Free Tools for Windows System Management

Choose one of Quest’s free tools for Windows management from the list below. These products are unsupported freeware.

Discovery Wizard for Instant Messaging
Quest Discovery Wizard for Instant Messaging (freeware) detects instances of public IM to help organizations determine if they may be at risk for exposure to viruses, malware, or loss of data through file sharing. Find out how many users are using IM, which services are being used, the number of messages sent and received, and the number of files sent and received.

Site Administrator Reports for SharePoint
Quest Site Administrator Reports for SharePoint provides no-cost overview reports for an unlimited number of SharePoint sites. No registration required. Access the cloud-based application for reports on site metrics, site information, site sizes, document sizes, document type sizes and storage space.

qDiscussionView Web Part for SharePoint
qDiscussionView Web Part for SharePoint allows you to create more interactive and collaborative discussions. View the topic and responses of multiple discussion lists in one tree view and preview the selected item in a preview panel.

ActiveRoles DNS Manager
The need to grant day-to-day administrators granular access to Domain Name Service (DNS) so they may only update DNS records for which they are responsible is critical to the protection and security of Active Directory.

ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory
The ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory is a set of PowerShell commands (CMDLETs) that can be downloaded and used for free to perform administrative tasks within Active Directory. Microsoft PowerShell is a new admin-focused command line and scripting language developed by Microsoft to let administrators work more efficiently with applications running on the Windows Platform.

ActiveRoles SPML provider
Quest offers, free of charge, an SPML 2.0 (service provisioning markup language) provider that enables any system that generates an SPML formatted request to connect through a web service and provision Active Directory. This software, exclusively from Quest, can also be used in tandem with ActiveRoles Server to better integrate ActiveRoles Server into heterogeneous environments. 

Discovery Wizard for SQL Server
Quest Discovery Wizard allows you to detect SQL Server instances and monitor the current network for changes. It provides a number of discovery methods which help you to reveal even those SQL Server instances, which cannot be detected using the native tools.

Domain Statistics Wizard
Quest Domain Statistics Wizard is a utility that allows you to collect statistical data from Microsoft Windows network domains and Microsoft Exchange 5.5/2000/2003/2007 servers.  Domain Statistics Wizard is unsupported freeware.

Notes Migrator for SharePoint - Discovery Edition
Quest’s Notes Migrator for SharePoint - Discovery Edition offers analysis of your Notes application environment so you can estimate the scope of your migration to SharePoint/SharePoint Online and manage the process more effectively. This reduces your risk of migration failure and keeps you in control. The Discovery Edition includes 30 days of free support.

PowerGUI
PowerGUI simplifies management via PowerShell with an intuitive user interface that includes Point, Click, Script for quickly building scripts using only a mouse. For more advanced scripting needs, PerfectScript™ provides tools for administrators to build scripts faster than ever or just load pre-defined scripts from our PowerPacks. And with PowerGUI MashUp Manager™, administrators can create consoles tailored to their specific management needs.

ReportADmin for ACS
ReportADmin for ACS provides consolidated collector reporting within the Microsoft ACS Management console. Includes a built-in report library and custom reporting templates along with Microsoft SQL Reporting Services (SRS) for automated report generation and delivery.