Alternatives to ADManager Plus
A Windows console for managing and reporting on Active Directory and Microsoft 365 accounts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ADManager Plus
A Windows console for managing and reporting on Active Directory and Microsoft 365 accounts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ADManager Plus.
Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell
Microsoft's PowerShell cmdlets for managing Active Directory domains, AD LDS and related tools.
The Active Directory PowerShell module is free and official from Microsoft, but it is command-line only, requires RSAT and has no graphical console or built-in reports.
Microsoft Graph PowerShell
Microsoft's PowerShell module for managing Microsoft 365 and Entra identities and automating admin tasks through Microsoft Graph.
Microsoft Graph PowerShell is a free official module for scripting Microsoft 365 and Entra ID management, with no graphical console and a steep learning curve.
AdminDroid Free
Free edition of AdminDroid's Microsoft 365 reporting, auditing and Entra ID management tool.
AdminDroid Free is a web tool with Microsoft 365 reports and Entra ID actions and no tenant limit, but it does not cover on-premises Active Directory.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
ADAudit Plus
A Windows auditing tool that tracks changes in Active Directory, file servers, Windows servers and workstations.
Netwrix Auditor Community Edition
A free edition of Netwrix Auditor that tracks changes in Active Directory, file servers and Windows.
ADRecon
A PowerShell script that gathers Active Directory information and builds an Excel report of the environment.
Specops Password Auditor
A free Windows tool that audits Active Directory passwords for weak, reused and compromised credentials.
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service, formerly Azure Active Directory, with single sign-on support.
Samba
Open-source SMB file and print server that can also run as an Active Directory domain controller.
