Testimonial
We use User Management Resource Administrator daily to add and remove users from Active Directory and to sync our address book with an excel document for users to download. The program saves us a fair share of time and the entire process is streamlined and efficient. Jason Ball MD Helicopters, Inc.
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Introduction - Managing Active Directory |
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| Managing the content of Active Directory has become increasingly complex with the growing need to manage users, groups, organizational units, file access rights and privacy sensitive data more consistently. User Management Resource Administrator is a possible solution to deal with these challenges. Jan Reinders |
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Complexity of User Account management in Active Directory |
| Most employees nowadays have access to many different applications, each with its own user account and corresponding login info. In many cases, the creation and maintenance of these user accounts requires considerable manpower. It is therefore all the more surprising that many companies still create and maintain user accounts in an informal manner. After all, any delay or errors in the creation of user accounts may result in productivity loss.
Apart from the challenge of creating new user accounts, employee data may also change: group memberships, cell phone number, home address, department, etc. These changes obviously have to be reflected in Active Directory.
Another complicating factor is that many organizations store their user data in multiple data repositories. In that case, it becomes crucial to update the data properly across the various different information systems.
In this article, we will review the possible deployment of User Management Resource Administrator, developed by Tools4ever. |
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Unique software for Active Directory |
| User Management Resource Administrator (UMRA) is a unique business application for Active Directory, developed by Tools4ever (www.tools4ever.nl). Using various different UMRA modules, we will try to perform the following: |
- MASS module - mass create new users (as opposed to using the built-in Microsoft tools) in Active Directory;
- Forms & Delegation module - delegating a user management task to a non-administrator (e.g. reception desk) ;
- Automation module - establishing a link with another data store containing personnel data and synchronize the databases.
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| But first we will take a look at the installation of UMRA and the general user interface. |
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