Since 2012, Jonathan Blackwell, an engineer and innovator, has provided engineering leadership that has put GroupID at the forefront of group and user management for Active Directory and Azure AD environments. His experience in development, marketing, and sales allows Jonathan to fully understand the Identity market and how buyers think.
Appreciation of admins through delegation of control An anecdotal story of how one company showed appreciation for secretaries and admins In honor of Administrative Professional’s Day (Secretaries Day or Admin Day), I wanted to share an experience I had while talking to one of our customer’s recently. It is after all, these very important people…
Maintaining a Healthy Active Directory I love pizza. Pizza is often cited as the most popular food in the world. Who can blame the world for loving pizza? It has the perfect blend of things that appeal to most people. Zesty tomato based sauce, hot melted cheese, a crust that could melt in your mouth if…
Ensure Right People with Right Access to Right Information at Right Time Defining system access for employees can be a challenging task for organizations of all sizes. But unless intimate knowledge of each employee’s role is known, granting access is often cumbersome and demands manual input from the IT department. What is needed is an…
Projecting your on-premise Active Directory groups into your M365 hosted Exchange You still need Active Directory even though you have outsourced Exchange to Microsoft via M365. So, how do you manage it? You want your user attributes to be accurate, group memberships up to date, unused groups expired, and security groups to be, well, secure. …
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi Organization through automation and delegation is key to success The sport of American football has its games played on a field called a gridiron. Success…
When Users need to control their own SharePoint portals, delegate Active Directory group membership management One of the best practices as it relates to group management is to delegate what you cannot automate. This concept is true especially when you’re an organization that uses SharePoint and want to move leverage Active Directory Groups. Microsoft provided a…
Groups are your cornerstone You cannot build your identity house without a solid identity foundation. Have you ever found yourself with an idea that grows in scope until the original idea has morphed into one that does not accomplish the original intention of the idea? This type of scope bloat is typical for many IT…
The Case for Linked Identities I am but one person and my computer does not recognize me. That is the feeling many get while attempting to attest to some application or service. Keeping your identity protected is necessary and we do this typically behind a password firewall that verifies we are who we say we are.…
The case for temporary membership You are sitting around a table to discuss the current status of a critical project. Things are not looking real good and it seems that there is no way to reach the end of the project by the necessary deadline with the staff currently tasked with the work. There is…
Use GroupID to leverage ABAC concepts for intelligent SharePoint memberships What you know about your staff is usually what drives identifying what resources they need in order to be productive. For example, you may know that a person who works in your Chicago office and is responsible for the marketing of a new upcoming product…