The Active Directory is supposed to make it easy to control users and groups, but managing it can be difficult. The tools found on this page are for end users to update their own records.
Administrator tools are located at Active Directory Management Tools
Tools in the Spotlight
IMI GAL Modify is a small utility for Exchange Admin to modify the Mailbox attributes on MS Exchange Server 5.5. Works on MS Windows 95/98/Me, allowing the admin to modify the mailboxes from a desktop machine. | |
Profiler gives the typical end user the ability to update their directory information (telephone number, office location etc) using their browser. Supports password management. Reset Passwords with security questions. Updating membership of Groups and Distribution lists are supported. Because the software is web based, deploying the solution is as easy as giving your users the correct URL or adding a link to your intranet. Supports Exchange 200x and LDAP SSL for secure connections. |
Tools
Account Central decreases the administrative burden on key IT personnel by allowing secretaries, supervisors or other authorized personnel to update select portions of the Active Directory. Authorized personnel can automatically email a whole distribution list allowing users to view and update their information with Account Central. | |
ADUM Assistant is a simple tool that allows standard Active Directory users the ability to manage their personal information in the directory and the GAL. The goal is to eventually migrate to VB.NET and offer more advanced features for admins.Beta. Version 0.9 | |
activeImport will automatically keep your Active Directory user information up-to-date including Telephone Numbers, Departmental Information, Company Information, Addresses, and more. Use all employee information in your existing databases in Active Directory and view this directly in Outlook. | |
AD Photo Edit is a user friendly (and free) program for adding, removing and editing these images.If you are using Outlook 2010 then you have probably noticed the ability for Outlook to display an image/photo for each user or contact in your Active Directory domain. However, the only method that MS provide you with for actually importing images into the AD attribute that Outlook 2010 pulls these images from is a powershell cmdlet that comes with Exchange 2010. This cmdlet also limits you to selecting images that are less than 10 KB even though the thumbnailPhoto attribute in AD is only limited to 100 KB. | |
Adaxes by Softerra is a comprehensive solution for management, administration and monitoring of Active Directory. It helps to automate and secure user provisioning and de-provisioning in Active Directory environments, guarantees high-performance user lifecycle management for any enterprise. Adaxes allows simplifying, automating and securing the management of Microsoft Exchange (2003, 2007, and 2010). Also provides distribution list management capabilities to Exchange. | |
Directory Assistant allows users to modify their directory information. To facilitate ease of setup, the existing "mailbox template" is used as the foundation for customizing Directory Assistant. Directory Assistant can be also configured differently for specific groups of users - enabling system administrators to provide variable levels of authority or approval for changes. Automate the updating by setting up reminders to ensure clients update their information at regular intervals. Clients can update their information using their web browser. | |
Directory Manager is a web-based application that allows a designated user to update other user's information in Active Directory through a easy to use interface. Supported on Windows 2003/2008 x86 or x64. Version 1.3 | |
Directory Update is a "self-service" solution that allows a user to update their own information in the Active Directory. The Web interface is customizable so that a user can provide only valid information (such as city, department, title) and the telephone number format can be validated. Version 1.7. Supported on Windows 2003/2008 x86 or x64. | |
Exclaimer AD Pictures allows you to import images into your Active Directory. Exclaimer AD Pictures also allows you to save images to any AD record, as well as extracting and editing images which are already stored. When used in conjunction with any of Exclaimer's Disclaiming and Signature products you can dynamically add the images as part of an email signature so that every email sent by a user has their signature and picture. AD Pictures provides the ability to make use of the features within Outlook 2010 to view an image of the user sending or receiving an email by enabling the management of images within Active Directory. | |
Outlook Photos from Exclaimer makes it easy to add user photos to your Microsoft Exchange 2010 global address list (GAL). Like Contact and Social Connector photos, GAL photos display on contacts and email messages associated with that user. Free. | |
GroupID takes all of Imanami's core products and bundles them into a suite, integrating functionality and administration while still enabling them to function independently. With GroupID its easy to keep distribution and security groups up to date. Membership will always be accurate and outdated groups will be removed from your Global Address List (GAL). | |
GroupID Self-Service gives users a quick, easy and secure way to update their pertinent personal information. Some attributes should be editable by the user (mobile phone, home address), some should be editable by the user’s manager (title, location) and some should only be editable by IT (email address). GroupID Self-Service gives all of these options with the additional ability to create workflows to give IT even more control, without more work. | |
Create, modify and delete Mailboxes, Distribution Lists and Custom recipients from any web browser. | |
For helpdesk staff its a simple interface for resetting AD passwords, disabling, enabling and unlocking accounts. For system admins, its a bulk password reset tool. Bulk Modify tool to change attribute values for many user accounts. | |
PeoplePassword provides the most secure and flexible web-based self-service password reset tool for Windows in the industry. We have built PeoplePassword not only to be extremely intuitive for the end user to enroll and recover their Active Directory password, but also very powerful for the administrator to control security through built-in and customized profiles, questions, and question lists specific to a profile. PeoplePassword brings it all together for businesses of all sizes to implement a simple and secure self-service password reset tool. | |
PeopleUpdate provides a web-based search and update interface for Microsoft Active Directory environments. PeopleUpdate allows for search, export, and update functionality from a web-based interface. PeopleUpdate allows for drop-down lists and input masks for controlling data being updated. Version 3. |
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Last reviewed on Dec 8, 2011
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