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ManageEngine ADManager Plus

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Velocity2.5

Active Directory management, reporting, and automation tool

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ADManager Plus opened to third-party identity apps in January, then shipped six months of fixes.

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◆Current state
Six builds since late January, and five are almost entirely defect work: scheduled reports failing to send as email content, mobile app logins on iOS and Android, CPU spikes after upgrade, a broken Log360 SOAR integration, M365 automation-policy tasks failing, and a JRE bump to 11.86.19. The exceptions are Build 8036, which added Security group type to the M365 Modify Single Group action, and Build 8034, which introduced Marketplace Extensions so administrators can install third-party application extensions and manage identities in those applications from inside ADManager Plus.
◆Where it's heading
The extensibility move is the only structural change in the window, and nothing has built on it since. What follows is a maintenance train — roughly one build every six to eight weeks, carrying fix roll-ups and one security patch — which reads as a mature on-premises product prioritising stability for existing installs over new surface.
◆Prediction
On this cadence the next build is most likely another fix roll-up. Whether Marketplace Extensions gets a second act is not answerable from these entries.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Build 8043: report email, mobile login and CPU spike fixes

    Fixes only: scheduled reports not sending as email content in API mode, missing images, failed iOS push notifications, Android login failures, and post-upgrade CPU spikes. Defect work on previously shipped features.

  2. 4mo ago

    Build 8042: Log360 integration, M365 automation and security fixes

    Fixes to the Log360 SOAR integration and log forwarding above build 13000, plus M365 tasks failing under automation policies, and one security patch. Integration and security maintenance.

  3. 5mo ago

    Builds 8040-8041: JRE 11.86.19 upgrade and GUI fixes

    A JRE upgrade to 11.86.19 plus GUI and notification fixes. A runtime bump with stability and compatibility framing, invisible to end users.

  4. 6mo ago

    Build 8036: Security group support in M365 group modification

    Adds Security group type support to the Modify Single Group action under Microsoft 365, alongside fixes for anomaly-detection CPU usage and stuck group actions. A small but real gap closed in the M365 management surface.

  5. 6mo ago

    Build 8035: %empty% macro and report-basis regression fixes

    Fixes for the %empty% macro failing to clear Active Directory attributes and for the Report Based On option resetting after updates. Regression repair.

  6. 7mo ago

    Build 8034: Marketplace Extensions manage third-party app identities

    ⚡ SPARK

    Marketplace Extensions is the only release in six months that changes what the product is for: administrators can install third-party application extensions and manage identities in those applications from inside ADManager Plus, rather than only in Active Directory and Microsoft 365.