Freeware does not happen much?

We thought and answered this question for ourselves in the affirmative, therefore we offer to evaluate a selection of free programs that can be useful to the administrator in his daily work. All of these programs and many others are developed by NetWrix for auditing, access control, system monitoring, and security.

So, the following is a list of 10 free programs that will help simplify the work of the system administrator. Download and use!



1. Active Directory Change Reporter : NetWrix Active Directory Change Reporter is designed to audit Active Directory . The product keeps track of all changes made in AD and group policies, generates reports and alerts that reflect information about who , WHAT, WHEN and WHAT he changed for all changes. The program allows you to customize the schedule for sending reports. Reports show additions, deletions, and changes of all users, groups, computers, departments, group memberships, access rights, Active Directory sites, group policy objects and configurations, AD schemas, and all other types of objects.
With respect to each change, the value of “before” and “after” is fixed for each of the changed parameters — for example, the previous name of the newly renamed user or the state of access rights to OU before their change. The product allows you to create reports on the state of the service at a particular time on the basis of AD snapshots for the current date (for example, “All members of the domain administrators group”) or a specific time when the snapshot was created (for example, “All members of the domain administrators group December 31, 2008 ”)
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2. File Server Change Reporter : The program records the changes made to files, folders and permissions and keeps track of which files were created and deleted. This program is useful, for example, to fix which files were mistakenly deleted, and allows you to quickly restore them if they are important.
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3. USB Blocker : NetWrix USB Blocker provides centralized access control, preventing unauthorized use of removable media connected to computer USB ports (memory cards, external hard drives, iPod devices, etc.). Regardless of the antivirus and firewall capabilities, access control via USB ports is an important aspect of protecting network computers. Blocking USB devices protects the network from malware, prevents theft of sensitive corporate information
The solution is based on the built-in mechanisms of group policies and easily integrates into the existing environment.
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4. Password Manager : NetWrix Password Manager gives network users the ability to securely manage passwords for their accounts without the involvement of a system administrator. This allows organizations to enforce strong password policies in Active Directory environments, achieve compliance with information security requirements, and solve identity management problems.
The main functions of the program: reset forgotten passwords, troubleshoot account lockout, manually lock an account through a secure web interface, as well as through a Windows application and much more. The new free version supports integration with the Windows login procedure, Google Apps works in Russian.
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5. Service Monitor - a FREE tool for monitoring critical Windows services with an optional restart of the service after a crash. The program keeps track of all automatically started services on a group of servers and in case of a sudden failure of one or several of them sends email notifications. The restart function ensures that all control services will work without downtime. The lightweight program is easy to configure: install, enter computer names and specify the desired email address.
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6. Disk Space Monitor : Even despite the terabyte volumes of modern hard drives, free space on the server tends to end quickly and unpredictably. NetWrix Disk Space Monitor is a FREE tool for IT professionals that tracks disk space on servers (domain controllers, file servers, SharePoint and Exchange servers, database servers, etc.). Centrally controlling free disk space on specified servers, the solution sends daily reports and alerts about insufficient disk space when the specified thresholds are reached. The free version supports up to 10 servers.
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7. Non-owner Mailbox Access Reporter : A FREE NetWrix tool. Non-owner Mailbox Access Reporter captures all the facts of access by administrators and other users to foreign mailboxes. Who got access to which mailboxes for the last day, month and year - the solution will provide accurate data, allowing you to recognize unauthorized actions by users with redundant or incorrectly defined rights. Potentially, such activity may be associated with the theft of confidential information from the mailboxes of directors and managers of the company. Auditing access to other people's mailboxes with reporting is a guarantee of compliance with corporate policies and information security requirements.
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8. Event Log Manager : The program consolidates event log data , notifies and creates archived reports that reflect all events from all logs on all computers of your network. SEIM program notifies you about critical events and centrally stores all events in a compressed format that allows for the analysis of historical data. The free version supports up to 10 servers.
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9. Password Expiration Notifier :
NetWrix Password Expiration Notifier is designed to automatically remind you to change the password for all Active Directory users, including those working remotely. The program periodically checks all users of a given department or AD domain, finds those whose password expires after a certain number of days, and sends them customizable email notifications.
Final reports are sent by email to system administrators.
Thus, using this product, administrators in proactive mode solve problems with expiring passwords for end users and service accounts.

The optional Plan & Test feature allows you to check the configuration and find out how many users will be affected by planned changes in the password policy. To do this, you will not have to distract users or change your AD settings.
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10. SharePoint Change Reporter : The program sends automatic reports daily that reflect all changes in the SharePoint configuration , notifies the SharePoint administrators of what has changed, and records the values ​​of "before" and "after" for each change.
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Did not find what suits you and your company? View the full list of all the programs that NetWrix offers and download both trial and free versions.
We will be glad if they help you in your work!