Active Directory Permissions Reporting Tool
Generate Active Directory (AD) permissions reports for security and to demonstrate compliance
Run Active Directory user permissions reports for compliance audits
When managers and auditors come knocking, IT teams must be prepared with lists of all group and user file share permissions. Without AD reporting tools, meeting these requests can be a time-consuming and stressful process. IT teams can use the ARM Active Directory security group permissions reporting tool to gather permissions data from across their systems with its integrated scripting features.
With audit-ready Active Directory access control permissions reports, IT teams can use SolarWinds ARM to easily show internal and external parties who has access to what and when they accessed it. With the ability to generate, customize, and automate reports as needed, you won’t have to waste time looking at old audit logs or try to make sense of outdated spreadsheets.
Improve AD permissions analysis
SolarWinds® Access Rights Manager (ARM) serves as a robust Active Directory group permissions reporting tool by giving IT teams a critical overview of user settings and activity. With both automated and on demand reporting, ARM is built to offer admins better visibility into what resources individual users and groups can access. Gone are the days of struggling to understand why a specific user or group is able to access to certain files or folders.
With Active Directory user permission reporting, IT teams can compare the rights of a given employee to the role they fill in the organization. With these improved insights, IT teams can more easily identify the logic behind user permissions to improve how they enforce their AD policy. This can also allow you to better identify cybersecurity risks and maintain control over network resources.
Detect credential misuse and help avoid potential threats
A common best practice for network security is to strictly enforce privileged accounts. To determine which users have privileged access, IT teams need to be able to run comprehensive Active Directory user permissions reports.
With SolarWinds Active Directory group permissions reports, you can identify who has access to which resources in the AD domain and use these insights to understand how and why user permissions were delegated. You can also view past user access activity, including what was modified and when. This can help prevent credential misuse and keep sensitive parts of a network isolated from users with limited access.
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Do you find yourself asking…
Active Directory is a Microsoft software that organizes and provides access to information in an operating system’s directory. It is used by many organizations to manage access to file directories and devices on a network. It is a central feature of the Windows operating system for both local and cloud-based servers.
Permissions in AD are privileges IT teams grant to users or groups in an organization, so they can perform specific operations on a given network object. Components like users, files, folders, computers, or devices are all represented as objects in Active Directory. However, some of these objects may encompass other objects—for example, a folder might contain a file, and both will be represented as independent objects. Objects that contain other objects are referred to as “container” objects in AD, while single items are called “leaf” objects. Users or groups are commonly assigned AD permissions over objects based on specific requirements. For example, a job role in an organization may entitle a group of users a level of access to a particular folder or device.
Active Directory is a Microsoft software that organizes and provides access to information in an operating system’s directory. It is used by many organizations to manage access to file directories and devices on a network. It is a central feature of the Windows operating system for both local and cloud-based servers.
Permissions in AD are privileges IT teams grant to users or groups in an organization, so they can perform specific operations on a given network object. Components like users, files, folders, computers, or devices are all represented as objects in Active Directory. However, some of these objects may encompass other objects—for example, a folder might contain a file, and both will be represented as independent objects. Objects that contain other objects are referred to as “container” objects in AD, while single items are called “leaf” objects. Users or groups are commonly assigned AD permissions over objects based on specific requirements. For example, a job role in an organization may entitle a group of users a level of access to a particular folder or device.
Streamline Active Directory permissions reporting
Access Rights Manager
- Generate reports from Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, and file server permissions
- Improve permissions and user access analysis to fortify network security
- Prove compliance for internal and external auditors with auto-generated permission reports
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