Seven free Windows Server Management Tools

There are many tools available on the market to help Windows server administrators configure, manage, troubleshoot, and protect the security of Windows servers and domains. In this article, we recommend seven free and practical server management tools for administrators to choose from.

Active Directory Best Practices Analyzer

Active Directory Best Practices Analyzer is provided on Windows Servers starting from Windows Server 2008 R2. It analyzes key settings and other active directory components to check if they comply with Microsoft's best practices standards. This tool helps identify the security and performance of adding active directories. The corresponding status and description are displayed for each setting or component scan.

Active Directory Explorer

Active Directory ExplorerAD Explorer is an Active Directory viewer and editor that allows administrators to view AD databases, save offline snapshots, create favorite points, and save advanced searches. The administrator can view object attributes and features without opening a dialog box, and modify permissions to view object modes. The administrator can also compare two AD snapshots to view objects, attributes, and security permissions.

Remote Desktop Manager

Remote Desktop Manager allows administrators to collect various types of Remote connections and services and their passwords/creden。 to a single platform. It can help achieve faster response time and even improve security. Developers provide a paid 30-day trial version, which is free of charge, but has limited functionality.

Remote Desktop Manager can also manage Remote connections, including Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP, RemoteFX), Microsoft Windows Azure RDP, and Microsoft Hyper-VRDP) microsoft Remote Assistance, VNCRealVNC/TightVNC/UltraVNC/built-in), CitrixICA/HDX/Web), WebHTTP/HTTPS), LogMeIn free/Pro), TeamViewer, and PC. It also supports FTP, FTPS management, SFTPWindows Explorer/Filezilla/WinSCP/built-in) and Telnet, SSH, RAW and rLoginPutty/Kitty/built-in ).

Viewfinity Local Admin Discovery

Viewfinity Local Admin Discovery scans the network and displays user accounts with administrator permissions. This helps identify users with unnecessary privileges, which may lead to security vulnerabilities, malware infections, or other problems.

The administrator can select a part of the computer scan or an organizational unit or an AD group. The Viefinity tool classifies the results, generates a graphical Summary Report, and allows the Administrator to export the report to Excel for further analysis and reporting. You can also easily delete accounts from the Administrator group.

Desktop CentralWindows Desktop Management Tool

Desktop Central provides a free set of Windows Desktop management tools, including 12 tools for managing and managing Windows servers and PCS: remote task manager tool, Wake on LAN, Software Inventory tool, Remote Command Prompt tool, GPO update, shutdown/restart tool, Join/Unjoin computer tool, current Login User, hard disk space detector Tool local user/group list tools, Internet shared browser tools, and laptop battery power monitoring tools.

Core configuration tools: Core Configurator 2.0 and Corefig

These two "core configurator" tools provide a GUI for the core version of the Windows Server ). The administrator can set and configure the component through the GUI instead of using the CLI (command line interface. Core aggregator 2.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Corefig for Windows Server 2012 Core and Hyper-V Server 2012.