Quest Software Offers Free Utility to Recover Deleted Objects in Microsoft Active Directory

Business Wire, July 12, 2004

IRVINE, Calif. -- Quest Object Restore for Active Directory Provides Graphical Interface to View and Reanimate Deleted Items

Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application, database and Windows management solutions, now offers at no charge a graphical utility that helps Microsoft Active Directory administrators recover deleted objects using the Tombstone Reanimation feature of Windows Server 2003. This Microsoft recovery interface allows administrators to restore accidentally deleted objects online, without rebooting a domain controller. Quest Object Restore for Active Directory enhances this ability by providing a graphical interface, similar to the Windows Recycle Bin, for viewing and restoring Active Directory objects.

"The ability to restore deleted objects in Active Directory is one of many exciting new features provided with Windows Server 2003 that offer greater administrative flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership," said Jackson Shaw, product manager at Microsoft. "We're happy to see partners such as Quest Software build on that functionality to further benefit our customers. The ability to quickly recover objects in Active Directory is important to achieve uninterrupted access to business-critical directory and authentication services."

Perry Canning, senior technical analyst at Allianz Canada, a leading Canadian property and casualty insurer, appreciates the value of Object Restore for Active Directory. "We have put a great deal of effort into ensuring that our Active Directory is well managed and secure, and we've learned first-hand how time-consuming it can be to manually restore deleted objects," Canning said. "We are familiar with Quest's products and appreciate how simple they are to install and use. Object Restore for Active Directory will save us countless hours and help us meet the business need for continuous system availability."

In addition to this free utility, Quest Software offers a full-featured recovery product called Recovery Manager for Active Directory that provides complete recovery of Active Directory and Group Policy objects, including back-linked attributes. Both recovery products are part of Quest Software's comprehensive suite of products for managing Active Directory. Features of the free utility and the full-featured product are complementary. For example:

--Using Object Restore, administrators can recover an object, and using Recovery Manager, all the object's attributes are also recovered.

--Object Restore can recover a deleted user account, and Recovery Manager can also restore all group memberships for that account.

--Using Recovery Manager, administrators have access to comparison reports detailing all changes that have occurred to Active Directory objects and attributes.

--Using Recovery Manager, changes to an object can be rolled back to an earlier point in time, allowing fast recovery from erroneous directory changes.

--Using Recovery Manager, Group Policy objects can be restored from a backup, allowing quick rollback of unwanted changes, which could affect the productivity of many users.

Pricing and Availability

Quest Object Restore for Active Directory is available for download at no charge at http://wm.quest.com/reg/marketing/landing/objectrestoread/. Additional information can also be found there about Quest Software's industry-leading suite of management products for Active Directory.

About Quest Windows Management

Quest Software, now including the people and products of Aelita Software, provides solutions that simplify, automate and secure Active Directory, Exchange and Windows environments. The Quest Windows Management group delivers comprehensive capabilities for secure Windows management and migration. For more information on Quest Software's Windows Management group, please visit http://www.quest.com/microsoft.> About Quest Software, Inc.

Quest Software, Inc. provides software for Application Confidence to 18,000 customers worldwide, including 75 percent of the Fortune 500. Quest products for application, database and Windows management help customers develop, deploy, manage and maintain the IT enterprise without expensive downtime or business interruption. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

Quest and Quest Software are registered trademarks of Quest Software, Inc. The Quest Software logo and all other Quest Software product or service names and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of Quest Software, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Exchange and Active Directory are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Forward Looking Statements

This release may include predictions, estimates and other information that might be considered forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the availability and market acceptance of Quest Object Restore for Active Directory. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ from those anticipated as a result of various factors, including the impact of economic conditions on our customers, variations in the size and timing of customer orders; competitive products and pricing; rapid technological change; risks associated with the development and market acceptance of new products; disruptions caused by acquisitions of companies and/or technologies including risks relating to integration of the combined companies; risks associated with international operations; and the need to attract and retain qualified personnel. For a discussion of these and other related risks, please refer to our recent SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof.