Active Directory Health Check: Identify weak points before they jeopardize operations

We systematically analyze your Active Directory Domain Services and provide you with prioritized recommendations for ensuring a secure, stable infrastructure.

Why an Active Directory Health Check Is Essential

Active Directory is a central pillar of your IT infrastructure. Configuration errors can compromise security, availability, and productivity throughout the organization.

Many vulnerabilities go undetected for a long time and only come to light during migrations, audits, or security incidents. With the novaCapta Active Directory Health Check, we analyze your AD Domain Services, identify risks, and provide prioritized recommendations for action. This gives you clarity on the state of your environment and a solid foundation for future IT projects.

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When you need an Active Directory Health Check

There are typical situations in which an Active Directory health check is particularly valuable:

Preparing for Cloud Migration

Before you synchronize your AD with Microsoft Entra ID or deploy M365, you must resolve any configuration errors and orphaned objects. Otherwise, they will jeopardize the success of the entire cloud project.

Securing Exchange or Server Migration

Migrating to Exchange Online or upgrading to a new version of Windows Server requires a clean Active Directory. The health check identifies potential roadblocks before they delay the project.

Meet audit and compliance requirements

Orphaned objects, obsolete accounts, and unverified configurations often come to light during audits. The Health Check provides you with the current status and reliable documentation.

Ensure regular AD Audits

Active Directory environments are constantly changing. Regular health checks prevent configuration errors from accumulating and compromising stability or security in the event of an emergency.

What the Active Directory Health Check covers

Our Health Check assesses all areas relevant to the stability, security, and operational readiness of your AD infrastructure.

Active Directory Domain Services

Overall structure and domains, sites and subnets, replication topology, directory service replication, replication conflicts, schema extensions, operational master roles, group policies, System Volume (SYSVOL), password policies

Domänencontroller

System configuration, operating system configuration, network configuration, storage capacity, network shares, Windows Update status, time synchronization

Netzwerkdienste und Statistiken

Account and group statistics, computer statistics, DNS service, DHCP authorizations, DFS namespaces, DFS replication

All audit results are categorized into three priority levels:

High: Immediate action is required, as the stability or security of Active Directory may be compromised.

Action: Implement these changes as soon as possible, as they will improve your configuration and have a positive impact on operations and security.

Low: No immediate impact on operations; can be addressed with lower priority.

This will give you a clear basis for decision-making and allow you to prioritize which measures to implement first.

Putting Your AD Infrastructure to the Test

Are you planning a specific IT project and need clarity on the status of your Active Directory? Our Health Check is conducted by experienced senior consultants and provides you with a prioritized action plan. As a structured starting point, we also offer the AD Health Check as a workshop that includes a presentation of the results.

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Here's How Your Active Directory Health Check Works

Assesing

We use tools to document the configuration of your Active Directory Domain Services and related Microsoft network services.

Verifing

The collected data will be verified and supplemented with relevant information in consultation with you.

Analysing

Based on this, we will review your AD configuration and recommend actions categorized into three levels of urgency.

Documenting

You will receive comprehensive documentation of the results. We will present and explain the results in detail during a joint workshop.

Active Directory as the Foundation for Your Cloud Strategy

If you want to implement Microsoft Entra ID or synchronize your Active Directory with the cloud, a clean starting point is crucial. The AD Health Check lays the foundation for your cloud integration to work smoothly and for identities to be synchronized securely.

Cloud Strategy & Cloud Transition

FAQs about the novaCapta Active Directory Health Check

What is assessed during an Active Directory health check?

An AD Health Check includes an analysis of the overall structure, domain controllers, replication, group policies, DNS services, password policies, and operating system configurations. The goal is to identify security vulnerabilities, configuration errors, and orphaned objects, and to derive prioritized recommendations for action.

How often should an Active Directory health check be performed?

It is recommended to perform this at least once a year, as well as before major IT projects such as cloud migrations, Exchange migrations, or server upgrades. In environments with frequent changes or heightened compliance requirements, a shorter audit cycle may be advisable.

What results does the Active Directory Health Check provide?

You will receive a comprehensive report detailing all tested configuration parameters and specific recommendations for action, categorized into three levels of urgency. The results will be presented and explained to you during a joint workshop.

Let's have your Active Directory checked

Would you like to have your AD infrastructure audited? My team and I would be happy to advise you on the scope, process, and timeline.

Sebastian Nipp

Head of Cloud Operations & Security

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