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Active Roles 7.4.1 - Administration Guide

Introduction About Active Roles Getting Started Rule-based Administrative Views Role-based Administration
Access Templates as administrative roles Access Template management tasks Examples of use Deployment considerations Windows claims-based Access Rules
Rule-based AutoProvisioning and Deprovisioning
About Policy Objects Policy Object management tasks Policy configuration tasks
Property Generation and Validation User Logon Name Generation Group Membership AutoProvisioning E-mail Alias Generation Exchange Mailbox AutoProvisioning AutoProvisioning for SaaS products OneDrive Provisioning Home Folder AutoProvisioning Script Execution Office 365 License Management Office 365 Roles Management 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
Workflows
Understanding workflow Workflow activities overview Configuring a workflow
Creating a workflow definition 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
Example: Approval workflow E-mail based approval Automation workflow Activity extensions
Temporal Group Memberships Group Family Dynamic Groups Active Roles Reporting Management History
Understanding Management History Management History configuration Viewing change history
Workflow activity report sections Policy report items Active Roles internal policy report items
Examining user activity
Entitlement Profile Recycle Bin AD LDS Data Management One Identity Starling Management One Identity Starling Two-factor Authentication for Active Roles Managing One Identity Starling Connect Azure_Overview
Config ARS to Manage Hybrid AD Objects Managing Hybrid AD Users Office 365 roles management for hybrid environment users Managing Office 365 Contacts Managing Hybrid AD Groups Managing Azure O365 or Unified Groups
Managing Configuration of Active Roles
Connecting to the Administration Service Adding and removing 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 Appendix A: Using regular expressions Appendix B: Administrative Template Appendix C: Communication ports Appendix D: Active Roles and supported Azure environments Appendix E: Enabling delegation for Federated Authentication

Order of precedence

Once you have constructed a regular expression, it is evaluated much like an arithmetic expression. It is evaluated from left to right and follows an order of precedence.

The following table shows the order of precedence for the various regular expression operators, starting with the highest:

Table 113: Order of precedence

Character

Description

\

Escape

(), []

Parentheses and Brackets

*, +, ?, {n}, {n,}, {n,m}

Quantifiers

^, $, \anymetacharacter

Anchors and Sequences

|

Alteration

Appendix B: Administrative Template

The Active Roles Administrative Template allows you to control the behavior and appearance of the Active Roles console by using Group Policy (see Active Roles snap-in settings).

This Administrative Template also provides a number of policy settings allowing you to limit the list of Active Roles’ Administration Service instances for auto-connect (see Administration Service auto-connect settings later in this document).

Active Roles snap-in settings

Active Roles snap-in settings

With the Active Roles Snap-in policy settings you can:

  • Cause the console to hide some portions of the user interface.
  • Specify default settings for some user interface elements.
  • Specify settings to register extension snap-ins with the Active Roles console.

The Administrative Template provides the following policy settings to control the behavior and appearance of the Active Roles console:

Table 114: Policy settings to control the behavior and appearance of

Policy Setting

Explanation

Hide Exchange management

Removes all user interface elements (commands, wizards, and dialog boxes) intended to manage Exchange recipients. If you enable this policy, users cannot perform any Exchange tasks and manage any Exchange recipient settings with the Active Roles console. If you disable this policy or do not configure it, users with appropriate permissions can use the Active Roles console to perform Exchange tasks and manage Exchange recipient settings.

Set default view mode

Specifies view mode in which the Active Roles console will start. If you enable this policy, you can select view mode from a list. When started, the Active Roles console will switch to view mode you have selected. By default, users are allowed to change view mode by using the Mode command on the View menu. If you want to enforce view mode, select the User is not allowed to change view mode policy option. This option ensures that the console user cannot change the view mode you have selected.

Hide Configuration node

Removes the Configuration node from the console tree when the Active Roles console is in Advanced view mode. If you enable this policy, in Advanced view mode, all objects and containers related to the Active Roles configuration are not displayed. The Managed Units node and its contents are displayed as well as all advanced Active Directory objects and containers.

