Unimpressed with Active Directory Export

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I was looking for an easy to use utility to export data from one test Active Directory domain to another test AD lab and came across Active Directory Export. It has an intuitive interface that lets you select OUs,Groups,Users to import or export.


Unfortunately, you have to run it from the domain controller itself. I needed a utility I could run from any computer connected to the domain. Also, there is a limited list of attributes that it supports. It can’t handle any custom attributes you may have added, for instance. I think it might be an ok utility for use in a test environment, but I would not use it in a production environment and would not pay for it. I think there are much better solutions available which I will cover in a future post.

Website: www.ActiveDirectoryExport.com

Price: $79 for a 1 year subscription.


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2 Responses to “Unimpressed with Active Directory Export”

  1. Gravatar of Active Directory Management Tools Active Directory Management Tools
    7. December 2009 at 19:40

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  2. Gravatar of Sascha Sascha
    23. March 2011 at 15:50

    Hello,

    I read this post and I would like to say that we provide
    a tool which doesn’t have the limitations mentioned in this post: NNS ADix

    Maybe this tool is interestingly for you…

    Greetings
    Sascha

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