Exchange Server and Active Directory are so tightly integrated with each other that Exchange Server administrators usually have to become Active Directory administrators as well. This collection of tools will help you tackle Exchange Server administration tasks that require the use of Active Directory. You'll discover tools to perform Active Directory queries, monitor and troubleshoot replication, export and import Exchange Server and Active Directory data (e.g., user records, mailbox contacts and distribution lists) -- and much more.
What are your favorite Exchange Server and Active Directory tools? Email us.
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| ChangeAuditor for Active Directory |
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Tool audits changes to Active Directory
As powerful as Active Directory (AD) is, it lacks ability to collect information about who changed what and when in an AD store. One tool that fills this need is ChangeAuditor for Active Directory. |
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| Active Directory Schema Diagnose (ADSD)
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Tool diagnoses Active Directory schema problems
A malfunctioning Active Directory schema can cause all sorts of problems for Exchange Server, from replication issues between servers to Exchange Server not working at all. Luckily, there's a free tool that can determine if a schema can be successfully updated, and where the problem lies if it can't.
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YOUR FAVORITE EXCHANGE SERVER AND ACTIVE DIRECTORY TOOLS
I'd like to contribute to the "new cool tools for Exchange."
I have been using a new free tool from SysOp Tools called AD Query. The tool allows me to query any Active Directory user or computer object in the domain and shows all of the associated object schema data, LDAP data, Exchange Server attributes, etc., on one screen. It's become a great time saver for me and one of the tools I now reach for first.
In addition to the free AD object query utility, I've also been using SysOp Tools' Password Reminder PRO for the past two months. This tool, which sends expiring-password notices to domain users via email, while not free, has already lowered our support desk overhead of dealing with expired passwords by about 90%! I've been scripting something like this for a long time (with widely varying results), and this tool totally nails it. I'm sending them a case of beer.
Frankly, both tools rock.
—Anonymous
