Active Directory Query

Active Directory Query is a tool designed for anyone who works with the Active Directory and would like to manage the elements insider in a more convenient way. As you probably hinted, when using the tool you need to be logged in with an account that has Administrative Privileges and has an Active Directory Domain (LDAP) already configured.

As an administrator, you are able to view and interact with various menus, namely users, contacts, computers, groups, printers, shares, group policies, deleted objects, recently created objects and custom, which is a category that displays the objects specified by the LDAP filter. You should bear in mind that even though you have various administrative functions, some of the operations you can perform are limited by default. You can read more details about it in the detailed documentation available in the Help section.

Performing a query is a three-step process that entails selecting the Active Directory Domain from the dedicated pull-down menu. The second step implies you choose the type of object that you need to query, which can be users, computers, groups, policies, so on and so forth. If necessary, you can toggle the sub-OU searches. The last step is to select the Query Object Type button or just hit Enter from the keyboard.