To compare Imanami’s GroupID with Microsoft’s Forefront Identity Manager (FIM), it is essential to understand what each is and isn’t. FIM is an Identity and Access Management suite. It provides policy management, credential management, user management and group management. What it is not is simple or cost effective. GroupID is purpose-built software to manage Active…
I was reading a great article over at Dave Coleman’s SharePoint and Technology Blog, SharePointEduTech. He proposed a simple question, SharePoint or AD groups to permission your SharePoint deployment. As a vendor in the discussion, I feel uncomfortable commenting in his article but was very relieved to see that 56% of respondents use AD groups…
Do you ever feel like you are answering the same questions over and over again? I have yet to come across a customer or prospect who would not like to reduce the number of calls that come into their help desk or service center. Those calls always have a cost and it seems that many…
Most people know that when you construct a SharePoint site you can grant permissions a couple of ways. You can assign it user by user (time consuming and tiresome) or you can use groups. But what type of group to use? You can either use a group created in SharePoint (a SharePoint group), or you…
As the old saying goes, denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. It is also a useful tool to deny access and rights for employees on probation. Think about the first thing an employee who is put on steps of discipline will want to do. Steal data. Download all of their files and contact information. …
There was a question over on Mark Minasi’s Active Directory forum on how to find unused Active Directory security groups. The answer quickly came that it is “a pretty hard problem to solve for real.” There are a few vendors that can offer reports/tools that show what file system permissions are associated with each group. But…