Security Explorer

• Search – Quickly find “who has access to what.” Locate over-privileged users. Identify users who should have access but don’t. Uncover security weaknesses. You can do it all by searching for specific permission sets, including permissions received via group membership. Learn more »
• Manage – Don’t open a dozen consoles to manage permissions; bring all of your access management into a single location. Use the ability to grant, revoke or modify permissions to quickly and easily make targeted or bulk changes to servers. Clone permissions and group memberships from one account to another. Force permissions onto protected objects and overcome “access denied” errors with the Administrative Override feature. View and manage group membership settings from within the access control list for the resource being managed. Segment permissions for different Microsoft technologies using role-based access management. Administrators can be assigned very specific areas of responsibility and be held accountable for their actions. Learn more »
• Recover – Back up and recover permissions without affecting the data those permissions apply to. Data remains available, servers remain online, and users remain productive. Create access control baselines and reinvent them at any time. Easily roll back accidental or malicious changes and ensure that you’re compliant. Restore permissions to the same resources on another server or location, making migrations and troubleshooting fast, effective and error-free. Learn more »
• Report – Create ad-hoc security reports to simplify auditing or troubleshooting, or meet almost any requirement by exporting search results that list permissions on items anywhere in the Windows server to a database or spreadsheet. Or use a variety of built-in, formatted reports to review permissions assignments, group memberships and more. Create reports for a specific user’s permissions or show only permissions that differ from a parent folder. Learn more »
• Migrate – Keep security permissions intact by migrating permissions whenever you move resources. Compare migrated passwords to a backup baseline to ensure accuracy after a migration. Find all resources to which a user or group has permissions and transfer that access to another user with the same needs. Update account settings and passwords for services and tasks across the network. Learn more »

System Requirements

Important: The minimum system requirements listed are for the computer on which Security Explorer is installed. Security Explorer can be used to manage permissions on other computers that have Windows NT or Windows 2000 as an operating system.

Supported Versions of...

Microsoft products no longer supported

For more information please refer to the "Minimum System Requirements" section in the Security Explorer Installation Guide.

User Privilege Requirements

To start Security Explorer, a user must be a member of the local Administrators, otherwise errors messages display.

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