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Jeff_Lamb
Brass Contributor
Jun 03, 2025

Suggestion for AD Explorer

I'd like to see a "Refresh (F5)" feature in AD Explorer. Example - I'll open AD Explorer to a user object and find that a mailbox was never enabled for that account. I'll pop-open Powershell and enable the mailbox. Now, back to AD Explorer, the changes made are not reflected. Having a Right-click/Refresh on the object would be much more convenient than disconnecting and reconnecting with the directory. Thanks for the awesome tools that I use daily!

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  • BolinAlunsi's avatar
    BolinAlunsi
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 12, 2025

    Your suggestion for a "Refresh (F5)" feature to update object details directly within AD Explorer makes perfect sense. It would streamline workflows, especially when making changes outside of the tool (like via PowerShell), and then wanting to see the latest info immediately.

  • Bcino's avatar
    Bcino
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 10, 2025

    Microsoft's AD Explorer (part of the Sysinternals suite) is a powerful LDAP browser, but it lacks a built-in refresh button or context menu item for reloading data of the current object. This means after external changes, like enabling a mailbox via PowerShell, the object view does not automatically update to reflect those changes.

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