# ad collector

The ad collector exposes metrics about a Active Directory Domain Services domain controller

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Metric name prefix  | `ad`
Classes             | [`Win32_PerfRawData_DirectoryServices_DirectoryServices`](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms803980.aspx)
Enabled by default? | No

## Flags

None

## Metrics

Name | Description | Type | Labels
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`windows_ad_address_book_operations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `operation`
`windows_ad_address_book_client_sessions` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_approximate_highest_distinguished_name_tag` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_atq_estimated_delay_seconds` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_atq_outstanding_requests` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_atq_average_request_latency` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_atq_current_threads` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | `service`
`windows_ad_searches_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `scope`
`windows_ad_database_operations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `operation`
`windows_ad_binds_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `bind_method`
`windows_ad_replication_highest_usn` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `state`
`windows_ad_replication_data_intrasite_bytes_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `direction`
`windows_ad_replication_data_intersite_bytes_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `direction`
`windows_ad_replication_inbound_sync_objects_remaining` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_replication_inbound_link_value_updates_remaining` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_replication_inbound_objects_updated_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_replication_inbound_objects_filtered_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_replication_inbound_properties_updated_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_replication_inbound_properties_filtered_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_replication_pending_operations` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_replication_pending_synchronizations` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_replication_sync_requests_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_replication_sync_requests_success_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_replication_sync_requests_schema_mismatch_failure_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_name_translations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `target_name`
`windows_ad_change_monitors_registered` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_change_monitor_updates_pending` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_name_cache_hits_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_name_cache_lookups_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_directory_operations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `operation`, `origin`
`windows_ad_directory_search_suboperations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_events_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_events_queued` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_access_wait_total_seconds` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_security_descriptor_propagation_items_queued_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_directory_service_threads` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_ldap_closed_connections_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_ldap_opened_connections_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `type`
`windows_ad_ldap_active_threads` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_ldap_last_bind_time_seconds` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | None
`windows_ad_ldap_searches_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_ldap_udp_operations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_ldap_writes_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_ldap_client_sessions` | This is the number of sessions opened by LDAP clients at the time the data is taken. This is helpful in determining LDAP client activity and if the DC is able to handle the load. Of course, spikes during normal periods of authentication — such as first thing in the morning — are not necessarily a problem, but long sustained periods of high values indicate an overworked DC | gauge | None
`windows_ad_link_values_cleaned_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_phantom_objects_cleaned_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_phantom_objects_visited_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_group_membership_evaluations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | `group_type`
`windows_ad_sam_group_membership_global_catalog_evaluations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_group_membership_evaluations_nontransitive_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_group_membership_evaluations_transitive_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_group_evaluation_latency` | _Not yet documented_ | gauge | `evaluation_type`
`windows_ad_sam_computer_creation_requests_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_computer_creation_successful_requests_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_user_creation_requests_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_user_creation_successful_requests_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_query_display_requests_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_enumerations_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_membership_changes_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_sam_password_changes_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_tombstoned_objects_collected_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None
`windows_ad_tombstoned_objects_visited_total` | _Not yet documented_ | counter | None

### Example metric
_This collector does not yet have explained examples, we would appreciate your help adding them!_

## Useful queries
_This collector does not yet have any useful queries added, we would appreciate your help adding them!_

## Alerting examples
_This collector does not yet have alerting examples, we would appreciate your help adding them!_