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		<title>Web-based User Provisioning with ADAXES</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/web-based-user-provisioning-with-adaxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m a fan of Softerra&#8217;s LDAP Administrator, which I have reviewed here, and finally got around to checking out their new web-based AD management application. Web-based AD managers leverage Active Directory to make it useful for all users in an organization. As a result, they are priced higher than desktop applications that are only used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Quest OnDemand point to a new breed of AD tools in the cloud?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Quest&#8217;s OnDemand Recovery Manager is the first Active Directory management tool built on Microsoft&#8217;s new Azure cloud platform. In this post, I review this interesting tool, and take a look at a technology that greatly simplifies integrating on-premise applications with the cloud, and which may lead to a new breed of Active Directory tools.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new tool in Windows Server 2008 that simplifies restoring Active Directory</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/windows-server-2008-snapshots-with-ntdsutil-and-dsamain/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/windows-server-2008-snapshots-with-ntdsutil-and-dsamain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disaster recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 2003 introduced the feature of snapshots for backing up critical information from the Active Directory Domain Services using VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Services). The problem was that if the DC needed to be restored from snapshots multiple copies would have to be restored and compared to find the best copy. And DC restoration requires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EmpowerID adds features from Quest ActiveRoles Server</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/empowerid-adds-features-from-quest-activeroles-server/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/empowerid-adds-features-from-quest-activeroles-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web-based]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The EmpowerID product started out as a web- based self-service portal designed to reduce help-desk calls. It allowed users to update their own user information, like their phone number in Active Directory, to reset their own passwords, and also provided a customizable company phonebook. The Dot Net Factory, which makes EmpowerID, has since incorporated many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unimpressed with Active Directory Export</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/unimpressed-with-active-directory-export/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/unimpressed-with-active-directory-export/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A low cost Active Directory Import Export utility with limited features.]]></description>
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		<title>How to export data from Active Directory using the free PowerGUI tool</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/how-to-export-data-from-active-directory-using-the-free-powergui-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/how-to-export-data-from-active-directory-using-the-free-powergui-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many visitors to this site are just looking for a free, or low cost tool to help them with a simple task. In this post I step through a common task of exporting data from AD using the free PowerGUI tool, and I highly recommend testing this tool out to see if it suits your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Active Directory Recycle Bin Does Not Do</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/what-the-active-directory-recycle-bin-does-not-do/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/what-the-active-directory-recycle-bin-does-not-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disaster recovery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new Active Directory Recycle Bin has a somewhat misleading name. Its not like the Windows Explorer Recycle Bin, and there are some things to consider before using this new feature.

As you may know, when you delete an object, like a user, from AD it is not deleted but rather marked with a &#8220;tombstone&#8221; flag. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maxpowersoft vs. Jiji Active Directory Reports</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/maxpowersoft-vs-jiji-active-directory-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/maxpowersoft-vs-jiji-active-directory-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, and in the video below, I look at Maxpowersoft&#8217;s AD reporting tool, and compare it to Jiji&#8217;s offering. Getting the the trial version of Maxpowersoft&#8217;s AD Reports up and running was a little different. I downloaded it from the Maxpowersoft website without being prompted to provide any registration information, but then when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forefront Identity Manager Demo Video</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/forefront-identity-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/forefront-identity-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has renamed Identity Lifecycle Manager &#8220;2&#8243; to Forefront Identity Manager 2010. In a quick 2 minute video below, I walk through editing user information, and creating a distribution list for a new project using its web-based console.

]]></description>
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		<title>User self-service updates with AdSelfServicePlus</title>
		<link>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/user-self-service-updates-with-adselfserviceplus-2/</link>
		<comments>http://activedirectorytools.com/archives/user-self-service-updates-with-adselfserviceplus-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kamran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web-based]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been interrupted at work by a wrong number call from someone else within  your compay?  Outlook&#8217;s  Global Address List (GAL) is handy for looking up phone numbers, addresses, titles, and other information, but can be difficult to keep up to date . As employees move, change phones, etc. somebody has to [...]]]></description>
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