Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                

Admanager Plus Overview

Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 53

ManageEngine

ADManager Plus
ADManager Plus is a web-based Active Directory (AD), Microsoft
365 and Microsoft Exchange management solution that offers:

• 360-degree provisioning
• Bulk management of AD objects

Introduction • 200+ pre-packaged reports complete with on-the-fly


management actions
• NTFS and Share permissions management, group
membership management and more
• Automate crucial AD routines
• Secure and granular delegation of tasks
Why ADManager Plus?

• A dashboard that can be customized to view the most essential


information of your domain.
• Predefined purpose-based management actions that reduce the time
and effort required for object management.
• Gain essential insights about your AD, Microsoft 365 and Exchange
objects, without using complex scripts.
Why ADManager Plus?

• Point-and-click operations that empower technicians without any AD


expertise to perform successful AD management and reporting.
• Notify admins via SMS or email alerts whenever a task is performed.
• Since ADManager Plus is a web-based solution, you can perform AD
management securely, without accessing your domain controllers directly.
Management
Management
• Provision user accounts across multiple platforms such as Active Directory (AD), Microsoft Exchange,
Microsoft 365, MS Teams, and Google Workspace, simultaneously from a single console.
• Streamline the management of AD objects like users, computers,groups, contacts, OUs and GPOs
using customizable templates.
• Perform bulk AD object management via CSV import.
• Perform AD tasks such as password reset, account unlocks, and more.
• Manage permissions of Windows file servers, Netapp and EMC Isilon servers.
• Customize naming formats to meet the needs of your organization.
• Get real-time notifications whenever a management operation is performed. 
• Migrate user accounts with all the corresponding attributes across domains, all within the same
forest.
360 Degree Provisioning
Provision accounts across the following platforms from a single console:

Google Workspace Active Directory Microsoft Exchange

MS Teams
Microsoft 365
Management:

Customizable
Templates
Customizable
Templates
Auto - configure attributes
based on conditions

User 1
Dept:

Templates
Dept:
User 2 User 3
100% Dept: Dept:

• In a template, pre-configure access permissions/entitlements for users based on their positions or departments.
• Set rules to populate attributes automatically.
Avoid Duplication

Use templates to proactively identify and handle duplicates at the forest or domain level.
Decide what action has to be taken in case duplication occurs.
Management:

Bulk
Management
Bulk
Management
Bulk Object Creation
Create multiple objects (say users) at one go by importing a CSV file
containing user data (without using any script).

Importing user Create Users


details from a CSV
Bulk Management of Objects
• Use built-in features to perform operations like reset password,
unlock accounts, or modify multiple attributes like Profile attributes,
Contact attributes, and more.
• Perform management operations on multiple objects at one go.
Delete/Disable Policy
Automatically perform the following whenever a
user account is deleted, or disabled:
• Delete, or disable the:
• Home folders
• Roaming profiles
• Microsoft 365, Google Workspace
accounts, and more.
• Export Exchange mailboxes as a PST file
Delete/
Disable
Policy
Customize Naming Formats

• Create custom naming formats according to the


needs of your organization.
• Create multiple naming formats, and configure the
option of trying out other formats to handle
exceptions.
Custom
Naming
Formats
Real-time notifications
• Notify administrators or technicians about any change made in
AD through ADManager Plus via:

SMS
Email

• Create notification templates to configure the recipient, and the


message that has to be sent.
• Create notification profiles to send custom notification
messages.
Reporting
Reporting
• Script-free reporting.
• 200+ pre-packaged reports that cover essential information about AD,
Exchange, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and more.
• Perform on-the-fly management tasks directly from these reports.
• Create custom reports as per the needs of your organization.
• Automatically generate reports using the report scheduler.
• Meet compliance needs with reports for regulations like SOX, GLBA, HIPAA,
PCI, GDPR and FISMA.
200+
Pre-packaged
Reports
Generate reports such as Inactive
Users report, Password
Unchanged Users report, Disabled
Users report, and more.
On-the-fly
Management
Perform management
operations from within the
reports.
Built-in Report Scheduler

• Schedule reports to be generated at a


specified time.
• Email the required reports to
administrator/technicians automatically.
• Set a location at which these reports must
be stored.
Custom
Reports
Apart from 200+ built-in
reports, you can also create
your own report that includes
only the required attributes,
and best suits the needs of
your organization.
Compliance
Reports
• Verify your compliance
position with the help of
predefined reports.
• If needed, take remedial
actions within these
reports to ensure your
organization complies
with PCI, HIPAA, SOX, the
GDPR, and more.
Delegation
Delegation
• Non-invasive delegation: Actual Active Directory permissions remain
untouched.
• The technician role is defined only in the tool.
• OU-based delegation: Fine-tune delegation of Active Directory tasks by
restricting delegation rights of technicians to specific OUs.
• Role-based access: A technician will not be able to perform any other
task apart from the ones delegated to him.
• Audit reports: Keep track of who does what.
Delegation
Non-invasive Delegation
The permissions delegated using ADManager Plus do not affect the actual
AD permissions of the user.

