Overview of Adaxes Reporting Features

Jan 8, 2025

Adaxes Reporting Features

Importance of Reports

  • Essential for monitoring, analyzing, and understanding IT environments.
  • Crucial for security, audit readiness, and compliance.
  • Over 200 reports available for various users:
    • IT administrators
    • Regular users managing AD groups

Types of Reports

  • Computer and System Reports
    • Outdated Windows versions
    • Abandoned computer accounts
    • Unmoderated Exchange groups
    • Mailbox quotas, limits, and restrictions
    • Nested security groups
    • Groups without members
  • User Account Reports
    • Status, home folders, managers, subordinates
    • Passwords and security settings
    • Inactive Users Report:
      • Shows users inactive for over 90 days
      • Identify ex-employees retaining network access
      • Option to deprovision accounts in bulk
    • Logon Hours Report:
      • Tracks login permissions and restrictions

User Categories and Report Access

  • Useful for various stakeholders:
    • IT staff
    • Managers
    • Auditors
    • HR
  • Manage Groups Report:
    • Review group membership
    • Exportable to PDF, CSV, Excel, etc.
    • Schedule regular report delivery

Report Scheduling

  • Can be scheduled centrally or by user choice
  • Frequency options: daily, weekly, monthly
  • Delivery methods: email, file share
  • Customizable email notifications
  • Example: Managers receive group membership report weekly

Permissions and Access Control

  • Users require permissions to access reports
  • Access is controlled via security roles
  • Example: Managers role allows access to specific reports
  • Ability to restrict visibility of certain AD objects

Customization and Presentation

  • Important reports can be featured on the homepage
  • Reports can be displayed as charts
  • Expandable reports for quick access:
    • Recently Created/Deleted Objects
  • Report Overviews provide a comprehensive view:
    • Cleanup activities
    • Risk analysis
    • User account details

Custom Reports

  • Customize existing reports:
    • Scope options, parameters, columns
    • Conditions and visual charts
  • Create new custom reports:
    • Use scripts for complex data inclusion
    • Example: Office 365 license allocation

Conclusion

  • Adaxes reports offer robust tools for environment monitoring and compliance.
  • Highly customizable and expandable
  • Provides limitless reporting capabilities for organizational needs