BANGALORE, INDIA: Quest Software, Inc., has announced the advanced version of Quest Site Administrator for SharePoint, a management and reporting solution that empowers businesses to understand, secure and efficiently manage their SharePoint environments.

The latest version now includes permissions management and critical auditing capabilities that address timely concerns with SharePoint availability, security and compliance.

“Quest Site Administrator for SharePoint drives us to be proactive, allowing us to resolve any issues such as poor performance or shortage of disk space early on, before the problem develops and users are affected,” said Peter Green, software support manager, West Suffolk College (UK). “The resulting time savings allows us to focus on adding value to the service we provide for the college.”

Quest Site Administrator for SharePoint simplifies SharePoint security and compliance with its new point-and-click permissions management. Administrators can now centrally manage and modify security on SharePoint 2007 servers, quickly establishing group memberships and permissions. Administrative burdens are also reduced by allowing administrators to clone and recover permissions.

In addition, the new comprehensive auditing feature allows users to better manage their environments by collecting event log data, adding important events, and running specialized reports. This information is then stored in a user-friendly format containing all operational events and audit-critical activity related to the SharePoint environment.

“Quest Site Administrator for SharePoint gives administrators complete visibility into their entire SharePoint environment and provides extensive operational reporting,” said David Waugh, vice president and general manager of Unified Communications and Collaboration, Quest Software. “With the recent addition of permissions management and critical auditing capabilities, it’s now a complete tool for administrators that also features powerful discovery, robust reporting and automated policy management.”