Quest Software Supports Microsoft ADAM in New Version of Recovery Manager for Active Directory; Online, Granular Recovery Now Available for Active Directory Application Mode

Business Wire, March 3, 2005

IRVINE, Calif. -- Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application, database and Windows management solutions, today announced general availability of a new version of Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory, which has been enhanced to include support for Microsoft's Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). Recovery Manager for Active Directory is an easy-to-use solution for fast, online, granular recovery of Active Directory in the event of inadvertent modification due to software failure or human error.

"Recovery of Active Directory using native tools is a very manual, time-consuming process. We worked with a client who had lost hundreds of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) earlier this year, and it took two of us almost three weeks to get it all sorted out," said Jim Boyer, senior IT architect at systems integrator SRS Technology. "Now, with Recovery Manager in place, a similar scenario would require no more than two hours to remedy. We recommend Recovery Manager because it is so essential to be able to restore organizational units (OUs) and GPOs in an easy and efficient manner."

Version 7.1 extends Recovery Manager's online, granular restore capabilities to ADAM to give application administrators a full range of recovery options, from recovering the full ADAM database to restoring single objects or even recovering a single attribute value - without restarting ADAM services. New features in this release include:

--Online, granular restore of Microsoft's ADAM

--ADAM comparison reports - down to individual attribute values - to identify what has changed in ADAM, and to assist in quick, targeted recovery

--Group Policy comparison reports - down to individual policy settings - to identify and correct the source of Group Policy problems

--Automatic generation of comparison reports

"With Active Directory becoming the standard platform for identity and access management, we see an increasing need for customers to be able to quickly and efficiently recover it as needed," said Michael Stephenson, director of Product Management for Windows Server at Microsoft. "We are happy to see Quest extend the capabilities of Recovery Manager for Active Directory to support ADAM."

Pricing and Availability

North American pricing for Recovery Manager for Active Directory starts at $8 per user account. Recovery Manager is also available as part of the Quest Management Suite for Active Directory. For more information about Recovery Manager and the Quest Management Suite for Active Directory, visit http://wm.quest.com/products/recoverymanagerad.> About Quest Windows Management

Quest Software, Microsoft's 2004 Global Independent Software Vendor Partner of the Year, 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 www.quest.com/microsoft.> About Quest Software Inc.

Quest Software Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 18,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest Software, with headquarters in Irvine, can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This release may include predictions, estimates and other information that might be considered forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the availability and market acceptance of our new version of Quest Recovery Manager 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 Dec. 31, 2003, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 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.