ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Erfahrungen

Capability to audit even minute changes that have happened on domain controllers (users, computers, Groups, GPOs, PSOs, DNS Zones) and on user workstations.

Not having the option to add in bulk workstations for auditing.

I like the amount of data that ADAudit Plus can gather. It can pull your file server auditing, your domain controller auditing, and a whole host of other things. You can also setup alerting on specific events that makes it easy to see what's happening with your servers.

The upgrade process is the worst thing I've ever seen in a software product. You have to put your build number into the support website, download a major upgrade, install that, and then download a service pack, and install that. It doesn't sound so bad, but the upgrade process itself is dependent on this antiquated process that uses a batch file and a Java utility. It fails more often than not and the upgrade instructions listed on ManageEngine's website has inaccurate data (lists the wrong batch files to use, etc).

It has a lot of reports already on it. You can use report templates to create a report. For active directory but in same time you can use for auditing file servers. It has DNS auditing and Exchange users and groups too.

Archiving model isn't very useful. It isn't easy to take something from archived logs.

AD Auditing is only a necessity for regulatory requirements and when you need it the most. However, AD Audit also provides intuitive reporting functionality for those times you can't easily give a quick answer, AD Audit is there for you.

Some of the upgrades are a bit of a pain due to services, and it's hard to install multiple products on the same server due to port usage and service installations.

I mostly like AD Audit Plus because of its User-Friendly dashboard.

I think Prices are bit higher. That is the thing I like least.

ADAudit Plus ensures computer security and compliance for us since we use Active Directory servers. It provides us with an audit trail detailing any changes made by our technicians to the configuration or content of the server so we can stay secure and detect any malicious behavior. It also helps us to know what steps to take in the event that some changes bring about a negative effect.

There’s so much information that gets created as a result of the auditing function and sometimes finding the right and accurate report requires going through quite a bit of data to get the exact one you’re looking for. But no tool is really perfect, and this one has some good things to offer.

AD audit most useful software for large active directory environment. You can see what user doing very easily and you can export reports about that. Also if you add your fileserver, it will be act a perfect file server auditor.

Actually there is no negative things but if it has a step to step initial configuration wizard will be good.

Different kinds of reports and customization of reports are available for all modules and the same can be saved in different formats

Combined with Asset management option could give more information for administrator to maintain and get more reports

I like all the functionalities that ADAudit Plus provides, it has plenty of features that i have yet to play around with. This product makes trouble shooting easier and root cause analysis a breeze.

Although AD audit has a bunch of features, the UI is a bit cluttered and intimidating if you don't know exactly what you're looking for. Once you know where things are, everything becomes easier.

ADAudit Plus actually does a lot more than just audit AD. In an environment where you have multiple technicians making changes to AD, it's helpful to have an audit trail for both security reasons, as well as troubleshooting when a change is made that produces an unexpected or undesirable affect. With the audit trail it's easy to see what the most recent changes were so they can be rolled back if necessary.

This product will actually do some auditing of your file servers as well, which we found fairly helpful. When a file gets deleted, it's never a problem to restore it, but it's helpful to be able to see who deleted the file so you can either identify malicious activity or advise a user of what's happening in case they're not aware that they're removing needed information.

Easy to add nodes as well as report generating. good GUI which make it much easier to access console and mange it.

Co-relation part of custom report generating is bit confusing for me but support team can help in same as well.

With AdAudit, I was able to keep track of users access and what they were doing. With this information, I can keep users account clean and server access within compliance. The application was easy to setup, but need assistance from support to fully configure. Support is very helpful!

I was an early adopter with ADAudit from ManageEngine. It was easy to install, but it didn't work 100%. I needed to call support to get the last 10% working. It wasn't something I can do as they would remote to our environement and go into command line run various commands and scripts.

- A substantial list of report templates and options out of the box
- Good set of predefined alerts (customizable)
- Product is generally stable

- Alert management options are limited
- Limited added value when compared with Microsoft security solutions for Entra ID

the simplicity and detailed file audit.
we now have a fully audited file system, who access a file and when.

it takes a bit of getting used to but once the basics out the way, the software works a treat

I like how clear and easy to use the UI is, my biggest qualm with active directory is it seems like most of the fields are intersparsed in random places and it doesn't always give you a full picture of whats going on. With AD audit plus you are able to get clear concise information.

Sometimes the web UI glitches out, but this may be due to our implementation and not necessarily the software.

The ability to track everything that’s going on in my domain and who actually made changes in the domain.

There is a lot of options and sometimes it’s hard to find what you need if never used before.

Easy to access, well defined menu system. Decent dashboard to drill down.

Some minor after setup configuration on Active directory is required. The install wizard could be better.

Ease of use
Easy to navigate interface
Filters galore

No real cons to mention.
Filters could be a bit much to an inexperienced user.