ActiveRoles Server
  
ActiveRoles Server

ActiveRoles Server solves security issues and meets those never-ending compliance requirements by securing and protecting Active Directory simply and efficiently. By delivering automated tools for user and group management and Active Directory delegation, ActiveRoles Server overcomes the native shortcomings of Active Directory, so you can do your job faster. And thanks to its modular architecture, your organization can afford to meet your business requirements today and in the future.

Manage your Active Directory objects with a customizable web Interface

With ActiveRoles Server, you can:

  • Protect critical Active Directory data and eliminate unregulated access to resources
  • Automate account creation for secure user and group management in AD and AD-joined systems

Keep your Active Directory tidy by applying corporate policies to Active Directory objects

Features overview

Secure access – Acts as a virtual firewall around Active Directory, enabling you to control access through delegation using a least privilege model. Based on defined administrative policies and associated permissions generates and strictly enforces access rules, eliminating the errors and inconsistencies common with native approaches to AD management. Plus, robust and personalized approval procedures establish an IT process and oversight consistent with business requirements, with responsibility chains that complement the automated management of directory data.

Audit in real time what users did with the access they were granted

Automate account creation – Automates a wide variety of tasks, including:

  • Creating user and group accounts in AD
  • Creating mailboxes in Exchange
  • Populating groups
  • Assigning resource in Windows

ActiveRoles Server also automates the process of reassigning and removing user access rights in AD and AD-joined systems (including user and group de-provisioning) to ensure an efficient and secure administrative process over the user and group lifetimes. When a user’s access needs to be changed or removed, updates are made automatically in AD, Exchange, SharePoint, OCS, Lync and Windows, as well as any AD-joined systems such as Unix, Linux and Mac OS X.

Day-to-day directory management – Simplifies management of:

  • Exchange recipients, including mailbox/OCS assignment, creation, movement, deletion, permissions and distribution list management
  • Groups
  • Computers, including shares, printers, local users and groups
  • Active Directory, including AD LDS

ActiveRoles Server also includes intuitive interfaces for improving day-to-day administration and help desk operations via both an MMC snap-in and a Web interface.

Manage groups and users in a hosted environment – Works in tandem with Quick Connect in a hosted environment where accounts from client AD domain are synchronized with a host AD domain. ActiveRoles Server enables user and group account management from the client domain to the hosted domain, while also synchronizing attributes and passwords.

The solution uses out-of-the-box connectors to synchronize your on-premises AD accounts to cloud-based services such as Salesforce.com, Google Apps, Microsoft Office 365, Lync Online and SharePoint Online.

Consolidate management points through integration – Complements your existing technology and identity and access management strategy. Its Extend All feature simplifies and consolidates management points by ensuring easy integration with many Dell products, including Quick Connect, Identity Manager, Privilege Password Manager, Desktop Virtualization, Authentication Services, Defender, Password Manager, Webthority and ChangeAuditor. ActiveRoles Server also automates and extends the capabilities of PowerShell, ADSI, SPML and customizable Web interfaces.