Benchmark Your Organization's AD Management Against Like Organizations

Thank you for taking this industry survey on Active Directory Management. Your answers and participation are confidential. At the end of the survey, we ask for your contact information in order to send you the survey results and enter you into a drawing for a $500 Amazon gift card or equivalent. The goal of sending you the survey results is to allow you to benchmark your organization against your peers.

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* 1. What is the level of your Active Directory resiliency:

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* 2. What enterprise-level Microsoft solutions does your organization currently use?

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* 3. What team is responsible for Active Directory availability in your organization?

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* 4. How involved is your ​​organization’s security team in managing Active Directory?

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* 5. What are the three most common problems your organization experiences with Active Directory (Choose 3)?

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* 6. What do you primarily use to manage/administer your Active Directory?

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* 7. Which of these AD/Entra ID administration and management best practices do you follow in your organization?

Access control and privilege management

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Delegated access for everyday AD admin tasks (least privilege)
Controls to grant temporary membership in privileged AD groups when needed (no standing privilege)
Ensure that privileged AD groups are empty (or as empty as possible)
Ensure that individual user accounts haven’t been granted privileged rights to AD
Microsoft Entra PIM (or third-party solution) for approval workflow to access privileged accounts
Use role-based access control (RBAC)
Remove Domain Admin group from local Administrators group
NOT synchronizing privileged AD accounts to Entra ID
Automate AD processes and administrative tasks
Cleaning up old and inactive AD accounts

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* 8. Which of these AD/Entra ID administration and management best practices do you follow in your organization?

Authentication and security measures

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Passwordless authentication or multi-factor authentication (MFA) required for access to secured access workstations
Passwordless authentication or multi-factor authentication (MFA) required for privileged Entra ID/Azure AD accounts
Enforce conditional access for privileged Entra ID/Azure AD accounts (zero trust)
Only use privileged AD accounts on secured access workstations
Enabled security defaults in Microsoft Entra ID
Using LAPS to manage local Administrator account passwords

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* 9. Which of these AD/Entra ID administration and management best practices do you follow in your organization?

Monitoring, auditing, and reporting

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Monitoring changes to AD configuration and privileged group membership
Monitoring domain controller event logs for security alerts and changes
Auditing AD activity

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* 10. Which of these AD/Entra ID administration and management best practices do you follow in your organization?

Configuration management and security policies

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Change management process on critical AD configuration
Apply security baseline policies to domain controllers
Implemented a tiered AD administration model (EAM or legacy)

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* 11. Which of the following disrupts smooth operations of your AD instance? (Choose top 2)

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* 12. Which of the following initiatives are the most critical for your organization to address or improve in the next 6-18 months?

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* 13. Prioritize these concerns when it comes to Microsoft systems, users, and resources? (RANK from top concerns to least concerns)

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* 14. Do you currently have a mechanism/ability to… (Check the box to all that apply):

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* 15. How important are these items to you/your organization… (Check if important):

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* 16. Do you have enough people/staff/administrators resources to properly manage your hybrid Microsoft Directory & services (On-prem, Azure, Office 365, Teams)?

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* 17. How important is single console visibility and management for hybrid environments (ability to manage multiple different environments from a single console)?

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* 18. Number of Employees at Your Company

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* 19. What country is your company headquartered in?

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* 20. Would you like to receive the survey results to benchmark yourself against your peers?

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