Figure 1
The Administration & Diagnostics interface allows for easy and quick access to any user, computer or group object from an active directory or Windows NT domain. You can also use this feature to administer computers which do not belong to any domain using the Favorites Container.
Once you select the Administration & Diagnostics feature the first time, you are presented with three tabs at the bottom of the window, each showing the Network Browser (see Figure 1). Each tab represents an object type: Users, Computers and Groups. Object types have been separated since most of the time they belong to different containers. You can simultaneously administer users, computers and groups from three different parent containers. You can also simultaneously administer up to four different domains for each object type (see Administering Multiple Domains Simultaneously).
Figure 1
The Network Browser displays the available Active Directory Domains on your machine. All Active Directory Domains which belong to your Active Directory Forest are accessible from the browser. If more than one Active Directory Forest exists in your infrastructure, you can make them accessible from within Goverlan by using the Active Directory Forest Selection feature. You can also use this feature if you do not see any Active Directory Forests.
In addition, the Network Browser panel for the Computers tab includes a Favorites Container which allows you to create your own hierarchy of folders of machines. This is useful if you have a workgroup and need to administer it.
To browse through the Active Directory structure, simply double click on the parent container to disclose its child containers. Do this until the desired child domain, organizational unit or container is reached.
To open an Active Directory container, select it and either click on the Selection Activator or right click on the mouse and select Open Container from the popup menu (see Figure 1). If you double click on a leaf container, that is a container which doesn't have sub-containers below it, Goverlan automatically opens it.
Tip: You can configure Goverlan to set the focus on particular containers at startup time in the General Settings category of the Options window. You can either configure Goverlan to set the focus on the last opened container or on containers of your choice.
Once you open a container, the Network Browser panel collapses to disclose the Object View. The Object View contains all of the objects of the selected type (see Object Type Selector – Figure 1) within the selected container. To set the Object View's focus on a new container, click again on theSelection Activator to expand the Network Browser panel allowing you to make a new container selection.
If you open a container and do not see any objects within it, make sure that you have selected the correct parent container and the appropriate object type tab (Users, Computers or Groups). If you still cannot find the object expected, use the Search panel > Set Object Focus feature.
If the container contains a large number of objects and you do not need to work with all of them, you can configure a Container Filter. A Container Filter is a set of criteria used to defined which objects should be included and which objects should be rejected. A Container Filter can be configured for any container. Different Container Filters can be created for the same container but for different object types. Container filters are persistent.
If you are in the Network Browser view, select the Container to set the filter for. If you already have this container opened, go to step 2.
Click on the 
button in the Ribbon Bar.
Define one or more criteria for this filter. A criteria is composed of: an Active Directory attribute, a condition and a value.
The same attribute can be selected multiple times. For instance you can specify: Display Name :: Begins with : 'LN' AND Display Name :: Ends with : 'DON'.
If you select more than one criteria, you can define whether all should apply or if only one should apply using the AND / OR button.
Click on OK. If you were in the Object View, its contents are automatically updated to reflect the filter configured.
If you are in the Network Browser view, select the Container to set the filter for. If you already have this container opened, go to step 2.
Click on the button in the Ribbon Bar.
Modify the list of criteria.
Click on OK. If you were in the Object View, its contents are automatically updated to reflect the filter changes.
If you are in the Network Browser view, select the Container to set the filter for. If you already have this container opened, go to step 2.
Click on the button in the Ribbon Bar.
Click on Remove Filter.
See Also:
Administration & Diagnostics Feature Map
Active Directory Forest Selection Manager
Searching and Selecting Objects
In-Place Editing of Information
Reloading and Refreshing Information
Reporting