Microsoft: Active Directory Server PowerPack Release Notes version 102

Version 102 of the "Microsoft: Active Directory Server" PowerPack updates the PowerPack to support Microsoft Active Directory 2022 and adds three new Dynamic Applications: "Microsoft: Active Directory Additional Information", "Microsoft: Active Directory Monitoring Enhancement", and "Microsoft: Active Directory Account Lockout Alert".

• Minimum Required SL1 Version: 12.3.1

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 12.3.1 or later of Skylar One before installing the "Microsoft: Active Directory Server" PowerPack.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

Installation and Upgrade Process

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent local changes for some commonly customized fields from being overwritten.

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in the PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install this PowerPack:

1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks).
2. In Skylar One (formerly SL1), go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
3. Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
4. Click Browse and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page.

See the manual Monitoring Windows for more information about the PowerPack.

Features

This release includes the following features:

• Dynamic Applications that collect Active Directory (AD) performance data
• Event Policies that are triggered when AD LDAP performance metrics meet certain criteria

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in this release:

• Updated the PowerPack to support Microsoft Active Directory 2022.
• Added the "Microsoft: Active Directory Additional Information" Dynamic Application, which uses PowerShell to collect and report essential Active Directory configuration and health metrics such as replication status and failures, Group Policy error events, domain trust status, time synchronization state, and core domain controller services.
• Added the "Microsoft: Active Directory Monitoring Enhancement" Dynamic Application, which introduces new collection objects to expand performance visibility for Microsoft Active Directory. This Dynamic Application also adds PowerShell-based monitoring for key Active Directory internals, including network client load, database capacity metrics, and CPU and Handle count performance indicators for Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) and Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS).
• Added the "Microsoft: Active Directory Account Lockout Alert" Dynamic Application, which monitors Active Directory account lockout events (Event ID 4740) on domain controllers. The Dynamic Application collects details such as the locked-out username, lockout time, and event message, and generates an alert whenever a valid lockout event is detected.

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.