Email Notification placeholder (in Notification Template/Workflow)
Hi, in ADManager Plus, we can configure Notification Template (Workflow) with several macros listed below. Request Action %ActionName% Requestor Name %RequestorName% Subject %Subject% Request Id %RequestId% Created Time %CreatedTime% Description %Description%
How to use built in/custom functions
Since ADManager Plus comes with Built In Functions (Find Replace, Encode/Decode URIs, and Regexs) and Custom Function where we can run a script. This is good feature. https://www.manageengine.com/products/ad-manager/help/admin-settings/how-to-create-and-manage-custom-functions.html#:~:text=Create%20and%20manage%20custom%20functions
Automation Conditional run for Business Workflow based on number of items in report
Hi, I currently have an daily automation to perform specific function in ADManager Plus. On normal day, it will run with about 10 AD objects (based on the daily report). Now, I want to have it trigger a Business Workflow if the items in the report increased
Have you checked your ADManager Plus security score yet?
Have you ever felt like you're doing everything you possibly can to make your organization secure only to end up feeling like you missed out on something? Would it be easier if someone gave you a checklist on all the security best practices and options
Use External Password Generator
Hello! Is there any way to have AD Manager Plus generate a password that is more student friendly? For example, we often use Dinopass.com to generate student friendly passwords. The site (and several other similar ones) do have an API; however, I can't
Group Member Reports - no External contacts listed?
Hello I have distrbution list with a mix of internal and extgernal users on m365. For some reason only internal people are listed as members in reports. External users are unhidden for the global address book. Is there something I am missing?
Effects in a domain of taking ADManage Plus and ADAudit Plus offline
So I need to upgrade ADManage Plus and ADAudit Plus to the latest versions, we're a couple versions behind but I've never done it before. This is a 24/7 kind of place and I can have no downtime without a good reason (and an explaination). I need to do
purchase to an request
Can I start a purchase request from a request? Or can I assign a purchase to an request?
How to trigger custom scripts from ADManager Plus?
You can run scripts to perform any custom actions, as per your organization's needs, as a follow up to any Active Directory management operation performed using ADManager Plus. For example, if you want a team's manager to be notified every time an employee
Of game theory and GPOs - How to configure GPO scope filters in ADManager Plus
If you are a game theory enthusiast, you are probably familiar with the 'Salami slicing tactic'. For the uninitiated, Salami slicing is a strategy where the opponent makes small but consistent moves while making sure they stay well below the threshold
The NCSAM series part-3 - Securing Internet-Connected Devices in Healthcare
It's week 3 of the cyber security awareness month and this post will be focusing on Securing Internet-Connected Devices in Healthcare. One of the most affected sectors by cyberattacks over the years has consistently been the health care sector. The demand
Deprovisioning best practices series #3: Regularly clean up stale accounts
Inactive user accounts are a major threat to an organization's security as they can be easily exploited by attackers to gain entry into the network. In order to keep the Active Directory clean and secure, it is important to ensure that inactive user accounts
Deprovisioning best practices series #2: Standardized disable and delete policies
Improper off-boarding practices put organizations at the risk of losing critical data. For example, a former employee whose access permissions were not revoked could tamper with or even steal critical data causing confidentiality breaches. It can also
Deprovisioning best practices made easy with ADManager Plus
Employee deprovisioning should ideally start well before an employee's last day in the organization. But in most organizations, complete deprovisioning of a user account and associated access permissions takes weeks or sometimes months, after an employee's
Unified HR and access management with ADManager Plus' HRMS integration
Organizations often use a HR management tool like Zoho People, UltiPro and other tools to manage their employees. But when it comes to identity and access management in these organizations, IT administrators struggle with synchronizing the HR database
Populate ADManager + Drop Down Fields directly from Active Directory
How do I configure the drop down fields in ADManager + with the values from Active Directory eg the 'Department' and 'Office' fields
How to create custom user modification templates with ADManager Plus?
