Active Administrator

• Active Administrator is licensed by the number of enabled user objects in the licensee’s Active Directory.
• You must purchase 1 user license for every enabled user object in the licensee’s Active Directory where Active Administrator is used, regardless of the number of sites, domains or OUs.
• Licenses can be bought in any quantity above the minimum of 50.
• Licenses are not tied to particular domain controllers or member servers.
• The process is the same for all products; contact your reseller or ScriptLogic representative to purchase more licenses. When your order has been processed you will be provided with a new electronic license for the total quantity of licenses you purchased.
• Using ScriptLogic products in excess of the licenses you have purchased and installed is a violation of the End User License Agreement (EULA). You are required to ensure you have sufficient licenses for the number of enabled user objects in your Active Directory.
• A 30-day evaluation license is available. The only restriction is that it expires after 30 days.
• You can request an extension for an evaluation license.
• Within the Active Administrator Console use the "Active Directory Security" tab, while in the tree view right-click on a domain and select "View All Users". This lists the users and counts the total number in each domain.
• You can also check with your Active Directory or Network Administrator to confirm the total number of enabled users in your Active Directory Domains, as this is also the number of licenses that Active Administrator has used.
• ScriptLogic licenses by region. For example, if you acquired the licenses from the North America, you can only use those licenses in North America. The same concept applies for: (1) Europe, Middle East, and Africa, (2) Asia Pacific and (3) Latin America.
• ScriptLogic does not sell any of its products with shrink-wrap packaging. All delivery of software and licenses is electronic.

Discover the features that make Active Administrator the most powerful and complete Active Directory solution available today.

Complete Solution
Manage and audit the four essential Active Directory functions securely from one integrated, proactive solution. Simpler and faster than native tools or multiple point solutions to exceed compliance regulations, tighten security, increase productivity and improve business continuity for all Windows networks.

Audit
One consolidated audit record to see changes in Active Directory, Group Policy and Active Administrator. Customize easily with flexible reporting, alerting and event filtering to see what happened fast. Automate and schedule the workflow and take actions when certain changes happen.

Secure
Streamline how you apply security policies and permissions. Find and fix over-privileged users fast. Manage change control with a centralized audit trail of all changes. Provision and limit areas of access in the Active Administrator application to only essential features.

Backup and Recover
Backup and Recover essential Active Directory and Group Policy information from one place simply. Preview and restore quickly from your automated backups one or all more items including users, OUs, objects, attributes, group memberships and individual Group Policy Versions.

Group Policy Simplified
Manage, report, compare, rollback and analyze changes in Group Policy easily from one place. Use “Modeling” to simulate changes and test “what-if” scenarios and the Offline Repository to be safe. Keep automated backups and version history with auditing so you can undo anytime.

Server Installation

Processor: Pentium 4 or higher
Disk Space: 50 MB
Memory:
For Windows Server 2003, 512 Megabytes minimum, 1 Gigabyte recommended
For Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, 512 Megabytes minimum, 2 Gigabytes recommended
Screen resolution: 1024x768

Operating Systems:
Windows Server 2003 (all editions)
Windows Server 2008 Family, including R2 and Server Core
Note: Audit Agents (standard and advanced) are supported also on Windows 2000 domain controllers.

MSDE 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Express 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Express 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. All versions should have the latest service pack installed.

Important: Active Administrator requires the default collation for the Audit database. In Microsoft SQL Server, collation refers to a set of rules that determine how data is sorted and compared. Active Administrator supports only the default collation and sort order configurations for the Audit database. With SQL 2005, the default configuration is SQL_Latin1_General_CI_AS (SQL Server; Latin1 General; Case Insensitive; Accent Sensitive). In addition, Active Administrator also supports SQL_Latin1_General_CS_AS (SQL Server; Latin1 General; Case Sensitive; Accent Sensitive).

If you are unsure of the collation assigned to the Audit database, use Microsoft's ISQL_w or Query Analyzer tools, connect to the database, enter sp_helpsort, and then execute the statement. The results list all sort and collation information for the database.

Note: On the SQL Server, you must enable Named Pipes communication, which is off by default.

Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) 2.7 or later
Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 with Service Pack 1
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) must be enabled on the computer running Server Management. It is optional for servers running just the Audit Agent.
Microsoft Group Policy Management Console

Operating System Download Links and Install Information

Windows XP and Windows 2003
Windows Vista 64bit
Windows Vista 32bit
Windows Vista and Windows 7

The Group Policy Management Console is included in the Remote Server Administration Tools packagel

Click Programs and Features in Control Panel, click Turn Windows features on or off, expand Remote Server
Administration Tools, expand Feature Administration Tools, and then select the check box for Group Policy Management Tools.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
The Group Policy Management Console, once installed, must be enabled through the Server Manager's Add Features Wizard. You can launch the Add Features Wizard through Control Panel → Programs and Features → Turn Windows features on or off. Alternatively, from the command line, use ServerManagerCmd–install GPMC.

Console Installation
Processor: Pentium 600MHz or faster
Disk Space: 50 MB
Memory: 256 MB
Screen resolution: 1024x768
Operating System: Windows XP and higher

Important: When using Windows Vista or Windows 7 64-bit operating systems, you may experience problems when trying to perform some operations on Active Directory objects, such as creating objects or viewing object properties. When the Microsoft RSAT tools are installed on Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows 7 64-bit, the adprop.dll.mui and dsadmin.dll.mui files are not installed and these files are needed by Active Administrator. Please see the ScriptLogic Knowledge Base and Solution Center for instructions on how to locate and copy these files to the correct location.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) must be enabled on the computer running the Active Administrator Console.