Active Directory Reports

Active Directory is the heart of the Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Network. It stores the complete information of the Windows domain such users, computers, OUs, Sites, Domain controllers, DNS, etc. Hence understanding the Active directory and its sub systems is essential for an administrator.

User Reports

Provides the list of available users in that domain with its creation time, contact information, last login time, etc. Desktop Central provides the following out-of-the-box user reports:

• All User Accounts
• Recently Created User Accounts
• Recently Modified User Accounts
• User Accounts without Logon Scripts
• User Accounts in Multiple Groups
• User Accounts that Never Expires
• Active User Accounts
• Inactive User Accounts
• Disabled User Accounts
• Expired User Accounts
• Soon-to-Expire User Passwords
• Password Expired User Accounts
• Password Never Expiring Users
• User Accounts Password that cannot be Changed
• Domain Admin User Accounts
• User Accounts with Dial-in Permissions
• Unused User Accounts
• Recently Logged On User Accounts
• Last Logon Failed User Accounts

Computer Reports

Provides the list of computers with its OS details, hardware details, DNS details, etc., available in the domain. The following Computer Reports are available:

• All Computers
• Windows Workstation
• Recently Added Computers
• Recently Logged On Computers
• Recently Modified Computer Accounts
• Disabled Computer Accounts
• Computer Accounts by OU
• Windows Servers
• Member Servers
• Domain Controllers
• Computers by OS Service Pack

Group Reports

Provides the details of the available groups with their member users, member computers, and member groups. Desktop Central provides the following out-of-the-box group reports:

• All Groups
• Recently Created Group
• Recently Modified Group
• Groups by OU
• Security Groups
• Distribution Groups
• Nested Groups
• Groups with Member Details
• Groups with Maximum Members
• Groups without Members
• User-only Groups
• Computer-only Groups

Organizational Unit Reports

Provides the list of available organizational units with their member users, computers, groups, and other organizational units of the domain. Desktop Central provides the following out-of-the-box OU reports:

• All OUs
• Recently Created OUs
• Recently Modified OUs
• OUs with Child Details
• OUs without Children
• User-only OUs
• Computer-only OUs
• Nested OUs

Domain Reports

Provides detailed information about the domain along with available domain controllers, details of the directory information tree, and domain members. Desktop Central provides the following out-of-the-box domain reports:

• Active Directory Sites
• Active Directory Domain
• Active Directory Printers
• Group Policy Creator Owners
• Users In "Users" Container
• Groups In "Users" Container
• Computers In "Computer" Container
• Groups In "Builtin" Container

GPO Reports

Provides detailed information about the GPOs that are created, modified, linked to OUs, linked to domains, enforced, etc. Desktop Central provides the following out-of-the-box GPO reports:

• All GPOs
• Recently Created GPOs
• Recently Modified GPOs
• GPOs by OUs
• GPOs Linked To OUs
• GPOs Linked To Domains
• GPOs Linked To Sites
• Block Inheritance enabled OUs
• Block Inheritance enabled Domains
• Enforced GPOs
• User Settings Enabled GPOs
• Computer Settings Enabled GPOs
• User and Computer Settings Enabled GPOs
• Disabled GPOs
• Unused GPOs
• GPOs with Most Modified User Settings
• GPOs with Most Modified Computer Settings
• GPOs with Most Modified User & Computer Settings

Configuration Reports

Desktop Central maintains the history of the applied configurations and provides reports of the configurations that are applied on users, computers, and based on the configuration type. These reports can be used for auditing purpose.

For more details, refer to the Reports