Role-based Access
Create roles to granularly delegate management and reporting actions to
technicians.

Audit Reports
Keep track of the activities performed by all the technicians in your AD
environment
Active Directory
Backup & Recovery
Active Directory backup and restore
• Back up and restore important AD objects, such as users,
computers, contacts, groups, OUs, and GPOs, without directly
accessing the DC.
• Back up and restore your domain's DNS zones and nodes. You can
also keep backups of DNS configuration changes for easy
restoration after accidental changes.
• Compare different backup versions to view what has changed, and
undo even the smallest of accidental changes.
• Empower your help desk by delegating AD backup and recovery
rights to specific OUs. Keep track of backup and restore activities
with the help of audit reports.
Backup
• Incremental backup: Expedite the backup process
and minimize the utilization of storage space by only
backing up the changes made since the last
backup. Subsequent backups are stored as versions.

• Full backup: Regularly perform complete backups of


all the objects present in your domain. 
Recovery
• Object and attribute-level restoration: Restore only
the required objects or individual attributes of
particular objects.

• Restart-free recovery: Recover objects completely


or granularly without having to restart your DCs.
Workflow
Workflow
• Multilevel workflow that helps
assign and prioritize tasks.
• Manager-based workflow that
grants managers granular control
over the properties of their team's
objects.
• Track the status of delegated
tasks. Monitor and review tasks
including automated tasks.
Automation
Automation
• Script-free automation
• Enforce workflow for controlled automation
• Automated AD object management with the help of pre-built actions

Automate tasks
• Easily automate crucial standalone tasks such as user creation, password
resets, moving computers, and more.
• Set the time constraints and intervals after which the automation is to be
repeated.
• Option of importing user details from a CSV, or external databases or
HRMS, for creating AD users automatically.
• Option to use any of the relevant reports as inputs for automating tasks.
Orchestration
Orchestration

• Automate a series of user provisioning and deprovisioning tasks in


succession at defined time intervals whenever a user or group
management task is carried out in ADManager Plus
• Create, update, and delete users, groups, and their attributes in external
applications using webhook templates
•Build templates easily with drag-and-drop actions
•What makes up orchestration?
 Webhook templates  Predefined AD, Exchange, Microsoft 365, and Google

 Logic blocks Workspace actions

 Custom scripts  Orchestration profile


User deprovisioning using orchestration
Automation
Policy
Automation Policies

• Automate a series of tasks that help you automate complete routines.


• For instance, AD cleanup will require the following tasks to be
automated:

 Disable the required users

 After 30 days from disabling the users, strip off all the group memberships.

 After another 30 days, delete the users.


Microsoft 365 Management and Reporting
• Flexibility to manage and report on Active Directory and Microsoft 365
from a single window.
• Create Microsoft 365 groups, Distribution/Security Mail enabled groups
and Dynamic distribution groups in single and bulk using group creation
templates.
• Built-in management tasks.
• Get Microsoft 365 License and Group reports in an instant without
PowerShell scripting.
Microsoft Exchange Management and Reporting

• Bulk mailbox creation: Create bulk user mailboxes in a single click by


just importing a CSV file.
• Set mailbox properties while creating mailbox – all in one action.
• Delegate to help desks the rights of creating and setting mailbox
properties.
Mobile AD user management
ADManager Plus mobile apps for iOS and Android offers the
following operations:

• Reset password, unlock, enable/disable, and delete users


• Manage group memberships
• View, manage, and execute AD task requests
• Get reports about locked out, disabled, password expired, and
inactive users
Integrations
ADManager Plus supports integrations with:

External HR management Help desk


databases systems software
Integration with external databases
• Administrators can now import user records directly from external
databases to automate user creation, modification and deletion.
• The external databases that can be integrated with ADManager Plus
include:
Integration with HR Management Software

• Administrators can now integrate ADManager Plus with a HR Management system


and directly import the user details from the HRMS to create AD user accounts
automatically.
• ADManager Plus currently supports integrations with custom HRMS platforms and
HR management systems like,

Zoho People UltiPro bambooHR


Integration with help desk software

By integrating ADManager Plus with your help desk console such as


ServiceDesk Plus (on-prem and cloud), Jira, ServiceNow and Zendesk, you can:

• Execute AD tasks directly from your help desk console


• Delegate simple AD tasks to technicians/HR associates having little to no AD
expertise since AD management via ADManager Plus is a point and click activity
• Create users across multiple platforms like AD, MS Exchange, Microsoft 365, MS
Teams, and Google workspace without toggling between multiple windows
Log forwarding

Administrators can now send the logs of Active Directory management


operations performed using ADManager Plus to Syslog servers and
SIEM tools such as Splunk for detailed auditing.

Syslog
Thank you!
For more details mail us at:
support@admanagerplus.com

You might also like