RE: [ActiveDir] Seeking AD monitoring software recomendations

[Rick Kingslan]

Mark,   Tall order – specifically the ‘ramp up and install’ time.  But, there is one suite that meets what you’re looking for – and scales well to Enterprise size, which summarizes your environment pretty well.   The NetPro Active Directory suite ( www.netpro.com ) is THE tool, IMHO, that does all of this well – and integrates the pieces to provide a complete end-to-end solution.   Rick Kingslan  MCSE, MCSA, MCT, CISSP Microsoft MVP: Windows Server / Directory Services Windows Server / Rights Management Windows Security (Affiliate) Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone WebLog - www.msmvps.com/willhack4food From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:47 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Seeking AD monitoring software recomendations   I work for a large enterprise company running w2k3 in 2003 mode with the expectation the main user domain will hold 150K users. Currently has about 80 DCs.   We finally have funding to buy some AD specific monitoring tools.   I am looking for an application(s) that will tell us when AD is not functioning as it should in a simple screen and email us. Would like to be able to bench mark systems. Will tell us when someone changed a piece of the infrastructure (Auditing) Would like to have the install done in about a week and be proficient in about a month. I need a system I do not have to spend a lot of time with, and will tell me when something wrong/changed.   anyone have any good suggestions ?   Thanks, You guys are great! M. Lunsford