When processing a request to deprovision a user, Active Roles uses this policy to determine what changes are to be made to group memberships of the user account. By removing the account from security groups, the policy revokes user access to resources. By removing the account from mail-enabled groups, the policy prevents erroneous situations where email is sent to the deprovisioned mailbox.
IMPORTANT: The deprovisioned users are automatically removed from all Dynamic Groups, regardless of the Group Membership Removal policy settings.
A Group Membership Removal policy includes separate rules for security groups and for mail-enabled groups. For each category of groups, a rule can instruct Active Roles to perform one of the actions that are summarized in the following table.
Table 12: Group Membership Removal policy includes separate rules
Security groups |
Do not remove from groups. |
The deprovisioned user remains in all security groups it was a member of as of the time of deprovisioning, except for the Dynamic Groups. |
Remove from all groups. |
The deprovisioned user is removed from all security groups. |
Remove from all groups except for the specified ones. |
The deprovisioned user is not removed from the specified security groups, with the exception of Dynamic Groups. The user is removed from all the other security groups. |
Mail-enabled groups |
Do not remove from groups. |
The deprovisioned user is not removed from distribution groups or mail-enabled security groups, except for the Dynamic Groups. |
Remove from all groups. |
The deprovisioned user is removed from all distribution groups and from all mail-enabled security groups. |
Remove from all groups except for the specified ones. |
The deprovisioned user is not removed from the specified distribution or mail-enabled security groups, with the exception of Dynamic Groups. The user is removed from all the other distribution and mail-enabled security groups. |
In the event of a conflict in policy implementation, the remove action takes precedence. For example, with a rule configured to remove the user account from all security groups, the user account is removed from all security groups even if there is another rule according to which Active Roles does not remove the user account from mail-enabled security groups.
Another conflict may occur in the situation where a policy of this category attempts to remove a deprovisioned user from a group that is configured as an Active Roles Dynamic Group (for more information, see Dynamic groups). The Dynamic Group policy detects the removal, and might add the deprovisioned user back to the Dynamic Group. To avoid this, Active Roles does not allow Dynamic Groups to hold deprovisioned users. Once a user is deprovisioned, the user account is removed from all Dynamic Groups.
You can configure a new Group Membership Removal policy with the Active Roles Console.
To configure a Group Membership Removal policy
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On the Policy to Configure page, select Group Membership Removal, then click Next.
Figure 65: Removal from Security Groups
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On the Removal from Security Groups page, do one of the following:
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Click Do not remove from security groups for the policy not to make changes to security group memberships of the user account.
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Click Remove from all security groups, with optional exceptions for the policy to remove the user account from all security groups.
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If you selected Remove from all security groups, with optional exceptions, specify whether you want the policy not to remove the user account from certain security groups. Do one of the following:
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Select the Keep the user account in these security groups check box and set up the list of security groups from which you want the policy not to remove the user account.
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If you want the policy to remove the user account from all security groups, leave the check box cleared.
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Click Next.
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On the Removal from Mail-enabled Groups page, do one of the following:
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Click Do not remove from mail-enabled groups for the policy not to make changes to mail-enabled group memberships of the user account.
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Click Remove from all mail-enabled groups, with optional exceptions for the policy to remove the user account from all mail-enabled groups.
Figure 66: Removal from Mail-enabled Groups
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If you selected Remove from all mail-enabled groups, with optional exceptions, specify whether you want the policy not to remove the user account from certain mail-enabled groups. Do one of the following:
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Select the Keep the user account in these mail-enabled groups check box and set up the list of mail-enabled groups from which you want the policy not to remove the user account.
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If you want the policy to remove the user account from all mail-enabled groups, leave the check box cleared.
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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, then click Finish.
The policy described in this scenario, removes the deprovisioned users from all groups, both security and distribution.
To implement this scenario, you must perform the following actions:
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Create and configure the Policy Object that defines the appropriate policy.
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Apply the Policy Object to a domain, OU, or Managed Unit.
As a result, when deprovisioning a user account, Active Roles removes the user account from all groups.
You can create and configure the Policy Object you need by using the New Deprovisioning Policy Object Wizard. For information about the wizard, see Creating a Policy Object.
To configure the policy, click Group Membership Removal on the Select Policy Type page of the wizard. Then, click Next and follow these steps:
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On the Removal from Security Groups page:
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Click Remove from all security groups, with optional exceptions.
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Verify that the Keep the user account in these security groups check box is cleared.
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Click Next.
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On the Removal from Mail-enabled Groups page:
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Click Remove from all mail-enabled groups, with optional exceptions.
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Verify that the Keep the user account in these mail-enabled groups check box is cleared.
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Click Next.
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Click Next and follow the instructions in the wizard to create the Policy Object.