LDAP Administrator is made for technical users familiar with LDAP query language. Its good for  software developers, and a certain class of IT administrators. With a polished, modern user interface, it  is a more user-friendly version of LDP.  I installed the product easily on my virtual machine test lab, but it took a little while to connect it to AD. Since I was running it on the domain controller while logged on as an Administrator I thought it would detect AD, and automatically bind to it using the current Windows security context. However, you first have to configure credentials and a base DN in order to bind to AD.
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This is the first tool in Javelina’s ADToolkit product suite that I tested out. I received an email with a  link to download ADGroups shortly after filling in contact data on the product’s web page. There was an error during installation stating: “WiseScript COM Registration Tool has stopped working”, but I was able to continue with the installation. Upon startup I was prompted to setup email, and I skipped over this step, too. The product lets administrators add, modify, and delete group attributes and members using a basic graphical user interface.
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This simple tool lets you make bulk changes to users and contacts in Active Directory in a way that is similar to the find and replace functionality found in Word, and Excel. I downloaded and tested it out on a domain with 1400 users. It took about 30 seconds to run after I set the scope to an OU within the users OU, searched for a user, and replaced one of its attribute values. The evaluation version only allows you to preview changes not commit them.

Price: $99/Admin

Company: Dovestones Software

Website: www.dovestones.com

Quests’s ActiveRoles Server is a full-featured user provisioning system. It includes both windows  client and web-based interfaces. The web interface allows customizing user provisioning templates, and self-service updates to delegate tasks that would otherwise have to be completed by IT. I was impressed with one feature in particular called “Managed Units”. Managed Units are virtual OUs that can be created within ActiveRoles Server to help manage AD without changing the structure of Active Directory. Another useful feature is temporal group management which automates adding and removing members of groups that need to be members only for a specified time period. This is a great product but at $25 per user in your Active Directory it is also one of the most expensive.
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An evaluation version of this product can be downloaded without filling in contact data. Downloading and installing this tool on my VM was quick and easy. It has a nice UI, and a large number of reports including User, Group, Computer, Exchange, OU, GPO, Printer,Security,NTFS among others.The reports can be configured by adding or removing columns as seen in the screen shot below. You can also create custom reports using your own LDAP search queries. Its just a reporting tool, though, and does not allow editing attributes. You can find locked out users, for instance, but you can’t unlock them. [UPDATE: A new feature includes an actions button in which certain actions, like unlocking, enabling,deleting users is allowed]

Price: $249/yr per admin (subscription model)

Company: JiJi Technologies

Website: www.adutils.com