NetWrix Active Directory Object Restore Wizard

Current version 7.2.721, released on November 16, 2012

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
Support for the installation on Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.	Yes	Yes
Support for Exchange 2013.	Yes	Yes
Support for Windows 2012-based domains.	Yes	Yes
A new report: "Users without Distribution Group Membership".	No	Yes
Support for the installation on servers with FIPS enabled.	Yes	Yes
Typical fixes and updates.	Yes	Yes

Version 7.1.652, released on October 2, 2012

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
Improved support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.	Yes	Yes
Improved scalability in larger AD environments.	Yes	Yes
Integration with NetWrix Non-owner Mailbox Access Reporter for Exchange.	No	Yes
Primary group membership displayed in Snapshot Reports.	No	Yes
Support for Asian languages in report filters.	No	Yes
New reports for Active Directory.	No	Yes
Configurable audit database retention policy.	No	Yes
Typical fixes and updates.	Yes	Yes

Version 7.0.412, released on July 8, 2011

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
Real-time alerting on Active Directory changes that allows to "subscribe" select recipients to receive instant e-mail alerts when something critical changes in Active Directory (e.g. membership of security groups). Alerts are sent by e-mail immediately after a change is detected. Alert notification text can be customized and notification templates can include "who", "what", "when", "where" fields and "before" and "after" values for every critical change.	No	Yes
Subscriptions to any Advanced reports. Before version 7.0, the subscription capability was available only for basic "ad-hoc" reports (daily reports with the full list of changes). The new subscription feature allows to select any available reports, specify report filters, configure schedule (daily, weekly, monthly) and specify report recipients (e-mail addresses).	No	Yes
Active Directory Snapshot Reporting to report on Active Directory contents (AD "snapshots"), such as "All Members of Domain Admins group", "All Security Groups in AD" etc. You can report both on the current state and on historical data (e.g. "All members of Domain Admins group as of December 31, 2008").	No	Yes
All reports were extended with 'Where' field. The field value reflects a domain controller name where the change was made.	No	Yes
Integration with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager via separately available SCOM Management Pack.	No	Yes
Charts in addition to standard reports - e.g. display changes for a certain time period visually.	No	Yes
Browsing of Advanced Reports was improved, the new version allows to specify report filters before report generation starts. This improves user experience and saves time.	No	Yes
Significantly improved and optimized Active Directory change tracking technology, with less overhead on domain controllers and much better performance.	Yes	Yes
Precise tracking of AD attributes changed and reverted back during the same day (before 7.0 it was limited). For example, if an attribute's initial value was A, then it was changed to B and after several hours - to C, the new version will report on these changes in detail, with all intermediate attribute values. Note: all the intermediate attribute values will be reported if the time interval between changes made to the attribute is at least 10 minutes.	Yes	Yes
Significantly improved handling of Security event logs that prevents log overwrites and lost audit data.	No	Yes
Improved reliability and error diagnostics: administrators are immediately notified about audit data processing issues.	Yes	Yes
Custom Report Builder for easy creation of custom reports. This allows customers to create their own reports on Active Directory changes and snapshots.	No	Yes
Performance optimization of SQL database operations for better scalability in large Active Directory environments.	No	Yes
Simplified management of installed license codes for NetWrix products.	No	Yes
Automatic Advanced Reporting installation and configuration locally for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and above.	No	Yes
Ability to send e-mails through SMTP server with SSL support (including the implicit SSL mode).	Yes	Yes
User interface improvements in NetWrix Management Console.	No	Yes
Improved reliability of NetWrix Management Console.	No	Yes
Easy to use taskpad with most frequent operations on the Welcome page of NetWrix Management Console.	No	Yes
Active Directory Object Restore Wizard now restores users and computers with their passwords preserved. The feature makes these objects fully functioning as before they were deleted without the need to reset a user's password or rejoin computers to the domain. Note: additional configuration of the Active Directory Schema Container is required for the feature to work properly, please see the documentation for more information.	No	Yes

Standard Edition of the product was eliminated, now only Freeware and Enterprise Editions are available. All features of the Standard Edition are now available in the Enterprise Edition.

