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IT Administrators face daily challenges managing large and often complex network, challenges, the lack of time is big problem so often administrators reach for software tools to make their life easier, finding good Active Directory Software can save you time and make a real difference in time and effort required to manage Active Directory.

Importing users into Active Directory and updating existing users can be an extremely time consuming, tiresome, and error-prone task, especially in a large networks.

Let’s take a look at Active Directory Software; the AD Toolset is a collection of incredibly useful tools that will help you to easily and effectively manage your Active Directory network. The AD Toolset includes

1. AD Bulk Users
2. AD Bulk Contacts
3. AD Bulk Export
4. AD Find and Replace
5. True Last Logon
6. AD Photos
7. Home Folder Creator

AD Bulk Export

AD Bulk Export is an easy to use yet powerful export tool for Active Directory(http://www.dovestones.com) that allows you to export as much information as you require, export Users, Contacts, Groups and Computer objects.

AD Bulk Export is GUI based but it also supports command line operation this allows you to schedule export to a CSV file or a SQL table.

AD Bulk Users

AD Bulk Users is a tool for importing and updating Active Directory users. You can automate the import and update of users, create Exchange mailboxes and home folders quickly and easily. You can import from CSV (Excel) or Microsoft SQL Server. Exchange is also supported (2000, 2003, 2007 & 2010), there is a large list of attributes that can be imported/updated by default including passwords, Terminal Services, group membership and more.

AD Bulk Contacts

AD Bulk Contacts is designed to import and update Active Directory Contacts, you update a large number of attributes and add contacts to Groups. AD Bulk Contacts can Mail-Enable contacts for Microsoft Exchange.

True Last Logon

True Last Logon helps you identify those unused and obsolete user and computer accounts, for example locate accounts that have never logged on, disabled accounts or accounts that haven’t logged on in X number of days, find users with non-expiring password and more. You can then take and action and delete, move or disable the accounts.

The Active Directory software listed above is part of the AD Toolset a collection of must-have AD management tools. You can get on your hands on them by visiting www.dovestones.com.

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Andrew Moss is a writer for www.dovestones.com. Dovestones Software has been creating tools for managing Microsoft based networks since 2005. They specialize in Active Directory Software and Active Directory Tools.

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