POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints M. Brinkley Morse and J. Michael Vaughn, and each of
them acting alone, as true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Quest Software, Inc. (the
"Company"), any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5 required to be filed by the
undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for an on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4 and 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that no such
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 28th day of January 2003.




					/s/ DOUGLAS F. GARN

					Douglas F. Garn