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Active Roles 8.1.4 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started with Active Roles Configuring rule-based administrative views Configuring role-based administration Rule-based autoprovisioning and deprovisioning
Provisioning Policy Objects Deprovisioning Policy Objects How Policy Objects work Policy Object management tasks Policy configuration tasks
Property Generation and Validation User Logon Name Generation Group Membership AutoProvisioning Exchange Mailbox AutoProvisioning AutoProvisioning in SaaS products OneDrive Provisioning Home Folder AutoProvisioning Script Execution Microsoft 365 and Azure Tenant Selection E-mail Alias Generation User Account Deprovisioning Office 365 Licenses Retention Group Membership Removal Exchange Mailbox Deprovisioning Home Folder Deprovisioning User Account Relocation User Account Permanent Deletion Group Object Deprovisioning Group Object Relocation Group Object Permanent Deletion Notification Distribution Report Distribution
Deployment considerations Checking for policy compliance Deprovisioning users or groups Restoring deprovisioned users or groups Container Deletion Prevention policy Picture management rules Policy extensions
Using rule-based and role-based tools for granular administration Workflows
Key workflow features and definitions About workflow processes Workflow processing overview Workflow activities overview Configuring a workflow
Creating a workflow definition for a workflow Configuring workflow start conditions Configuring workflow parameters Adding activities to a workflow Configuring an Approval activity Configuring a Notification activity Configuring a Script activity Configuring an If-Else activity Configuring a Stop/Break activity Configuring an Add Report Section activity Configuring a Search activity Configuring CRUD activities Configuring a Save Object Properties activity Configuring a Modify Requested Changes activity Enabling or disabling an activity Enabling or disabling a workflow Using the initialization script
Approval workflow Email-based approval Automation workflow Activity extensions
Temporal Group Memberships Group Family Dynamic groups Active Roles Reporting Management History Entitlement profile Recycle Bin AD LDS data management One Identity Starling Join and configuration through Active Roles Managing One Identity Starling Connect Configuring linked mailboxes with Exchange Resource Forest Management Configuring remote mailboxes for on-premises users Migrating Active Roles configuration with the Configuration Transfer Wizard Managing Skype for Business Server with Active Roles
About Skype for Business Server User Management Active Directory topologies supported by Skype for Business Server User Management User Management policy for Skype for Business Server User Management Master Account Management policy for Skype for Business Server User Management Access Templates for Skype for Business Server Configuring the Skype for Business Server User Management feature Managing Skype for Business Server users
Exchanging provisioning information with Active Roles SPML Provider Monitoring Active Roles with Management Pack for SCOM Configuring Active Roles for AWS Managed Microsoft AD Azure AD, Microsoft 365, and Exchange Online Management
Configuring Active Roles to manage Hybrid AD objects Unified provisioning policy for Azure M365 Tenant Selection, Microsoft 365 License Selection, Microsoft 365 Roles Selection, and OneDrive provisioning Changes to Active Roles policies for cloud-only Azure objects
Managing the configuration of Active Roles
Connecting to the Administration Service Managed domains Using unmanaged domains Evaluating product usage Creating and using virtual attributes Examining client sessions Monitoring performance Customizing the Console Using Configuration Center Changing the Active Roles Admin account Enabling or disabling diagnostic logs Active Roles Log Viewer
SQL Server replication Using regular expressions Administrative Template Configuring federated authentication Communication ports Active Roles and supported Azure environments Integrating Active Roles with other products and services Active Roles Language Pack Active Roles Diagnostic Tools Active Roles Add-on Manager

Demoting the Publisher

Use the Active Roles Console to remove all Subscribers and to demote the Publisher as follows.

To remove all Subscribers and demote the Publisher

  1. In the Console tree, expand Configuration > Server Configuration, and select Configuration Databases.

  2. In the Details pane, right-click a Subscriber, and click Delete.

  3. In the confirmation message box, click Yes.

  4. Repeat the deletion steps for each Subscriber.

  5. In the details pane, right-click the Publisher, and click Demote.

  6. In the confirmation message box, click Yes.

  7. Wait while Active Roles demotes the Publisher.

Promoting an SQL Server to Publisher

After demoting the previous Publisher, you can promote the appropriate SQL Server to Publisher and designate the other SQL Servers as Subscribers to the new Publisher, thus configuring the new replication group.

TIP: After you add a Subscriber, the configuration data stored on the Publisher is replicated to the Subscriber, overriding the data on that Subscriber. Therefore, in order to retain your existing Active Roles configuration, it is advisable to assign the Publisher role to SQL Server that belonged to the old replication group. This ensures that each Administration Service in the new replication group inherits the configuration that was in place when you removed the Subscribers and demoted the Publisher.

To configure the new replication group using the Active Roles Console

  1. Right-click the Console tree root, click Connect, and then select the Administration Service the SQL Server of which you want to hold the Publisher role.

  2. In the Console tree, expand Configuration > Server Configuration, and select Configuration Databases.

  3. In the Details pane, right-click the database and click Promote.

  4. In the confirmation message box, click Yes.

  5. Wait while Active Roles performs the operation.

  6. In the Details pane, right-click the Publisher, and click Add Replication Partner.

  7. On the Welcome page in the New Replication Partner wizard, click Next.

  8. On the Database Selection page, click Browse.

  9. To configure the SQL Server of an Administration Service as a Subscriber to this Publisher, specify the corresponding Administration Service in the Connect to Administration Service dialog. Click OK.

  10. In the New Replication Partner wizard, click Next, click Next, and then click Finish.

  11. Repeat the steps for adding a replication partner for each SQL Server you want to make a Subscriber.

Recovering replication if the Publisher is not available

Once the Publisher becomes unavailable, Subscribers cannot synchronize configuration data. The only way that replication can be recovered is by restoring the current Publisher or making another SQL Server the Publisher.

If the current Publisher cannot be restored, you need to transfer the Publisher role to SQL Server that holds the Subscriber role, and reconfigure the other Subscribers to use the new Publisher. This requires that you first remove all Subscribers from the replication group.

Removing Subscribers if the Publisher is not available

Given that the Publisher is unavailable, you can remove a Subscriber from the replication group by using the Active Roles Console.

To remove a Subscriber from a replication group using the Active Roles Console

  1. Right-click the Console tree root, click Connect, and then select the Administration Service that uses the Subscriber SQL Server.

  2. In the Console tree, expand Configuration > Server Configuration, and select Configuration Databases.

  3. In the Details pane, right-click the Subscriber and select All Tasks > Advanced Properties.

  4. In the Advanced Properties window, select both the Show all possible attributes and Include attributes with empty values check boxes.

  5. In the list of attributes, double-click the attribute edsvaReplicationForceStandalone.

  6. In the Edit Attribute window, type TRUE in the Value box. Click OK.

  7. In the Advanced Properties window, click OK.

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