


So far I like it a lot things that are a pain in the neck in ADSIEdit have been greatly simplified in this tool, although it does not replace all the functions of Microsoft's AD editor. You can also view and edit properties and attributes of your Active Directory in the tool. This is not intended as a backup so much as a way to check for what has changed-and the ability to run a differential comparison is built into the tool. One of the great features is that you can save a snapshot of AD. There are a plethora of tools out there that let you manipulate AD in ways you need to get the job done, but this one is both free and very easy to use. ADExplorer gives you an alternate way to view, edit, and even create snapshots of your current Active Directory (AD) structure.

They have just released Active Directory Explorer, a tool that I am sure will have many sysadmins jumping for joy-or at least downloading it and using it to lighten their work load. Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich have done an outstanding job of identifying areas of system administration that are headaches, and writing tools to address the issues that are compact, reliable, and free. It's no secret that I am a big fan of Sysinternals tools.