Disable 'Remember password' option

Clears and disables the Remember password check box in the Connect to Administration Service dialog box. If you enable this policy, the Connect as: The following user option in the Active Roles console requires that the user enter his password every time when using that option, rather than encrypting and storing the password once it has been entered. Note that saving passwords may introduce a potential security risk.

Disable 'Connect as' options

Disables the Connect as options in the Connect to Administration Service dialog box, including the Remember password check box. If you enable this policy, the console users are only allowed to connect to the Administration Service under their logon accounts. With this policy, the Current user option is selected under Connect as, and cannot be changed.

Set controlled objects to be marked by default

Specifies whether to use a special icon for visual indication of the objects to which Access Templates or Policy Objects are applied (linked). If you enable this policy, you can choose the category of object to be marked with a special icon by default. Users can modify this setting using the Mark Controlled Objects command on the View menu.

In addition, the Administrative Template provides for policies allowing you to register extension snap-ins with the Active Roles console. These policies are located in the folder named Extension Snap-ins. Each policy in that folder is used to register one of the following:

Table 115: Policies allowing to register extension snap-ins with Active Roles Console

Policy Setting

Explanation

Namespace extensions

Allows you to register extension snap-ins to extend the namespace of the Active Roles console.

Context menu extensions

Allows you to register extension snap-ins to extend a context menu in the Active Roles console.

Toolbar extensions

Allows you to register extension snap-ins to extend the toolbar of the Active Roles console.

Property sheet extensions

Allows you to register extension snap-ins to extend property sheets in the Active Roles console.

Task pad extensions

Allows you to register extension snap-ins to extend a task pad in the Active Roles console.

View extensions

Allows you to register extension snap-ins to add user interface elements to an existing view or to create new views in the Active Roles console.

When configuring a policy from the Extension Snap-ins folder, you are prompted to specify the name and the value of the item to be added.

The name parameter determines the type of the node you want to extend. Each type is identified with a GUID. For example, if you want to extend user objects, the GUID is {D842D417-3A24-48e8-A97B-9A0C7B02FB17}. For information on other node types, refer to the Active Roles SDK.

The value parameter determines the extension snap-ins to be added. Each snap-in is identified with a GUID. You add multiple snap-ins by entering their GUIDs separated by semicolons. For example, value might look as follows:

{AD0269D8-27B9-4892-B027-9B01C8A011A1}"Description";{71B71FD3-0C9B-473a-B77B-12FD456FFFCB}"Description"

The entry "Description" is optional and may contain any text describing the extension snap-in, enclosed in double quotation marks.

Administration Service auto-connect settings

The Administrative Template provides the following settings that allow you to limit the list of Active Roles’ Administration Service instances for auto-connect:

When applied to a computer running an Active Roles client application, such as the Active Roles console, Web Interface or ADSI Provider, these settings make it possible to restrict auto-connection of the client application to a pre-defined set of computers running the Administration Service, with inclusions or exclusions of certain computers from the pool of the Administration Service instances to auto-connect.

You can enable all these settings or only some of these settings. For example, if you only want to allow the client application to auto-connect to specific instances of the Administration Service (and only to those instances), then you could only enable and configure the Allowed Servers for Auto-connect setting. If you only want to prevent the client application from auto-connecting to particular instances of the Administration Service, you could only enable and configure the Disallowed Servers for Auto-connect setting. If you want the client application to auto-connect to a server identified by a computer alias, enable the Additional Servers for Auto-connect setting and add the computer alias to that setting.

The following rules apply when two or more settings are enabled. If the name of a given computer is listed in both the Allowed Servers for Auto-connect and Disallowed Servers for Auto-connect settings, then the client application is allowed to auto-connect to the Administration Service on that computer. If the name or alias of a particular computer is listed in the Additional Servers for Auto-connect setting, then the client application auto-connects to the Administration Service on that computer regardless of the Allowed Servers for Auto-connect and Disallowed Servers for Auto-connect settings.

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