Did You Know – Advanced Policy Configuration Part III
In the last two weeks, we saw the various settings available under the block users tab and general tab. Now let me take you through the advanced policy settings available under the Password Sync tab. Password Sync tab Force Password Synchronization The first option – force synchronization of passwords across all linked accounts – automatically synchronizes the passwords across all the users’ linked accounts when they reset their Active Directory password. Enable this option to force users to
Did You Know - Advanced Policy Configuration Part II
In the first part, we saw the various settings available under the Block Users tab. This week let me take you through the settings in General tab. General Tab: This tab contains settings related to CAPTCHA verification, personalization link and tab customization. Hide CAPTCHA – CAPTCHA is a security measure against bots attack. You can use this setting to enable/disable CAPTCHA during identity verification and during password reset/account unlock. Hide Personalize link from end-users page – Personalize
Did You Know – Setting limits for password reset and account unlock actions.
ADSelfService Plus now allows you to set a limit for the number of self-password resets and account unlocks users can perform in a given number of days. For example , you can limit the password resets to a maximum of 5 times a month for a user. To do this, Go to Policy Configuration under the Configuration tab Click Advanced Settings of a self-service policy Go to Reset & Unlock tab Select Allow users to reset password/unlock account only ‘x’ times in ‘ x’ days option Click OK This setting
Did You Know - Advanced Policy Configuration Part I
In last week’s post we saw how to create OU and group-based self-service policies. This week I will show the various advanced options that you can configure to make the self-service policies suit your exact business requirements. Block User Tab: This tab allows you to block users who failed at the identity verification step. If a user attempts to use more than a few unsuccessful reset password attempts by providing the wrong answers to security questions or verification codes, then that users will
Did You Know – Group and OU-based Self-Service Policy Configuration
What are Self-Service Policies? The self-service policies in ADSelfService Plus govern what self-service features users can avail. These policies have advanced settings w hich can be configured to apply restrictions on how users use the self-service features . Group and OU-based Configuration It is highly likely that not all users in a domain would require similar self-service permissions and restrictions. Keeping it in mind, ADSelfService Plus has an option to configure OU and group-based
Did You Know - How to Manually Restore ADSelfService Plus Database?
This video explains how to manually restore a backed up copy of the ADSelfService Plus database.
Did You Know - Multi-factor Authentication Techniques in ADSelfService Plus
In this week’s did you know series, we will look in to the various multi-factor authentication techniques available in ADSelfService Plus. Why Multi -factor Authentication? Even a simple action such as a self-service password reset has the potential to expose your Active Directory to hackers. To mitigate such security risks, ADSelfService Plus verifies users’ identities using two or more factors of authentication as opposed to a single-factor of authentication . Various Authentication Techniques
Did You Know - How to manually take a backup of the ADSelfService Plus database
This video explains how you can manually take a backup of the ADSelfService Plus database. Note: The manual backup process works only for the built-in PostgreSQL database.