What's a task that haunts IT administrators often and almost always comes as a bunch of tasks disguised as one? User Modification! It is never just one change. When one user account attribute is changed, the other dependent attribute values also need
Exclusive webinar series on cybersecurity and IAM - Reserve your spot now
Hi, Remote work is the new normal, and it isn't going away anytime soon. While most employees prefer the comfort of their homes, they don't usually have access to enterprise-grade security that on-site employees enjoy. A recent FBI report brought to
How to manage file server access permissions in bulk with ADManager Plus
If you are one of those people who say your organization is secure and you have no vulnerabilities in your access and permissions management practices, you are either using ADManager Plus to its full potential or you need to look closer. Management of
How to granularly delegate critical help desk roles with OU-based delegation in ADManager Plus
Nothing keeps the cogs of an organization turning smoothly like a well planned delegation set-up. But delegation of critical tasks should be done in a secure way adhering to the principles of least privilege to avoid both internal and external attacks.
How to manage and report on Isilon and NetApp file servers efficiently using ADManager Plus
"Oh! Absolutely any random person can walk into our office and look at any confidential document they want to!" - said no organization ever. But this is exactly what happens when access and permissions are not managed securely. Managing file servers in
How to implement help desk driven identity and access management with the Jira-ADManager Plus integration
As organizations scale up, the help desk ticket volume also grows parallelly. IT help desk tickets for password reset, user account lockouts and user provisioning often involve switching between the help desk console and other applications. Hence they
How to delegate help desk roles securely with ADManager Plus
According to this report, cybercrime costs are predicted to increase by 15 percent every year and inflict damages worth $6 trillion globally. The most important takeaway from this statistic is that companies need to make their cyber security perimeter
How to make the most of GPO reports to tighten security in your organization
The most common rookie mistake, one that is often exploited by attackers, is using Windows off-the-shelf with the default settings. There are numerous vulnerabilities that arise due to improperly configured settings. ADManager Plus' user-friendly GPO
POPIA compliance series #5: Purging all personally identifiable information(PII) of expired users
IT admins are often caught up in a revolving door of user accounts continually being provisioned and deprovisioned. While tasks like periodic clean up of stale accounts and their access and permissions are often not prioritized, they play a major part
POPIA compliance series #4: Ensuring efficient management of access to shares and servers with sensitive personal information
Managing access to shares and servers is a core objective of identity and access management (IAM). POPIA mandates that all processing of personal information pertaining to citizens of South Africa should be done lawfully and the processing organization
How to add Office 365 users to Microsoft Teams with ADManager Plus?
Microsoft Teams is a collaborative tool for business communications available with Office 365. ADManager Plus can help you assign Microsoft 365 (Office 365) users to different channels or teams in Microsoft Teams, right while provisioning their Active Directory and Office 365 accounts. You can also assign various policy packages to the users. This feature is a part of ADManager Plus' latest update. You can download the latest build here. The following steps can help you with adding users to Microsoft
The NCSAM series part-4 - Future of connected devices
It's week 4 of the cyber security awareness month and this post will be focusing on the Future of connected devices. Devices are becoming more sophisticated and are having a bigger impact on our daily lives, especially with IoT in play. Devices will
Identity Governance Myth #3: IG is not cloud applications friendly
Contrary to this, IG is even more important in cloud, as the data there is not inside your organization's perimeter or boundary. As data security is important in could environments as well, it is imperative to clearly define the roles and their corresponding
Identity Governance Challenge #4: How to automate revoking permissions of deprovisioned user accounts?
Insider threats arise from two kinds of employees. The first is negligent employees and the second kind would be employees with malicious intent. The second category consists of employees currently with the organization and those who've quit. While the first category can be dealt with by creating awareness about potential security threats, the second category is more complex. Ensuring principal of least privileges can help avoid threats from employees who are with the organization. To protect the
Identity Governance challenge #3: How to keep track of who has what level of access to critical data using ADManager Plus?
