Microsoft Tool - ADTest

[Tom Negele]

I found this tool on Microsoft's download site. It's
purpose is to allow one to performance test their active
directory.

I've worked out almost all of the issues using this,
except, to have it commit password changes for specific
user ids. Per the white paper in the download, it
definiately can write some addtributes into the AD, but
there is also many references to a simulation, which
would only consume processor and memory for server
capacity planning purposes. According to my logs, I am
cycling through my select user ids I had built for my test

Has anyone used this tool? Can it commit/actually make
password changes to the AD? Were you successful in
changing password?

Thanks
Tom

 

[Bhargav Shukla]

Why would you change the passwords using stress test tool. I would rather
use AD scripting or other available tools to change passwords if needed.

 

[thomas.negele]

The reason to change the password is simple. We're
contemplating a new piece of software, to keep the
passwords for an id the same, across multiple platforms.
Our goal, is to confirm that the password capture program
on the windows platform, can scale in our environment,
for our volume of production users. It's all in the name
of good service to our customers.

Thanks
Tom Negele

 

[Bhargav Shukla]

Does that not allow you to use ldifde or csvtool or any other toold offered
for editing users?

 

[thomas.negele]

I'm not familiar with those tools. When we do a
performance test, we may run 2000 simulated users at one
time, to generate the load we expect, when our customers
make a change due to a monthly expiration on passwords.
So, it really is much more than a maintenace style of
change or update.

Thanks...Tom

 

[thomas.negele]

Because we need concurrent password changes. Not single
threaded password change events.

Tom

 

[Bhargav Shukla]

I see. Not sure if I know any tool that can do that. Might be a learning
experience for me as well.