What does Active Directory Reporting Refer To?

Active Directory Reporting usually refers to the generation of security reports for identity and access management in IT infrastructures powered by Active Directory.

These reports typically cover everything domain user accounts, security groups, group policies, computers, organizational units, conainers, service connetion points, trusts and even domain security policies.

These reports can be generated in a variety of ways. Some organizations use home-grown scripts to generate these reports whereas others use 3rd party solutions to generate these reports.

For most organizations these reports constitue an integral part of their security management strategy.