Free Active Directory Management Tools
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Cayosoft Threat Directory
Conclusion
Each of these Free Active Directory tools serves a specific purpose in your security toolkit. For immediate threat detection and continuous monitoring, Cayosoft Guardian Protector delivers enterprise-level capabilities at a lower cost.
The most effective approach combines multiple tools tailored to your most significant pain points. Start with real-time monitoring for security threats, then add specialized utilities for permission auditing, performance analysis, and account cleanup. A layered strategy provides comprehensive coverage without overwhelming your team or budget.
Don’t wait for the following security incident to expose gaps in your Active Directory visibility. Select the tools that best match your immediate needs and begin deployment immediately.
Ready to get started? Schedule a demo to see how these tools can strengthen your security strategy.
Cayosoft Guardian Protector™
Real-time threat detection and change monitoring for unrivaled visibility across AD and Entra ID.
Cayosoft Free Active Directory Tools FAQ
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Two robust solutions:
- Cayosoft Guardian Protector – Free, unlimited hybrid identity monitoring with real-time alerts across AD, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 (Teams, Intune, Exchange).
- Cayosoft Administrator Free Trial – A unified hybrid AD/M365 management console that automates the identity lifecycle, enforces Zero Trust, and keeps teams audit-ready.
Purple Knight and PingCastle are point-in-time scanners. You run them, get a report, and they’re done—no continuous monitoring, no live alerts, and no rollback.
Guardian Protector never stops watching. It provides continuous, real-time visibility and alerts across AD, Entra ID, and M365 with no quotas, no agents, and no trial traps.
Yes. Guardian Protector is free forever—with unlimited object coverage, real-time alerts, and exportable audit logs: no trial expiration, no throttled dashboards, no hidden paywalls. Advanced rollback and full forest recovery are optional upgrades; however, monitoring is always free.
No. Guardian Protector is fully agentless. It connects with least-privilege accounts to AD, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 APIs. No domain controller agents, no registry edits, no fragile log scraping.
Most admins are up and running in under 30 minutes. Download, connect to AD and Entra ID, and start seeing events stream instantly.
Yes. It supports multi-forest, multi-tenant deployments with over one million identities, built on the same monitoring engine as Cayosoft Guardian enterprise deployments.
It surfaces Indicators of Exposure (IOEs), Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), and Indicators of Attack (IOAs), including:
- Privilege escalations (Domain Admin, Global Admin)
- Dormant account reactivations
- GPO or Conditional Access policy tampering
- Unauthorized group or role assignments
- Risky OAuth grants/app sprawl
- Teams or Exchange ownership changes
- Intune policy drift
Yes. It detects privilege abuse, mass account changes, and directory tampering, often tied to ransomware campaigns. With an upgrade to Guardian Forest Recovery, you can restore a clean AD forest in minutes—faster than any backup-only method.
Per Jennifer: “remove for launch – save for later.”
Administrator is the management side of the equation. It unifies administration across AD, Entra ID, M365, Teams, Intune, and Exchange. It automates provisioning, license management, and deprovisioning, enforces Zero Trust policies, and provides audit-ready reporting.
If your priority is security and visibility, start with Guardian Protector—real-time monitoring, free forever. Then evaluate Cayosoft Administrator to streamline management, automate compliance, and reduce administrative overhead. Many organizations deploy both for complete Manage – Monitor – Recover coverage.
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Bottom Line
Admins get instant visibility and alerts without scripts or logs.
Teams gain stronger compliance, fewer blind spots, and scalable coverage.
Leaders get free enterprise-grade protection without budget impact.
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Free Active Directory Management Tools
Cayosoft embeds free Active Directory tools directly into our full product, helping you benefit from our core expertise, which focuses on solving real world directory and identity challenges. Another benefit of embedding our Free AD tools is that they are maintained and updated frequently so they won’t be posted and forgotten by us.
Per Jennifer: “remove for launch – save for later.”
Cayosoft Administrator™
Cayosoft provides you with a powerful, free tool to monitor and secure your Microsoft environment.
*Free trial versus freeware tools mode: When you install any of our products, they automatically begin a 25-day free trial period of a fully functional trial. At the end of the 25-day free trial, you will be asked to purchase a license or continue in Free Active Directory Tools mode (called Free Mode).