate entries are listed out on a convenient interface which helps administrators to ensure a duplicate free Active Directory. Pre-requisites to using the tool: There must be a connection to the Domain on which LDAP query is used. How to…
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Windows local Users Management Tool

The Local User Manager freeware from ManageEngine ADManager Plus is a useful utility aimed to help administrators manage user accounts within the Domain. This tool provides information about local user accounts and also allows management of these accounts using a convenient user interface. It provides information on computer accounts accessible / not-accessible in the Domain. It also has a Quick…
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Domain and Domain Controllers Roles Reporter

This freeware from ManageEngine ADManager Plus lists all the Domain Controllers and their corresponding roles in the Domain. It also assists the administrator in identifying any associated role of a Domain Controller. How to use this Tool? Click on Get Domain and DC (Under Domain / DC Info ) Select the Domains Click on ‘Get DCs’ button to get the list of Roles available for various…
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Terminal Session Management tool

ManageEngine ADManager Plus‘s Terminal Session Manager is a powerful Powershell cmdlet to identify and also manage multiple terminal sessions in a Domain, from a single point. This tool proves highly beneficial to IT administrators, as terminal sessions for multiple users across the Domain can be managed, disconnected or logged off from just a single console. How to use this Terminal…
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Last Logon Reporting Software

‘Last logon time‘ of users is vital for audit and clean-up activities. ManageEngine ADManager Plus‘s Last Logon Finder helps in listing out the last logon time of all or selected users in all the selected Domain Controllers in the domain. Pre-requisites to use ‘Last Logon Reporter’: The user must have basic LDAP scripting knowledge. There must be a connection to the…
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How to fix slow DNS lookup

You notice it as “the internet feels slow,” but it’s not throughput. It’s the pause before anything starts. A new website takes 8–15 seconds to begin loading. RDP connections hang at “configuring,” PowerShell modules time out on first call, and “it’s faster the second time” becomes the only consistent clue. In Windows environments—especially domain-joined endpoints and hybrid…
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