diff --git a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/README.md b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/README.md
index fcc1171d8f..a63a6e22ea 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/README.md
+++ b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/README.md
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ receivers:
     base_dn: "CN=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com"
 
     # User attributes
+    # default = [name, mail, department, manager, memberOf]
     attributes: [name, mail, department, manager, memberOf]
 
     # The polling interval.
-    # default = 60
-    poll_interval: 60
+    # default = 24h
+    poll_interval: 24h
 ```
 
 The full list of settings exposed for this receiver are documented in
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ receivers:
   activedirectoryinv:
     base_dn: "CN=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com"
     attributes: [name, mail, department, manager, memberOf]
-    poll_interval: 60
+    poll_interval: 24h
 
 exporters:
   logging:
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver.go b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver.go
index e4487067aa..2ff4d2254d 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package activedirectoryinvreceiver
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ func newLogsReceiver(cfg *ADConfig, logger *zap.Logger, client Client, consumer
 
 // Start the logs receiver
 func (l *ADReceiver) Start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
+	if !supportedOS() {
+		return errSupportedOS
+	}
 	l.logger.Debug("Starting to poll for active directory inventory records")
 	l.wg.Add(1)
 	go l.startPolling(ctx)
@@ -96,7 +100,13 @@ func (l *ADReceiver) Shutdown(_ context.Context) error {
 // Start polling for Active Directory inventory records
 func (l *ADReceiver) startPolling(ctx context.Context) {
 	defer l.wg.Done()
-	t := time.NewTicker(l.config.PollInterval * time.Second)
+	duration, err := time.ParseDuration(l.config.PollInterval)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.logger.Error("Failed to parse poll interval", zap.Error(err))
+		return
+	}
+	l.logger.Info("Polling interval: ", zap.Duration("interval", duration))
+	t := time.NewTicker(duration)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -145,10 +155,10 @@ func (r *ADReceiver) poll(ctx context.Context) error {
 	resourceLogs := &rl
 	_ = resourceLogs.ScopeLogs().AppendEmpty()
 	root, err := r.client.Open(r.config.DN, resourceLogs)
-	r.traverse(root, r.config.Attributes, resourceLogs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	r.traverse(root, r.config.Attributes, resourceLogs)
 	err = r.consumer.ConsumeLogs(ctx, logs)
 	if err != nil {
 		r.logger.Error("Error consuming log", zap.Error(err))
@@ -171,3 +181,7 @@ func setUserAttributes(user Object, attrs []string, resourceLogs *plog.ResourceL
 	logRecord.SetTimestamp(observedTime)
 	logRecord.Body().SetStr(attributes)
 }
+
+func supportedOS() bool {
+	return (runtime.GOOS == "windows")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver_test.go b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver_test.go
index 20d3456cfc..df1be6d735 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/adinvreceiver_test.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestStart(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPoll(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := CreateDefaultConfig().(*ADConfig)
 	cfg.DN = "CN=Guest,CN=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com"
-	cfg.PollInterval = 1
+	cfg.PollInterval = "1s"
 	cfg.Attributes = []string{"name"}
 
 	sink := &consumertest.LogsSink{}
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config.go b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config.go
index 21d479ee79..da67bd3251 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config.go
@@ -23,16 +23,22 @@ import (
 // ADConfig defines configuration for Active Directory Inventory receiver.
 
 type ADConfig struct {
-	DN           string        `mapstructure:"base_dn"` // DN is the base distinguished name to search from
-	Attributes   []string      `mapstructure:"attributes"`
-	PollInterval time.Duration `mapstructure:"poll_interval"`
+	DN           string   `mapstructure:"base_dn"` // DN is the base distinguished name to search from
+	Attributes   []string `mapstructure:"attributes"`
+	PollInterval string   `mapstructure:"poll_interval"`
 }
 
 var (
 	errInvalidDN           = errors.New("Base DN is incorrect, it must be in the format of CN=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com")
-	errInvalidPollInterval = errors.New("poll interval is incorrect, it must be a duration greater than one second")
+	errInvalidPollInterval = errors.New("poll interval is incorrect, invalid duration")
+	errSupportedOS         = errors.New(typeStr + " is only supported on Windows.")
 )
 
+func isValidDuration(durationStr string) bool {
+	_, err := time.ParseDuration(durationStr)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
 // Validate validates all portions of the relevant config
 func (c *ADConfig) Validate() error {
 
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ func (c *ADConfig) Validate() error {
 		return errInvalidDN
 	}
 
-	if c.PollInterval < 0 {
+	if !isValidDuration(c.PollInterval) {
 		return errInvalidPollInterval
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config_test.go b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config_test.go
index 29452d3f48..9cce54064f 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/config_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			config: ADConfig{
 				DN:           "CN=Guest,CN=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com",
 				Attributes:   []string{"name"},
-				PollInterval: 60,
+				PollInterval: "60s",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			config: ADConfig{
 				DN:           "DC=exampledomain,DC=com",
 				Attributes:   []string{"name"},
-				PollInterval: 60,
+				PollInterval: "60s",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			config: ADConfig{
 				DN:           "CN=Guest,OU=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com",
 				Attributes:   []string{"name"},
-				PollInterval: 60,
+				PollInterval: "24h",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			config: ADConfig{
 				DN:           "CN=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com",
 				Attributes:   []string{"name"},
-				PollInterval: -1,
+				PollInterval: "test",
 			},
 			expectedErr: errInvalidPollInterval,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/factory.go b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/factory.go
index cd82693e62..3adb1f7006 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/activedirectoryinvreceiver/factory.go
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ func NewFactory() receiver.Factory {
 func CreateDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 	return &ADConfig{
 		DN:           "CN=Guest,CN=Users,DC=exampledomain,DC=com",
-		Attributes:   []string{"name"},
-		PollInterval: 60,
+		Attributes:   []string{"name", "mail", "department", "manager", "memberOf"},
+		PollInterval: "24h",
 	}
 }