v7.0 [Mar 26, 2011]
The new release of the Active Directory Change Reporter offers new functionality for auditing and reporting on AD changes, including real-time alerting, scheduled Active Directory audit reports with automated delivery, integration with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, AD snapshot reporting and other features. The product also provides improved performance and usability, and has many other enhancements.
Features
Real-time Alerting (*)
The Active Directory Change Reporter allows receiving instant alerts on critical AD changes, giving you the ability to be aware of most important changes and take appropriate actions on time.
Scheduled Active Directory Audit Reports with Automated Delivery (*)
The new report subscription feature of the product allows to select any available reports, specify report filters, configure schedule (daily, weekly, monthly) and specify report recipients (e-mail addresses).
Integration with SIEM Systems (*)
The product integrates with different SIEM systems, such as RSA enVision®, ArcSight® Logger™, Novell® Sentinel™, NetIQ® Security Manager™, IBM Tivoli® Security Information and Event Manager™ and others.
Integration with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (*)
The product is integrated with Microsoft System Center via SCOM Management Pack that makes the audit data available to SCOM for customized processing (rules, alerts, etc.)
Active Directory Snapshot Reporting (*)
NetWrix Active Directory reporting tool allows to report on Active Directory contents (AD "snapshots"), such as "All Members of Domain Admins group", etc. — both on the current state and on historical data (e.g. "All members of Domain Admins group as of December 31, 2008").
Reporting ‘Where’ Active Directory Change Was Made (*)
The product enables detecting of all AD changes on the most detailed level, including information WHERE changes were made. All reports are extended with ‘Where’ field. The field value reflects a domain controller name where changes were made.
Visual Charts (*)
In addition to standard reports the product now can generate visual charts that provide illustration to aid with better change auditing. For example, it can display change statistics for a certain time period visually.
It searches the Active Directory for locked accounts and display the usernames.
The program periodically checks all user accounts in specified domains.