Imanami’s GroupID has a simple yet effective method for Active Directory group self service.  We allow the group owner or Admin four choices for group security: Private: closed membership Semi-private: owner must approve membership request Semi-public: notify owner of new membership Public: open membership When you open group membership for self service, the owner(s) assign…

One of the things that jumped out at me in our recent survey seemed to be confirmed by visiting with a number of folks who stopped by our booth at TechEd.  People are using Active Directory to secure SharePoint groups! Our survey showed that nearly 50% of organizations are, and based on the conversations we…

I attended a great webinar by Logic Trends today.  In it they discussed their methodology to cleaning up and ensuring the long term health of Active Directory.  The first step, as always, is to identify the problem.  They have a methodology that begins with AD reporting, in fact, their own AD reporting tool covers some…

At TechEd every year we try to have a fun cartoon or image to get people’s attention as they stroll by our booth.  Last year we did the Automated Provisioning Machine.  This year, we introduced Active Directory Man. Active Directory Man is espousing the benefits of Active Directory group lifecycle, the idea that you can expire and…

There are two common use cases for kiosk access to Active Directory self service.  The first one is very straight forward, allow end users the ability to log in and update their Active Directory profile or search a corporate phone book.  We have had the second one less often but often enough that we have…

We recently commissioned a study with Osterman Research to find out what organizations use Active Directory groups for.  Part of it is selfish, we make Active Directory group management solutions, and it would be nice to know that the market is big enough.  But the other, more important, factor is to make sure that we…