Active Directory Snapshot Tool 4.1

Active Directory Snapshot Tool by Microsoft is designed to help administrators capture and review point-in-time, read-only views of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). By leveraging built-in snapshot and directory mounting capabilities, it lets you safely examine historical states of your directory—on an alternate port—without affecting production. This makes it easier to audit changes, troubleshoot issues, and plan granular recoveries after accidental modifications.

Key capabilities:

• Create and mount read-only AD DS snapshots for auditing and forensic review
• Browse objects, attributes, group memberships, and permissions without impacting live data
• Search and export directory information for reporting or comparison
• Help identify when and how changes occurred to users, groups, OUs, and GPO links
• Works with Windows Server environments hosting AD DS

Notes:

• Snapshots are read-only and do not replace a comprehensive backup and restore strategy
• Administrative permissions are required to create and mount snapshots
• Always follow your organization’s security and change-control policies when accessing historical data

Active Directory Snapshot Tool is developed by Microsoft. The most popular version of this product among our users is 4.1. The name of the program executable file is adst.exe.