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An Active Directory management solution for everyone
Directory Outgroup
User and device management with Active Directory (AD) is probably one of the primary tasks of IT in most companies. From time to time, IT people try to involve other departments in AD management, but this typically fails because of the complexity of the task and the technical nature of the data. ADManager Plus offers another way.
Interactions between IT and other departments could be better organized in many companies. Even in large enterprises, a user account often will not be set up in time when a new employee is hired. The use of existing data sources often means double entry of user data: The Human Resources (HR) department likely has an employee management system, the telephone control software has its own data source, and a time recording system, if in place, also has its own databases.
After creating user accounts and assigning them to organizational units or group memberships, how can an administrator make the input options of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers available to the HR department, for example, without HR changing other parameters in AD? Microsoft does not envisage a granular structure for access authorizations. Although the Windows Server 2016 Essentials Dashboard simplifies the procedure, these features are not available in larger organizations.
How ADManager Plus Works
ADManager Plus 6.6, from ManageEngine (Zoho Corporation's IT management division), lets administrators manage and maintain the company's own AD (Figure 1). Instead of the typical MMC consoles, the software offers a web-based interface that supports highly granular role-based assignment of permissions. Resetting passwords, unlocking users, user creation, and group assignments are typical tasks that ADManager offers in the browser.
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