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Five Apps: Better Active Directory management

By Wally Bahny July 26, 2013, 11:03 AM PDT

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Adaxes uses an MMC-like console to group its various features together and make life easier for admins.

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Adaxes gives admins the ability grant special permissions to non-admin users so that they can help manage AD objects.  A good example is an HR hiring manager creating user accounts.

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Each task in Adaxes can be set to trigger one or more Actions – things like getting approval before a change takes place or providing notification.

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To ensure the integrity of data in AD, Adaxes has the ability to set patterns on various fields in AD.  It even supports Regular Expressions.

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The option for Password Self-Service has settings to either require X number of questions to be answered or it can send a verification code to SMS or an alternate email.

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ADManager has a nice dashboard providing a quick glance at the makeup of your Active Directory.

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User Management and other tasks are a snap with the wizards on this screen.

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If you expose access to employees outside of IT (or even inside) you can set up a workflow to ensure that the request is properly reviewed before it is executed.

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AutoMate is a task scheduler that has several Active Directory tasks.  The home screen of the Task Administrator displays all available tasks.

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The Task Builder allows you to set up step-by-step actions within the task.

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XIA Automation Server calls tasks “Profiles”.  Each profile has three aspects: Access Control, Automation Tasks, and Variables.

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Resetting a password is one built-in task.

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Once the profile is set up, users who have been allowed to run it via the Access Control can do so within the web interface.

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Tasks run quickly and report back their completion status.  You can also check the audit log for more details.

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Zohno Z-Hire is a highly-configurable user creator tool.  You can set up various templates for different types of users.  Adding users, then, goes very quickly.  You can provision users in several systems with just one command.

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Zohno’s other utility, Z-Term does the opposite.  It allows you to quickly terminate users in various systems with one command.

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