One of the most common complaints about Active Directory self service password reset is how hard it is to get users to enroll. They just don’t want to be bothered. Why would you when it’s so easy to call the helpdesk? In fact, when we first released Password Center, we soon found that most of…
Sorry to end a thread title with a preposition but I added a few periods to hopefully make it better. I was talking with one of our developers today about common synchronization jobs and he was curious about what are our most commonly used destinations and sources. Of course the answer is SQL, Oracle and…
No. And yes. Of course, those are both lame answers but there is no good answer to the broad question of having an Active Directory web interface. Because you very rarely want to have full admin rights to Active Directory available to anyone other than, say, full admins. And they are probably happy with ADUC.…
When we talk about Active Directory groups, we are usually talking about two kinds of groups: distribution groups and security groups. Distribution groups work with your email client to define who is included on group messages, while security groups are used to control access to resources. Those could be hardware, SharePoint sites, applications, folders, or…
I recently read an interesting article about how the CFO feels about IT. (Hint: not good) The article was based on a survey of 344 CFOs. The survey showed that CFOs, “Are inclined to invest in technologies where competitive advantage can be demonstrated, analysis and decision-making is assisted, or efficiencies and cost reduction are achieved.”…
I am constantly reminded by prospects and customers how complex identity management projects are. They have complex requirements, complex visio diagrams, complex regression analysis on ROI, complex sounding project names, and complex acronyms for everything. All in the name of making sure that an employee can sign on to his/her computer in the morning and…