AD FastReporter

If your job implies working with Active Directory and creating various types of reports, you can turn to AD FastReporter. This is a straightforward and intuitive piece of software dedicated to Windows users who wish to quickly produce AD reports from any source in any AD domain.

Installing the program is fast and shouldn't give you any trouble. When firing up the tool, you're greeted by a starting window that shows only two steps for generating reports: picking the report category and source. The supported report categories are users, computers, groups, Exchange, contacts, printers, group policy objects, and organizational units.

As far as the report source is concerned, there are numerous options to choose from. For instance, you can ask AD FastReporter to process information related to user account status (e.g. deleted or disabled users).

As for the interface, the main app window has a simple look and structure. It's clear that AD FastReporter didn't put much emphasis on appearance, preferring to let users focus on functionality instead.

The current domain used by default but can be changed into another one after configuring settings in the AD connection manager. After choosing the category, you can apply filters with names, addresses, organizations, contact info, memberships, members, account and password status, and anything else.

There's also a task manager included for scheduling FastReporter to produce reports automatically in HTML filetype. They can be sent via email (SMTP). You can also edit the default path to the database location.

Taking into account its intuitive interface and options, AD FastReporter offers a simple software solution for all users interested in a quick and easy way of putting together Active Directory reports.