NetWrix Server Configuration Monitor is a free auditing tool to monitor server configurations and automatically document changes, including hardware devices, drivers, software, services, networking settings.

Features: Network servers have a lot of configuration settings that require constant updates and maintenance. Every configuration change can potentially impact your users and cause major disruptions in services and applications. Even minor configuration changes made to servers can potentially impact your users and cause major disruptions to businesses. Every time a change is made, it makes a lot of sense to properly document and communicate it, especially when the servers are maintained by multiple team members. Common example is changes done yesterday made your systems unstable, and you don`t remember the old settings. NetWrix Server Configuration Monitor is a tool for automated auditing and documentation of all changes made to server configurations in hardware devices, drivers, software, services, networking settings etc.

The tool monitors all managed servers centrally and records all changes, e-mailing full audit report, grouped by server name, at the end of every day. Newly added hardware, upgraded drivers, services - everything is audited and reported. Failure to maintain documentation is one of the top problems. Logging all changes manually is a time consuming and error-prone task, and requires significant efforts.. Also unauthorized changes can be a major source of trouble. The tool centrally monitors multiple servers and sends daily summary reports about any changes detected through the last day. New hardware devices, driver upgrades, changes to services and applications - no change will pass behind the scenes, no matter who made it and how. You just setup this tool once and start getting daily summary reports about all changes, grouped by server name.

Overall: A vital tool for a crucial function yet is easy to set up and run.