Q: What is Active Administrator and why do I need it?A: Active Administrator is a complete Active Directory and Group Policy management tool, designed to replace the built-in utilities that are provided with Windows 2000 networks. Q: Can't I just use the built-in tools like Active Directory Users and Computers?A: While Active Directory Users and Computers does provide for basic management of Active Directory, it is much more cumbersome and less functional than Active Administrator. Active Administrator significantly builds on this basic functionality and includes a much more intuitive interface. Q: Does Active Administrator run on Windows NT 4.0?A: Unfortunately the limitations of the operating system prevent Active Administrator from installing and running on anything other than Windows 2000 and later operating systems. Q: Does Active Administrator provide any disaster recovery for Active Directory?A: Yes. Active Administrator has the ability to backup and restore Group Policy objects. This protects these mission critical policies from accidental modification or deletion. Q: Does Active Administrator require any agents or client software to be installed on my servers?A: No. Active Administrator allows for complete management of your entire Active Directory environment from a single console. Q: Can I manage multiple domains using Active Administrator?A: Yes. Active Administrator not only allows you to manage multiple domains, but also allows you to manage domains in discontiguous forests. The interface allows you to manage all of these domains at the same time. Q: Does Active Administrator require any changes to Active Directory Schema?A: No. Active Administrator is fully functional without schema modification and can be removed as easily as it is installed. Q: Does Active Administrator perform any kind or Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) calculations and reporting?A: Yes. Active Administrator allow you to develop views of your Group Policy implementation based on several factors and generate useful reports based on this information. Q: Can I use Active Administrator to set security on all objects in Active Directory?A: Actually, Active Administrator allows you to modify security on Active Directory Configuration and Schema objects in addition to all of the other types of objects in Active Directory. Q: How is Active Administrator licensed?A: Active Administrator is licensed on a per user basis. Every user account in Active Directory must have a license purchased for them. There is not need to purchase licenses for servers or computer objects in Active Directory.
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