Administrative tools in the Active Directory

●Active Directory Users and Computers---aduc--dsa.msc
Used to manage objects in the current domain, delegating administrative rights to the domain, and raising the functional level of the domain
●Active Directory Domains and Trust relationships--ADDT---domain.msc
Use to view the logical structure of the current forest, raise the functional level of domains and forests, create new, edit, and view trust relationships
● Active Directory Sites and Services---ADSS---dssite.msc
Use to view the physical structure of the current forest, create, edit, and delete site information, set or Cancel GC
● Group Policy Management Console--GPMC---gpmc.msc (manual download installation required in Windows2003)
Used to add, modify, and delete Group Policy, you can export and import Group Policy configuration
● Active Directory System Interface Editor----Adsiedit.msc (need to install support Tools in Windows Server 2003)
Information to view and modify the Active Directory underlying storage (DOMAIN,CONFIGRATION,SCHEMA)
● AdRestore---Used to recover an Active Directory object that was deleted by mistake (download required)
● Active Directory Snapshot Tool---ADST---(need to download and install to Microsoft site)

Administrative tools in the Active Directory