Applying the Policy Object
You can apply the Policy Object by using the Enforce Policy page in the New Provisioning Policy Object Wizard, or you can complete the wizard and then use the Enforce Policy command on the domain, OU, or Managed Unit where you want to apply the policy.
For more information on how to apply a Policy Object, see Applying Policy Objects and Managing policy scope.
User Account Deprovisioning
Policies in this category are intended to automate the following deprovisioning-related tasks on user accounts:
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Disable the user account.
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Set the user password to a random value.
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Set the user’s logon names to random values.
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Rename the user account.
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Modify other properties of the user account.
When configuring a policy of this category, you specify how you want Active Roles to modify the user’s account in Active Directory upon a request to deprovision a user so that once the deprovision operation is completed, the deprovisioned user cannot log on to the network.
You may also configure a policy to update any user properties, such as those that regulate users’ membership in Active Roles Managed Units. In this way, the policy can automate the addition or removal of deprovisioned users from Managed Units.
How the User Account Deprovisioning policy works
When processing a request to deprovision a user, Active Roles uses this policy to modify the user’s account so that once the user has been deprovisioned, they cannot log on to the network.
A policy can also be configured to update user accounts. Depending on the policy configuration, each policy-based update results in the following:
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Certain portions of account information are removed from the directory by resetting specified properties to empty values.
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Certain properties of user accounts are set to new, non-empty values.
A policy can be configured so that new property values include:
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Properties of the user account being deprovisioned, retrieved from the directory prior to starting the process of the user deprovisioning.
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Properties of the user who originated the deprovisioning request.
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Date and time when the user was deprovisioned.
Thus, when deprovisioning a user, Active Roles modifies the user’s account in Active Directory as determined by the User Account Deprovisioning policy that is in effect.
Configuring a User Account Deprovisioning policy
To configure a User Account Deprovisioning policy
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On the Policy to Configure page, select User Account Deprovisioning, and then click Next.
Figure 57: User Account Deprovisioning
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On the Option to Prevent Logon page, select the options you want the policy to apply when deprovisioning a user account. You can select any combination of these options:
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Disable the user account
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Set the user’s password to a random value
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Set the user logon name to a random value
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Set the user logon name (pre-Windows 2000) to a random value
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Rename the user account to
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If you selected Rename the user account to, click Configure, and then complete the Configure Value dialog by using the procedure outlined later in this topic, in order to specify how you want the policy to update the user name when deprovisioning a user account.
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Click Next.
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On the Properties to Be Updated page, specify how you want the policy to update user properties when deprovisioning a user account:
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Click Add, and then complete the Select Object Property dialog by using the procedure outlined later in this topic, in order to add property update rules.
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Use View/Edit to modify existing rules.
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Use Remove to delete existing rules.
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Click Next.
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On the Enforce Policy page, you can specify objects to which this Policy Object is to be applied:
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Click Next, and then click Finish.
To complete the Configure Value dialog
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Click Add.
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Configure an entry to include in the value. For more information, see Configuring entries.
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In the Configure Value dialog, add more entries, delete or edit existing ones, and then click OK.
To complete Select Object Property dialog
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From the Object property list, select an object property, and then click OK. The Add Value dialog appears.
If you select multiple properties, the Add Value dialog is not displayed. The properties you have selected are added to the list on the Properties to Be Updated page, with the update rule configured to clear those properties, that is, to assign them the “empty” value.
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In the Add Value dialog, do one of the following:
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Select Clear value if you want the update rule to assign the empty value to the property.
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Select Configure value if you want the update rule to assign a certain, non-empty value to the property. Then, click Configure and complete the Configure Value dialog by using the instructions given earlier in this topic.