#1 most frequent
United States of America
68.5%126 installations of 184
What is ManageEngine ADAudit Plus?
ADAudit Plus offers real-time monitoring, user and entity behaviour analytics, and change audit reports that helps users keep AD and IT infrastructure secure and compliant.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of Active Directory Auditing
Top Performing Features
Software and hardware inventory
Management of the physical and software from acquisition through disposal.
Category average: 6.8
Multiple Server Monitoring
Server Monitoring is a process to monitor server's system resources like CPU Usage, Memory Consumption, I/O etc.
Category average: 8.4
Multi-device monitoring
Network device monitoring in real time for any devices on your network
Category average: 8.2
Areas for Improvement
Antivirus and malware management
Detection of security risks like malware and viruses
Category average: 5.4
Data backup and recovery
Backup and recovery of lost data
Category average: 6.2
Network device monitoring
Monitor the real-time performance and health of devices on your network
Category average: 5.5
Who Buys & Uses ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
#2 most frequent
Canada
10.3%19 installations of 184
#3 most frequent
Brazil
2.7%5 installations of 184
AD Audit for monitoring your system.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use AD Audit to manage all avenues of Active Directory. Monitoring of AD user's creation, change and deletes Monitoring of Admin accounts Monitoring of specific confidential file changes Monitoring of thresholds of changed files Monitoring of who deleted, changed, or moved files These are the basic functions we use, but there are many more that are in use.
Pros
- File change auditing.
- Reports on anomalies that happen with users or files.
- Printer usage results.
- User lockout auditing.
Cons
- Better detailed logging for AD Account Bad Passwords.
Return on Investment
- It gives me peace of mind knowing that auditing is in place and ready to be reported at any time.
Alternatives Considered
Nessus, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus
Other Software Used
ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Remote Desktop Manager, PRTG Network Monitor
Simple and Cheap AD Reporting.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use AdAudit to centrally repository all Active Directory user and system events. And do monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting on user interactions, permission changes, account creations, and deletions. And for helping find where people get locked out. Great tool for AD reporting all around! You can create reports in various file formats; pdf, csv, xls, etc for the necessary consumption needs.
Pros
- AD reporting.
- Live user account event research and review.
- network drive access permission changes.
Cons
- some of the reports have bugs and have been long-standing issues not resolved for years.
- web portal has not really changed in look & feel in years.
- not always the easiest to customize reports.
Return on Investment
- We added quarterly AD user reporting to our financial auditing process easily.
- We added monthly user account membership reviewing.
- Added the ability to troubleshoot user lockout ad hoc to IT controls.
Alternatives Considered
Quest Change Auditor
Other Software Used
ManageEngine ADManager Plus, PRTG Network Monitor, VMware vSphere
Usability
Efficient Audit: An Analysis of the ADAuditPlus Solution
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use ManageEngine ADAudit Plus as a security layer for AD activity audits, automatic detection of anomalous behavior, and also as a research tool to find users vs. computers.
Pros
- Identify unusual logins to AD, such as after hours, for example.
- Detailed audit of user changes in AD, like account change auditing, group policy changes auditing
- Custom Reports and Alerts
Cons
- No changes required.
- No changes required.
- No changes required.
Return on Investment
- Reduction of Security Risks
- Time Savings in Compliance
- Increased IT Team Productivity
- Prevention of Data Loss and Fines
ManageEngine -- Gets the job done!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use ManageEngine as an SIEM system for reporting on AD and other events. Various of our customers require SIEM systems and ManageEngine met the needs. It's pretty lightweight. We have about 50 workstations and 2 active AD controllers. Not a lot of usage against the ManageEngine but it mostly does the job. See later in the review for the good, bad, and ugly.
Pros
- Data capture against a wide variety of sources (logs, events, windows, Linux systems)
- Ability to find specific events in the logs
- Basically unlimited history
- Useful dashboard (although not really once you dig into it)
Cons
- It's based on Java engine that is slow -- reports are often difficult to build (we are going to upgrade the machine it's running on to see if this is the issue)
- Keeping this software up to date is a pain; there should be a better "update" function
- The naming and navigation are terrible -- it's never clear which feature you're looking for and where it's hidden in the menus
- Adding machines is not as easy as it should be; occasionally there are IP conflicts that are nearly impossible to resolve
Return on Investment
- Gets the job done and meets SIEM checklist
- Occasionally has help assign responsibility for "mistakes"
- Provides some peace of mind for reporting
Alternatives Considered
Splunk Log Observer
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We monitor access to domain controllers and especially sensitive files on our file server. It has helped to identify when if anyone accessed or attempted to access sensitive files. It has also helped in monitoring password and username failures. We have several daily reports we use for these.
Pros
- bad password/username monitoring
- file access monitoring
- logon activity monitoring
Cons
- a security hardening section like other ManageEngine products
- make the user interface more similar between other ManageEngine products
- a little more detail in reports
Return on Investment
- it has saved hours of researching and logging in and checking servers individually, that alone has paid for investment
Other Software Used
ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus, ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus, ManageEngine ADManager Plus
