Active Roles introduces the following changes to Setup and Installation:

Unified Setup Wizard

Table 1: Changes to Unified Setup wizard

Version 6.9 and earlier	Version 7.3 or later
Numerous MSI files	Single ActiveRoles.EXE
The components must be installed in the correct order.

Silent Install

The Active Roles installer, Setup.exe has command-line options for a silent installation. For more details, refer to KB 185799

Example:

Setup.exe /quiet /install ADDLOCAL=Service,Console /IAcceptActiveRolesLicenseTerms

Configuration Center

The Configuration Center unifies management of core configuration for the Active Roles Administration Service and Web Interface, which allows administrators to perform the core configuration tasks from a single location.

Highlights include:

• Initial configuration tasks such as creation of Administration Service instances and default Web Interface sites.
• Import of configuration and management history from earlier Active Roles versions.
• Management of core Administration Service settings, such as the Active Roles Admin account, service account, and database connection.
• Creation of Web Interface sites based on site configuration objects of the current Active Roles version or site configuration objects imported from earlier Active Roles versions.
• Management of core Web Interface site settings, such as the site’s address on the Web server and configuration object on the Administration Service.
• Scriptable Configuration Center operations using Windows PowerShell command-line tools provided by the Active Roles Management Shell.

The following two methods are available for configuring the Active Roles instance:

• Graphical User Interface (Active Roles Configuration Center)
• PowerShell (Active Roles Management Shell)

Management Shell Integration

The Active Roles Management Shell, which provides Windows PowerShell based command-line tools (cmdlets) for executing and automating administrative tasks in Active Roles, is a part of the Management Tools component included in the Active Roles Setup.

Modules:

• ActiveRolesManagementShell
• ActiveRolesConfiguration

ActiveRolesManagementShell

• Provides cmdlets for managing users, group, computers, and other objects in Active Directory via Active Roles; managing digital certificates; and administering certain Active Roles objects.
• Cmdlets are prefixed with QAD or QARS, such as New-QADUser, Add-QADCertificate, or New-QARSAccessTemplateLink.

ActiveRolesConfiguration

• Provides cmdlets for configuring Active Roles Administration Service instances and Web Interface sites.
• Available on 64-bit (x64) systems only. It requires the Active Roles Administration Service or Web Interface to be installed; otherwise, the module does not provide all cmdlets.
• The cmdlets provided in this module have their noun prefixed with AR, such as New-ARDatabase, New-ARService, or New-ARWebSite.