Version 6.0.178, released on November 23, 2009

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
All existing commercial version customers are automatically converted to the Standard Edition. As a part of the special promotion that runs until the end of 2009, existing customers who purchased before November 1, 2009 can upgrade one Standard Edition license of their choice to the Enterprise Edition at no cost. Please contact your sales representative to obtain the upgraded license.	Yes	Yes
Out of the box support for multiple Active Directory domains without the need to perform tricky configuration steps manually. Separate settings for each domain (e.g. different sets of report recipients).	No	Yes
integrated Advanced Reporting functionality (as a part of the NetWrix Management Console). All advanced reports can now be viewed conveniently in the same console (in addition to the web-based viewer).	No	Yes
AD Audit Configuration Wizard that automates the configuration of required audit settings in Active Directory and helps to troubleshoot reports incorrectly showing "system" as user who made changes.	Yes	Yes
Improved support for MS Exchange 2003 auditing.	Yes	Yes
Tombstone recovery option in AD Object Restore Wizard that gives limited instant recovery capability right after the product is installed.	Yes	Yes
Typical improvements and updates.	Yes	Yes

NetWrix Management Console is introduced. The Console integrates several NetWrix products, introduces new unified configuration interface, and adds new features. NetWrix Management Console is available only in the Enterprise Edition and not available in the Standard and Freeware Editions of the product.

IMPORTANT: when upgrading from previous versions, before running the installation, write down your current data repository path (Program Files\NetWrix\Active Directory Change Reporter\AD Changes by default), and in the setup wizard click NO when prompted to move your existing data files. After that, change the product configuration to point to the data repository path parameter back to your existing location. In the Full Featured this option is located in Settings | Repository.

Version 5.2.101, released on August 25, 2009

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
Support for child domains. You still have to have multiple copies of scheduled tasks, but reporting is much better now.	Yes	Yes
Support for legacy Windows 2000 domain controllers (who/when fields will be visible for changes made on these DCs). Many customers still have Windows 2000.	Yes	Yes
Resolved problems with Security event log overwrites because the new version now supports autobackup log feature of Windows Server. For more information on this, please refer to this KB article: http://www.netwrix.com/kbs_50170000000AjZB	Yes	Yes
Several critical performance and stability improvements.	Yes	Yes

Version 5.0.75, released on April 20, 2009

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
Auditing of AD configuration and schema changes. E.g. domain trusts, sites, schema attributes.	Yes	Yes
New product, Exchange Change Reporter, included in the AD Change Reporter (available low-cost upgrade).	Yes	Yes
Improved Rollback Wizard with reliable object and attribute-level restore for all types of AD objects (un-deletion and recovery of attribute values).	Yes	Yes
Many new and improved predefined reports covering security, compliance, Group Policy changes, etc.	Yes	Yes
Advanced Reporting wizard that configures web-based reports without tricky and error-prone steps.	Yes	Yes
Typical fixes and updates.	Yes	Yes

Version 4.0.45, released on February 20, 2009

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
New predefined advanced reports (over 40 new reports).	Yes	Yes
Advanced reports on Group Policy changes in SQL Reporting.	Yes	Yes
A lot of performance and stability improvements.	Yes	Yes
Track changes in AD Configuration (e.g. domain trusts, replication settings, forest configuration) and Schema (changes to classes and attributes). Schema tracking is turned off by default.	Yes	Yes

Version 3.0.35, released on September 19, 2008

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
A lot of performance and stability improvements.	Yes	Yes
Fixed Group Policy module.	Yes	Yes
Support of Windows Server 2008.	Yes	Yes

Version 2.0.27, released on June 15, 2008

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
Group Policy change reporting module added.	Yes	Yes
Advanced reporting based on SQL Server Reporting Services.	Yes	Yes
AD Restore Wizard module added.	Yes	Yes

Version 1.1.15, released on March 5, 2008

Feature	Freeware Edition	Enterprise Edition
Critical fixes and improvements based on V1.0 customer feedback.	Yes	Yes
Support of 64 bit platforms.	Yes	Yes
Ability to collect data using agents (optional, to minimize network traffic usage on slow connections).	Yes	Yes

Version 1.0.05, released on December 10, 2007 - Initial release with basic functionality.