ADMP Integration - How to automate unlocking of user accounts in Active Directory

ADMP Integration - How to automate unlocking of user accounts in Active Directory

This post described the use of a python script to automate unlocking of user accounts from request. This script can be configured under Request custom triggers and you will find more information about this here. Integrating ServiceDesk Plus with ADManager Plus allows technicians to perform Active Directory user management operations right from within their help desk console. This article explains how to set up automatic unlocking of AD user accounts using Custom Triggers.

Use Case: In most organizations, calls to the help desk from users who get locked out of their accounts for various reasons, are quite common. This is a time-consuming task for technicians who need to manually unlock the user accounts one by one. The custom trigger feature solves this problem by automatically unlocking the user accounts in Active Directory every time a ticket is approved for the same. 

Learn more about ADManager Plus and ServiceDesk Plus integration here or drop an email at support@admanagerplus.com 

Execution steps:
1. Download the attached zip
2. Extract the file to SDP-Home/integration/custom_scripts folder
3. Edit the unlock_user.py file and provide the inputs, instructions are available within the script as commented lines.




sdpFields can be fetched from Admin -> Service Catalog - Additional Fields section.





4. Configure the script and its parameter under the Admin -> Custom Triggers. The script file to run parameter will be set as shown below.
py unlock_user.py $COMPLETE_V3_JSON_FILE 



Please refer to the attached screenshot showing a sample implementation below.






A short guide on setting up python is available here




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