According to a CyberSecurity Insiders threat report, 70 percent of users have more access privileges than required. Some common reasons for this include bulk approvals for access requests, improper implementation of user's changes in roles or departments, not having a proper system to verify and grant privileges, and not reviewing access privileges frequently. The simplest way of keeping track of all these is to use ADManager Plus' built-in reports on folders accessible to a specific user, permissions
Identity Governance challenge #2: How to set up an organization-wide approval process for Identity Management operations?
One of the major challenges organizations face in Identity Governance (IG) is the lack of a well-defined approval mechanism for authorizing access to resources and user rights. ADManager Plus' approval based workflow can help you review and approve all IG related operations with a well defined ticketing mechanism and manage approval hierarchies with ease. The following steps will guide you through the process. 1. Navigate to Workflow > Configuration > Business workflow. 2. Enter a suitable Name and
Identity Governnce challenge #1 : How to standardize access policies for better Identity governance with ADManager Plus?
With the Identity Governance landscape evolving quickly, one can never be too prudent about choosing the access management policy model for their organization. Based on their users, applications and resources, organizations choose between Role based access control (RBAC), Attribute based access control (ABAC) or a hybrid of both. ADManager Plus provides the following capabilities to manage and regulate users' access that help your organization standardize access policies, Rule based access
Identity Governance challenges - a quick understanding
If you had to make a check-list of things to focus on, so you can keep your organization secure while ensuring it is at its productive best, Identity Governance (IG) will definitely be in the top half of the list. IG ensures the right people have right access to the right resources at the right time. Implementing this involves having a standardized process and a constant updation of access policies, which is tedious and time-consuming. Hence, most organizations end up heading down the primrose path
How to schedule reports in ADManager Plus?
Active Directory reports of ADManager Plus are handy when it comes to tracking internal processes and getting an overview of the IT environment in your organization. Manually generating these reports every time you need them could quickly become a hassle. ADManager Plus not just makes it easy to generate reports on demand but also allows you to schedule reports to automatically generate and deliver them periodically to the stakeholders' mailbox. Follow these steps to schedule multiple reports in
User Provisioning series - part - 6
Over the last few weeks, we have been explaining how to automate user provisioning, set up HR-driven user provisioning, and more. If you missed them, click here to catch up. Automation coupled with a well-defined workflow helps accelerate the user provisioning process while also ensuring adherence to compliance standards. For example, with the use of workflows, you can ensure that user accounts are created only after the necessary approvals of designated authorities such as HR managers, financial
User Provisioning series - part - 5
Over the last few weeks, we had been putting up explainers on how to automate user provisioning, set up HR-driven user provisioning, and more. If you missed it, click here to catch up on it. Often, organizations delegate tasks like help desk operations, user provisioning, IT asset management, etc. for ease of administration. ADManager Plus' granular delegation functions allow the administrator to ensure security best practices, like granting only minimum access, are met. Delegate management and
User Provisioning series - part -4
Over the last few weeks, we had been putting up explainers on how to automate user provisioning, user provisioning by importing CSV file and more. If you had missed it, click here to catch up on it. This week's post will take you through through the steps to automatically create user accounts whenever new records are added in HR applications like Workday, BambooHR, Zoho People. Keeping employee information in sync across directories in an organization is now made simple with ADManager Plus integrating
User Provisioning series - part -3
Last week's article was a detailed guide on creating customized user provisioning templates. If you missed it, click here to catch up on it. This week's post will take you through automating bulk user provisioning with CSV import options. How to automate user provisioning with a CSV file using ADManager Plus? Navigate to Automation tab > Automation > Create New Automation Configure the following settings. Automation policy Name and Description - Enter a suitable name and description for the
User Provisioning series - part -2
Last week's article was a detailed guide on customized user provisioning templates. If you missed it, click here to catch up on it. This week's post will take you through using the CSV import option for user provisioning in bulk. Provisioning user accounts, along with the desired rights and group membership, is a critical task for IT admins. ADManager Plus' CSV import option coupled with the customizable user creation templates makes it a convenient and safe solution for easy bulk user provisioning.
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