subject: Why Active Directory Reports Are Essential [print this page] Reporting is an essential task for the system administrator to manage the information pertaining work force and other Active Directory objects. Active Directory reports that the system administrator needs to generate can be broadly divided into following two categories:
Administrative Reports: These reports help the administrator to manage his / her day to day tasks efficiently. For example, through the administrative reports the administrator can know that which users password has been expired. Knowing this the administrator can reset the password for the user; therefore, the work of the user does not get affected.
Management Reports: These reports are a summarized form of Active Directory Reports for management needs. The management reports provide an overview of the status of the Active Directory objects.
Generating Active Directory Reports is must for the system administrator otherwise the management of Windows Active Directory cannot be streamlined. Active Directory reports help the system administrator to audit Active Directory objects like users, users account, users accounts password, printers, GPOs, etc. Though, Active Directory reports are difficult to generate manually but essential for the system administrator. The task becomes more tedious and time consuming, especially when the system administrator has to develop reports for both local and domain users. To efficiently manage Active Directory objects, the system administrator needs to develop more than 50 types of reports. Imagine creating more than 50 types of reports manually. Substantial time of the administrator is wasted in generating Active Directory reports. Moreover, he has to put other works on hold, which should not be done.
To simplify this task of the system administrator and to save significant time, various tools are available in the market. Such tools help the system administrator to generate Active Directory reports automatically. Using automated tools reduce the workload of the administrator; therefore, the saved time can be used in the organizations favor that is in producing more output. Chily Active Directory Management and Reporting is an efficient tool developed to generate more than 65 reports to audit Active Directory objects.
The software interface gives you Windows explorer like interface. Thus, you feel familiar to use the software. Chily Active Directory Management and Reporting not only enables you to view the reports but also allows saving the reports for future reference. The reports generated through this software can be saved in .html, .txt, .rtf, .csv, or .pdf format. Moreover, the facility to print reports is also provided in the software.
