Below are the new features in version 8.1 that will give administrators additional tools to get the job done faster and easier.
Active Administrator Web Console
This new feature extends the functionality of the built-in Windows management tools for Active Directory by allowing administrators to view and manage security. You can open the web console in the following browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome 47 or Mozilla Firefox 44.
Active Directory Health dashboard
The dashboard displays read-only real-time data about forests, sites, domains and domain controllers so you can monitor the health of the organization.
Alerts
Alerts have two levels of severity: warning and critical.
Notifications
You can create notifications to send to specified email recipients when alerts are generated.
Health checks
A Health Check is a customizable report on forests, domains, sites, and domain controllers.
Reports
There are over seventy out-of-the-box reports to help manage the organization.
Active Directory Topology
For a selected forest, you can view and customize a topology diagram and quickly see a list of domain controllers with their roles.
Edit DNS zone permissions
You can edit the permissions of only DNS zones that are integrated with Active Directory Domain Services.
Purge and archive Directory Analyzer alerts
You can choose to purge and/or archive the alerts added to the Active Administrator database by Active Directory Health.
Purge stale accounts
You can now purge stale users or computers. By default, inactive accounts are purged after 30 days of inactivity.
Attach remediation actions to critical Active Directory Health alerts
Remediations are actions that execute when an Active Directory Health alert reaches its critical threshold. Several built-in remediation actions are included with Active Administrator.
Specify preferred domain controllers
Preferred domain controllers are used when requesting resources from Active Directory.
Support for Personal Information Exchange (PFX) (PKCS12) files
Certificates module: You can add, install, and manage Personal Information Exchange (PFX) (PKCS12) files.
New user role to view alerts only
The new Directory Analyzer Alert Viewer role provides read-only access to Directory Analyzer alerts.
Schedule weekly backups
You can now schedule the backup to run on a weekly basis on a day and at a time of your choosing.
Customize view of security objects
When viewing all users, groups, organization units, or computers in the Security & Delegation module, you can now select which columns of information you want to display.
Additional supported platforms
Microsoft® SQL Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016
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