9 Amazingly useful Active Directory Tools

Active Directory is critical too many organizations getting the most out of it is not always easy or as quick as you need, at Dovestones Software we are committed to building tools that help our customers make the most of their Active Directory based network.

Active Directory Tools

Dovestones Software develops the AD Toolset bundle a collection of 6 incredibly useful AD management tools; you can save more than 50% by purchasing all the six programs listed below for one low price.

AD Bulk Users

AD Bulk Users can import simple or very detailed account information such as Passwords, Group Membership, Expiry Date, Profile locations, Exchange Mailbox and many more attributes. Home Folder Creator is also included with AD Bulk Users.

AD Bulk Export

AD Bulk Export is amazingly simple to use yet a powerful application that allows you to export as much information as you require from Active Directory. Export Users, Contacts, Groups and Computer objects.

AD Bulk Contacts

AD Bulk Contacts is designed to import and update Active Directory Contacts, you update a large number of attributes and add contacts to Groups. AD Bulk Contacts can Mail-Enable contacts for Microsoft Exchange.

AD Find and Replace

AD Find and Replace performs the familiar find and replace feature you see in programs such as Word and Excel for Active Directory.

AD Photos

AD Photos allows you to import photos into Active Directory one at a time or in bulk, there are two attributes where photos can be stored jpegPhoto and thumbnailPhoto, photos store in Active Directory can be used with Outlook 2010, Sharepoint and AD Phonebook.

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True last logon

Need to clean up Active Directory? Wouldn't it be great if you could find the true last logon time for every user and computer account plus other data to identify those redundant accounts? With True Last Logon you can clean up your Active Directory easily by identifying unused and obsolete user and computer accounts based on their true last logon time and account status.

FSMS Roles Detector

Within Active Directory not all Domain Controllers are equal some have certain roles assigned to them; these roles are called the FSMO roles (Flexible Single Master Operations). Use this tool to discover which domain controllers hold the FSMO Roles.

Andrew Moss is a writer for www.dovestones.com. Dovestones Software has been creating tools for managing Microsoft based networks since 2005. They specialize in Active Directory Software and Active Directory Tools.