These tools here indicated are free about auditing, security and monitoring.
Here they are with a brief feature summarization:
Change Auditing Tools
Be notified of changes as they occur. Seeing what objects and attributes have been changed is as simple as opening your email.
| Free Tool | Track Changes Made to: |
|---|---|
| Netwrix Change Notifier for Active Directory | Active Directory users, groups and group membership, computers, organizational units and permissions |
| Netwrix Change Notifier for Exchange | Exchange Server configurations and permissions |
| Netwrix Change Notifier for Group Policy | GPOs, GPO links, audit policy, password policy, software deployment |
| Netwrix Change Notifier for File Servers | Files, folders, shares, and permissions on your Windows-based file servers |
| Netwrix Change Notifier for SQL Server | SQL instance configuration, database creation and deletion, changes to database users, roles and schemas |
| Netwrix Change Notifier for VMware | VMware host and virtual machine settings, creation and deletion of virtual machines |
| Netwrix Change Notifier for Windows Server | Windows Server configuration, including installed software and hardware, local security settings, and registry settings |
Password and Identity Management Tools
Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner: Alert your help desk staff about lockout events and troubleshoot account lockouts, analyzing potential causes. Accounts can be unlocked within the console, a Web-based interface or via a mobile device.
Netwrix Bulk Password Reset: Change passwords in bulk across a domain, a subset of computers, or your local machine.
Netwrix Inactive User Tracker: Report on accounts that have been inactive for a specified number of days.
Netwrix Password Expiration Notifier: Automatically send email notifications to your users letting them know their password is about to expire.
Netwrix Password Manager: Empower users to reset forgotten passwords and unlock their accounts through a Web-based, self-service portal without calling the IT help desk. Supports up to 100 users!
Systems Management Tools
Netwrix Disk Space Monitor: Be alerted in real-time via email when disk space falls below certain thresholds on one or more of your servers.
Netwrix Event Log Manager: Collect, alert and report on events from the Windows servers across your network.
Netwrix Service Monitor: Monitor services on multiple servers simultaneously and be alerted via email when one or more services stop unexpectedly. Optionally, automatically restart monitored services ensuring maximum uptime.