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Active Roles 8.1.2 - 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 Migrating Active Roles configuration with the Configuration Transfer Wizard Managing Skype for Business Server with Active Roles
About Skype for Business Server User Management Active Directory topologies supported by Skype for Business Server User Management User Management policy for Skype for Business Server User Management Master Account Management policy for Skype for Business Server User Management Access Templates for Skype for Business Server Configuring the Skype for Business Server User Management feature Managing Skype for Business Server users
Exchanging provisioning information with Active Roles SPML Provider Monitoring Active Roles with Management Pack for SCOM 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
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

Configuring M365 Groups with the Web Interface

You can use the Active Roles Web Interface to:

  • Create, view, modify or delete M365 groups in your organization.

  • Assign or remove owners and members to or from existing M365 groups.

  • View the change history of existing M365 groups.

NOTE: You cannot use the Active Roles Web Interface to synchronize existing M365 groups. To synchronize M365 groups, configure an M365 synchronization schedule task with the Active Roles Console (also known as the MMC Interface). For more information, see Scheduling an Azure object synchronization task.

Creating an M365 Group with the Web Interface

To create and enable new Microsoft 365 (M365) groups, you can use the Active Roles Web Interface.

For more information on M365 groups, see Overview of Microsoft 365 Groups for administrators in the Microsoft 365 documentation.

To create a new M365 group

  1. Navigate to Directory Management > Tree > Azure > <azure-tenant-name> > Microsoft 365 Groups.

    The list of existing M365 groups in the selected Azure tenant appears.

    NOTE: When opening the list of Microsoft 365 Groups the first time, Active Roles checks and fetches all existing M365 groups that may exist in the Azure cloud. This action is performed automatically and may take a few minutes to complete.

  2. In the right-side pane, click New Group.

    The New Group in Microsoft 365 Groups window appears.

  3. Specify the Group Azure Display Name of the configured group.

    TIP: You can configure multiple groups with the same Group Azure Display Name in the same Azure tenant.

  4. Specify the Exchange Online Alias of the M365 group. This value is used for naming the SharePoint site URL of the M365 group, and will also name the primary email address of the shared mailbox associated with the M365 group.

    NOTE: The Alias of the M365 group must be unique within the Azure tenant.

  5. Provide a short Description for the group.

  6. Configure the Membership type of the group:

    • Assigned: When selected, you can add or remove members to or from the group manually later. For more information, see Adding or removing members from an M365 Group with the Web Interface.

    • Dynamic Members: When selected, Active Roles sets up the group as a dynamic membership group, and will automatically update group membership based on the configured Dynamic membership rule syntax.

    TIP: Consider the following when configuring the Membership type:

    • Select Dynamic Members to quickly configure a group based on a certain membership logic. For example, if you need to set up a group for employees from the same geographical location, business unit, or functional area, One Identity recommends configuring the group with Dynamic Members.

    • If you select Dynamic Members, you will not be able to manually add or remove members to or from the M365 group, unless you change its Membership type to Assigned later. However, you can still manually configure the owner(s) for a dynamic M365 group, as described in Adding or removing owners from an M365 Group with the Web Interface.

    • You can always change the Membership type later by navigating to the Azure Properties > General page of the selected M365 group on the Active Roles Web Interface:

    • Changing the Membership type from Dynamic Members to Assigned later will keep the last set of members that were dynamically assigned to the group.

  7. If you set the Membership type to Dynamic Members, specify the Dynamic membership rule syntax. Active Roles will send the logic configured in this field to Azure to automatically assign or remove members to or from the group later.

    NOTE: Consider the following when using the Dynamic membership rule syntax setting:

    • This setting is enabled only if Membership type is set to Dynamic Members. However, in that case, it is mandatory and cannot be empty.

    • The specified dynamic membership rule must meet all rule syntax requirements, otherwise the window will return an error. For more information on the available membership rule properties, operators and values, see Dynamic membership rules for groups in Azure AD in the Microsoft 365 documentation.

    • Whenever you modify the dynamic membership rule of a dynamic M365 group, it can take several minutes for Azure to update the list of group members in the Dynamic Members window.

  8. To complete the configuration of the new M365 group, click Finish.

    The new M365 group will appear under the Directory Management > Tree > Azure > <azure-tenant-name> > Microsoft 365 Groups node.

Modifying an M365 Group with the Web Interface

You can use the Active Roles Web Interface to modify the Azure properties of existing Microsoft 365 (M365) groups in your Azure tenant. This is typically useful if you must:

  • Modify the display name of the M365 group, for example because of an organizational change.

  • Change the configured membership type (manually assigned or dynamic) of the M365 group.

