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Active Roles 8.1.1 - Administration Guide

Introduction 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
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 Configure 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 Azure AD, Microsoft 365, and Exchange Online Management
Configuring Active Roles to manage Hybrid AD objects Managing Hybrid AD users
Creating a new Azure AD user with the Web Interface Viewing or updating the Azure AD user properties with the Web Interface Viewing or modifying the manager of a hybrid Azure user Disabling an Azure AD user Enabling an Azure AD user Deprovisioning of an Azure AD user Undo deprovisioning of an Azure AD user Adding an Azure AD user to a group Removing an Azure AD user from a group View the change history and user activity for an Azure AD user Deleting an Azure AD user with the Web Interface Creating a new hybrid Azure user with the Active Roles Web Interface Converting an on-premises user with an Exchange mailbox to a hybrid Azure user Licensing a hybrid Azure user for an Exchange Online mailbox Viewing or modifying the Exchange Online properties of a hybrid Azure user Creating a new Azure AD user with Management Shell Updating the Azure AD user properties with the Management Shell Viewing the Azure AD user properties with the Management Shell Delete an Azure AD user with the Management Shell Assigning Microsoft 365 licenses to new hybrid users Assigning Microsoft 365 licenses to existing hybrid users Modifying or removing Microsoft 365 licenses assigned to hybrid users Updating Microsoft 365 licenses display names
Unified provisioning policy for Azure M365 Tenant Selection, Microsoft 365 License Selection, Microsoft 365 Roles Selection, and OneDrive provisioning Microsoft 365 roles management for hybrid environment users Managing Microsoft 365 contacts Managing Hybrid AD groups Managing Microsoft 365 Groups Managing cloud-only distribution groups Managing cloud-only dynamic distribution groups Managing Azure security groups Managing cloud-only Azure users Managing cloud-only Azure guest users Managing cloud-only Azure contacts Changes to Active Roles policies for cloud-only Azure objects Managing room mailboxes Managing cloud-only shared mailboxes
Modern Authentication 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 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

Step 1: Preparing a self-administration Access Template

For the purposes of this scenario, you can use the predefined Access Template Self - Account Management, located in the Configuration > Access Templates > User Self-management container. This Access Template specifies the necessary permissions to view a basic set of user properties and modify telephone numbers.

If you want to add or remove permissions from the Self - Account Management Access Template, you need to first create a copy of that Access Template and then modify and apply the copy.

This scenario assumes that you apply the predefined Access Template Self - Account Management.

Step 2: Applying the Self Administration Access Template

You can apply the Access Template using the Delegation of Control Wizard.

First, you start the wizard on the Sales Organization Unit (OU): right-click the OU, click Delegate Control, and then, in the Active Roles Security window, click Add.

Next, on the Users or Groups page of the wizard, click Add. In the Select Objects window, select the Self object, as shown in the following figure, click Add, and then click OK.

Figure 37: Access Template – Self administration

Next, on the Access Templates page of the wizard, expand Access Templates > User Self-management and select the check box next to Self - Account Management.

Click Next and accept the default settings in the wizard. On the completion page, click Finish. Finally, click OK to close the Active Roles Security window.

For more information about the Delegation of Control Wizard, see Applying Access Templates earlier in this chapter.

Deployment considerations

Active Roles utilizes role-based delegation for assigning administrative permissions. The advantage of this model is that a role can be created once and delegated to multiple groups of users that fit that role. If a change is needed, an update to the role will take effect for everyone. These roles are known in Active Roles as Access Templates.

When doing delegation with Active Roles, consider the following:

  • Active Roles administrators (Active Roles Admins) have full control throughout the system and cannot be denied access anywhere within Active Roles. Everyone else starts with nothing and permissions are added from the ground up.

  • Permissions are cumulative, an explicit deny takes precedence over an explicit allow. An explicit allow takes precedence over an inherited deny.

  • Keep your permission model as simple as possible. Sometimes this means giving users all read/write permissions and denying the ability to write a few fields.

  • Do not use the default (built-in) Access Templates as they cannot be modified. Instead, copy those Access Templates and move them to a new container. This way all of the Access Templates you are using are stored within a particular structure.

There are three basic types of permissions that can be added to an Access Template:

  • Object access: With this permission type, you can set permissions that affect an object as a whole. For example, Move, List and Deprovision are object permissions.

  • Object property access: These are used to control access to individual attributes of an object, such as the object description, samAccountName, or homeFolder. With this permission type, you can delegate granular rights over an object. However just because the rights that can be delegated can be granular does not mean that they should. For instance, if a helpdesk operator needs to be able to manage a large set of user properties, it makes more sense to delegate read/write for all properties as this is one permission entry instead of delegating read/write for every individual attribute since each attribute would need to have its own permission entry.

  • Child object creation/deletion: With this permission type, you can set permissions for creation or deletion of objects. For instance, to set up an Access Template that allows creation of users, you should add a permission entry that applies to the Organizational Unit and Container object classes, and contains a Create child objects permission for the User object class.

The following sections give a sample set of the permissions necessary for certain delegation scenarios:

Delegating Organizational Unit administration duties

The following table lists a sample set of permission entries for a scenario of delegating administration duties for Organizational Units:

Table 10: Permission entries for delegating administration of Organizational Units

Object Class

Permission Type

Attribute or Permission

Domain

Object Access

Allow List

Domain

Object Property Access

Allow Read All Properties

Domain

Object Property Access

Allow Write LDAP Server (permission to change Operational Domain Controller)

Organizational Unit

Object Access

Allow List

Organizational Unit

Object Property Access

Allow Read All Properties

Organizational Unit

Child Object Creation/Deletion

Allow Create/Delete Users

User

Object Access

Allow List

User

Object Property Access

Allow Read/Write All Properties

User

Object Property Access

Deny Write Employee ID

This set of permission entries has several important characteristics:

  • It allows access to the Domain and the Organizational Unit object classes. This is because without access to the domain and the Organizational Units a delegated administrator cannot see the users beneath. This access must include the List and Read All Properties permissions.

  • It gives a delegated administrator the ability to create and delete user objects. This permission applies to the Organizational Unit object class.

  • It gives a delegated administrator the ability to see (List) users and modify any property except Employee ID.

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