How To Use the Audit Module
The Audit Module lets you run multiple reports in a single batch and review all results in one place. Instead of running reports one at a time, you select an Audit Profile — a named collection of reports from any category (Users, Groups, Computers, GPO, OU, Contacts) — and execute them all against the selected domain with one click.
An Audit Profile is a reusable collection of reports that you can run together as a batch. AD Reports ships with five built-in profiles. You can also create your own custom profiles with any combination of reports.
Built-in Audit Profiles
AD Reports includes five ready-to-use audit profiles that cover common audit scenarios:
| Profile Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Quick Overview | Executive summary — baseline inventory of users, groups, computers, and GPOs with key health indicators. |
| Security Audit | Full security posture review — privilege risks, delegation misconfigurations, Kerberoasting targets, and circular group nesting. |
| Hygiene Check | IT operations cleanup — stale accounts, inactive computers, empty groups, deep nesting, and orphaned AdminSDHolder flags. |
| Compliance Report | Auditor-ready compliance review — password policies, user rights assignments, delegation permissions across all object types. |
| User Lifecycle | Account lifecycle review — new accounts, expiring accounts, inactive users, never-logged-on accounts, and disabled users ready for cleanup. |
Open the Audit Tab
Click the Audit tab in the main application window. The Audit panel will open showing the profile selector, action buttons, and the results area.
Select a Profile and Run the Audit
Select an audit profile from the Profile dropdown. The dropdown displays the profile name and the number of enabled reports (e.g., "Security Audit (15 reports)").
Make sure you have selected the target domain, then click the Run button.
The audit will execute each enabled report sequentially. A progress bar and status label show which report is currently running. Each completed report opens in its own tab with a color-coded status icon:
- ● Green — report completed successfully with results
- ● Gray — report completed but returned no data
- ● Red — report encountered an error
You can cancel a running audit at any time by clicking the Stop button. Reports that have already completed will remain in their tabs.
Create and Edit Audit Profiles
To create a new profile, click the New button. To modify an existing profile, select it from the dropdown and click Edit. The Profile Editor window will open.
In the Profile Editor you can:
- Set the profile Name and Description.
- Browse the full report tree organized by category (Users, Groups, Computers, GPO, OU, Contacts).
- Check or uncheck individual reports to include or exclude them.
- Review all selected reports in the Selected Reports panel on the right.
- Use the Reset to Default button on built-in profiles to restore the original report selection.
Click Save to save the profile. To delete a custom profile, select it and click Delete. Built-in profiles cannot be deleted.
Review Results and Close Empty Reports
After the audit completes, click on any result tab to review the report data in a grid. Each tab shows the report name and the number of results (e.g., "Disabled Users (42)").
To clean up the results area, use the Close dropdown button which offers three options:
- Close All — removes all result tabs.
- Close Empty Reports — removes only tabs with zero results (gray icons), keeping reports that found data.
- Close Error Reports — removes only tabs that encountered errors (red icons).
Export Audit Results
Use the Export dropdown button to export your audit results. Three options are available:
- Export Active Report to Excel — exports only the currently visible tab to a single
.xlsxfile. - Export Active Report to CSV — exports the currently visible tab to a
.csvfile. - Export All Reports to Excel (multi-sheet) — exports every open result tab into a single
.xlsxworkbook, with each report as a separate worksheet.
