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Enforcing Corporate Standards

Administrators are regularly faced with a number of challenges on a daily basis that influence how their network is managed. Establishing a standard for managing user accounts, group memberships and other policies requires strict guidelines that must be enforced in order to maintain consistency throughout the organization.

The User Management Resource Administrator standardizes the user life cycle for accounts in Active Directory by creating a task-based template that performs operations in the background used by individuals that interact with Active Directory. Administrators define what requirements must be met, such as how to handle unique user names or secure a home directory, and create a process that can be used by anyone without requiring them to know how the task is being done on the network. This template-based model for handling network processes is how User Management Resource Administrator can enforce a standard for virtually any network operation.

By using the Forms and Delegation module of User Management Resource Administrator, users interact with a graphical form that is responsible for gathering all required information about the task, and passes that information to a script that runs in the background. The script then carries out the various tasks that would normally be executed manually, eliminating the possibility of human error and ensures that the task is done correctly.

A few other examples of how User Management Resource Administrator can enforce corporate standards and policies are:

• User name generation is handled inside the User Management Resource Administrator and can store several different methods for avoiding duplicates.
• Database logging can be added to generate comprehensive audit logs
• E-mail notification can be implemented for real-time alerts to changes made (user disabled, moved, updated, etc)
• Security permissions and group memberships can be strictly enforced to reduce permission-related errors and help increase the security of your network