NOTE: You cannot change the Exchange Online alias of an existing M365 group.

To modify the Azure properties of an M365 group

  1. Navigate to Directory Management > Tree > Azure > <azure-tenant-name> > Microsoft 365 Groups.

    The list of existing M365 groups in the selected Azure tenant appears.

    NOTE: When opening the list of Microsoft 365 Groups the first time, Active Roles checks and fetches all existing M365 groups that may exist in the Azure cloud. This action is performed automatically and may take a few minutes to complete.

  2. Select the group that you want to configure.

  3. In the right-side pane, click Azure Properties.

  4. In the left-side pane of the Azure Properties window, click Properties.

  5. (Optional) Specify the Group Azure Display Name of the configured group.

    TIP: You can configure multiple groups with the same Group Azure Display Name in the same Azure tenant.

  6. (Optional) Provide a short Description for the group.

  7. (Optional) Configure the Membership type of the group:

    • Assigned: When selected, you can add or remove members to or from the group manually later. For more information, see Adding or removing members from an M365 Group with the Web Interface.

    • Dynamic Members: When selected, Active Roles sets up the group as a dynamic membership group, and will automatically update group membership based on the configured Dynamic membership rule syntax.

    TIP: Consider the following when configuring the Membership type:

    • Select Dynamic Members to quickly configure a group based on a certain membership logic. For example, if you need to set up a group for employees from the same geographical location, business unit, or functional area, One Identity recommends configuring the group with Dynamic Members.

    • If you select Dynamic Members, you will not be able to manually add or remove members to or from the M365 group, unless you change its Membership type to Assigned later. However, you can still manually configure the owner(s) for a dynamic M365 group, as described in Adding or removing owners from an M365 Group with the Web Interface.

    • Changing the Membership type from Dynamic Members to Assigned later will keep the last set of members that were dynamically assigned to the group.

  8. (Optional) If you set the Membership type to Dynamic Members, specify the Dynamic membership rule syntax. Active Roles will send the logic configured in this field to Azure to automatically assign or remove members to or from the group later. For more information on how to specify a membership rule, see Dynamic membership rules for groups in Azure AD in the Microsoft 365 documentation.

  9. To apply your changes, click Save.

Adding or removing owners from an M365 Group with the Web Interface

You can use the Active Roles Web Interface to specify owners for a Microsoft 365 (M365) group. Using the applicable options, you can either add or remove owners to or from the selected M365 group.

NOTE: Consider the following when configuring group ownership:

  • You cannot specify a group as an owner of another group.

  • Although Active Roles and Azure AD support specifying Azure guest users as group owners, One Identity recommends doing so only if assigning the ownership of a specific group to a guest user is in line with the security policies of your organization.

To add owners to an M365 group

  1. Navigate to Directory Management > Tree > Azure > <azure-tenant-name> > Microsoft 365 Groups.

    The list of existing M365 groups in the selected Azure tenant appears.

    NOTE: When opening the list of Microsoft 365 Groups the first time, Active Roles checks and fetches all existing M365 groups that may exist in the Azure cloud. This action is performed automatically and may take a few minutes to complete.

  2. Select the group that you want to configure.

  3. In the right-side pane, click Azure Properties.

  4. To list the owners of the selected group, click the Owners tab of the Azure Properties window.

  5. Click Add to add a new owner (or owners) to the selected group.

  6. In the Select Object page, use the search field to find the users or guest users in the Azure tenant that you want to specify as owners.

    The users and guest users meeting the search criteria will appear in the Display Name column.

  7. Select the check boxes of the users or guest users you want to specify as owners of the group. The selected users will be listed in the lower pane of the Select Object page.

  8. (Optional) To search for additional users or guest users, enter another search string. After that, select the users or guest users you want to add from the updated list.

  9. To apply your changes, click OK. The Owners page will be updated with the new settings.

To remove owners from an M365 group

  1. Navigate to Directory Management > Tree > Azure > <azure-tenant-name> > Microsoft 365 Groups.

    The list of existing M365 groups in the selected Azure tenant appears.

    NOTE: When opening the list of Microsoft 365 Groups the first time, Active Roles checks and fetches all existing M365 groups that may exist in the Azure cloud. This action is performed automatically and may take a few minutes to complete.

  2. Select the group that you want to configure.

  3. In the right-side pane, click Azure Properties.

  4. To list the owners of the selected group, click the Owners tab of the Azure Properties window.

  5. Select the owners whose ownership you want to revoke, and click Remove. The selected owners are removed from the list of owners.

  6. To apply your changes, click OK. The Owners page will be updated with the new settings.

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