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Active Directory Audit Tool

If Active Directory security audits are a part of your ongoing IT operations, you’ve likely developed a methodology to evaluate your risks. With the sophistication of cyberattacks growing, you must rely on auditing tools to support your security plan. While there is no single tool or formula that can help you win the battle against cybercrime, your security risks can be distilled into a minority of vulnerabilities creating the majority of problems.

The free Active Directory auditing tool mentioned below addresses the security vulnerability that is present on virtually every network – weak passwords that create a false sense of security.

How to audit Active Directory?

Auditing Active Directory is not about ticking a box, or meeting regulatory requirements. It’s about addressing security flaws to improve IT resiliency. Auditing tools and vulnerability scanners are a start, but you have to look past them to analyze the specific risks they create in the context of your network environment.

Ask yourself, what are the top security threats facing your organization? It is a well-known fact that users reuse passwords across different systems. It is also common for applications to require corporate email addresses as the username. The duplication of corporate credentials on external systems is a serious threat facing IT departments.

Active Directory password audit

Passwords remain the primary way of authenticating users in Active Directory, yet we still can’t stop users from making poor password choices. With many breaches resulting from compromised passwords, accounts using leaked passwords are an entry point for attackers.

By scanning your Active Directory, our password audit tool (free) collects and displays multiple interactive reports containing user and password policy information. This includes checking user account passwords against a list of vulnerable passwords obtained from multiple data breach leaks. By integrating with our password policy software, you can implement any password or account changes the Auditor tool unearths.

Specops Password Auditor

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Get instant visibility into weak, reused, or compromised passwords in your environment. Download Specops Password Auditor for free and uncover the vulnerabilities putting your organization at risk—without making any changes to your Active Directory.

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Active Directory user audit

Our Active Directory audit tool can be used to identify security weaknesses related to user accounts. The audit can show you which users have administrator privileges, which accounts are inactive, and which accounts have expired passwords. The audit can also help you identify which accounts may be violating your security policy by using the same password across multiple accounts. Surprisingly, this can be common if a Windows administrator is using the same password for the privileged and day-to-day accounts.

 

Key Features of Our Active Directory Auditing Tool

Our Active Directory auditing tool gives IT teams practical visibility into risks that often fly under the radar. The focus is on clarity and action: instead of drowning you in data, the tool highlights what actually matters for your security posture.

Password security checks
Spot weak, reused, or breached passwords by comparing against 1+ billion of leaked credentials - in minute or up to a couple of hours depending on your AD size and domain controller performance
User account insights
Quickly identify inactive accounts, expired passwords, or users with unnecessary admin rights
Policy visibility
Review your domain and group password policies to see how they line up with best practices, industry standards and get a compliance score
Easy reporting
Get interactive results in a clear dashboard and export them to CSV for further review
Non-intrusive scans
The tool is completely read-only, so nothing in your Active Directory is changed during the audit
Free for everyone to download
Our Active Directory audit tool is available at no cost, giving organizations of all sizes access to essential password security insights

Free Active Directory audit tool

Our Active Directory Audit Tool is free and runs on Windows Server 2008 and later. Specops Password Auditor will only read information from Active Directory, it will not make any changes. It will read the Default Domain Password Policy, any Fine-Grained Password Policies, as well as any Specops Password Policies (if installed). The audit results are provided in a clickable report, and can be exported to a CSV file for further processing.

 

Why Do You Need Active Directory Auditing Software?

Even with strong password policies and awareness training, gaps in Active Directory can still create opportunities for attackers. Weak credentials, forgotten accounts, and over-privileged users are some of the most common ways breaches begin.

That’s where auditing software comes in. By shining a light on these vulnerabilities, it helps you:

  • Reduce the risk of compromise from reused or stolen passwords.
  • Stay compliant with security frameworks and regulations.
  • Keep tighter control of privileged accounts and reduce your attack surface.
  • Free up IT resources by replacing manual checks with automated, clear reports.

In the end, auditing isn’t just a compliance checkbox. It’s a practical way to strengthen Active Directory — still the backbone of most IT environments — and build resilience against modern threats.

FAQs

An Active Directory password audit tool scans your directory for weak, reused, or compromised passwords. It helps identify vulnerabilities such as accounts using leaked credentials, inactive accounts, or risky privilege assignments.

Auditing software provides visibility into hidden security risks. With password-related breaches being one of the most common attack vectors, these tools help IT teams spot weak points early and strengthen password policies before attackers can exploit them.

No single tool can fully secure Active Directory. A password auditor is an important first step, but it should be combined with strong password policies, continuous password screening, and multi-factor authentication for complete protection.

Unlike many auditing tools, Specops Password Auditor is completely free, lightweight, and read-only—meaning it won’t make changes to your Active Directory. It also checks your environment against a billion of known leaked passwords, giving you insights you won’t get from standard auditing features.

Specops Password Auditor

Take Control of Your Active Directory Security

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Get instant visibility into weak, reused, or compromised passwords in your environment. Download Specops Password Auditor for free and uncover the vulnerabilities putting your organization at risk—without making any changes to your Active Directory.

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