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Active Roles 8.1.3 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started with Active Roles Configuring rule-based administrative views Configuring role-based administration 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 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
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 Configuring Active Roles for AWS Managed Microsoft AD Azure AD, Microsoft 365, and Exchange Online Management
Configuring Active Roles to manage Hybrid AD objects Unified provisioning policy for Azure M365 Tenant Selection, Microsoft 365 License Selection, Microsoft 365 Roles Selection, and OneDrive provisioning Changes to Active Roles policies for cloud-only Azure objects
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 Configuring federated authentication 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 Active Roles for AWS Managed Microsoft AD

NOTE: This feature is officially supported starting from Active Roles 8.1.3 SP1 (build 8.1.3.10). It is not supported on Active Roles 8.1.3 (build 8.1.3.2) and earlier versions.

Active Roles supports deployment and configuration in the Amazon cloud to manage AWS Managed Microsoft AD instances hosted via AWS Directory Service.

This allows you to:

  • Perform Active Directory management tasks in your AWS Managed Microsoft AD environment.

  • Synchronize directory data from an on-premises AD environment to AWS Managed Microsoft AD.

  • Synchronize passwords from an on-premises Active Directory to AWS Managed Microsoft AD (with certain limitations).

For more information about the Active Roles features supported with AWS Managed Microsoft AD, see Support for AWS Managed Microsoft AD in the Active Roles Feature Guide.

Supported AWS Managed Microsoft AD deployment configuration

To manage AWS Managed Microsoft AD environments, you must deploy Active Roles in Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the following configuration:

  • Active Roles must be deployed on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance or instances. For more information, see the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud documentation.

  • The SQL Server required by Active Roles Administration Service must run on a separate Amazon Relational Database Service for Microsoft SQL Server (RDS for SQL Server) instance. For more information, see the Amazon RDS documentation.

  • The Active Directory environment must be hosted in AWS via AWS Directory Service. For more information, see the AWS Directory Service documentation.

NOTE: Support for AWS Managed Microsoft AD by Active Roles was tested only in this configuration. Active Roles does not officially support managing AWS Managed Microsoft AD environments in a hybrid deployment, that is, using an on-premises Active Roles and/or SQL Server installation and hosting AD via AWS Directory Service.

Deployment requirements for AWS Managed Microsoft AD support

Before starting the deployment and configuration of Active Roles to manage AWS Managed Microsoft AD via AWS Directory Service, make sure that the following requirements are met.

NOTE: When setting up a virtual environment, carefully consider the configuration aspects such as CPU, memory availability, I/O subsystem, and network infrastructure to ensure the virtual layer has the necessary resources available. Please consult One Identity's Product Support Policies for more information on environment virtualization.

Connectivity requirements

You must have:

  • Stable network connectivity to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

  • Port 1433 open and available for the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) service.

  • Access to the AWS service with the AWSAdministratorAccess permission.

    NOTE: Make sure that you have AWSAdministratorAccess permission, as it is required for certain configuration steps. The AWSPowerUserAccess permission is not sufficient for completing the entire configuration procedure.

Infrastructure requirements

To deploy and configure Active Roles for AWS Managed Microsoft AD, you must have access to the following AWS services and resources:

  • AWS Managed Microsoft AD deployed via AWS Directory Service.

  • One or more Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance(s) hosting the Active Roles services and components.

    The EC2 instance(s) must have, at minimum:

    • 2 vCPUs running at 2.0 GHz.

    • 4 GB of RAM.

    TIP: One Identity recommends hosting the main Active Roles services and components (the Active Roles Service and Console, and the Active Roles Web Interface) on separate EC2 instances. If you deploy all Active Roles services and components in a single EC2 instance, use a more powerful instance to ensure a better user experience for the product.

    NOTE: AWS Managed Microsoft AD support was tested with a single t2.large EC2 instance.

  • An Amazon Relational Database Service for SQL Server (RDS for SQL Server).

    NOTE: AWS Managed Microsoft AD support was tested with an RDS instance running the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server.

Make sure that all these components are discoverable or visible to each other.

Main steps of configuring Active Roles for AWS Managed Microsoft AD

If your organization and environment meet the Deployment requirements for AWS Managed Microsoft AD support, configuring Active Roles for managing AWS Managed Microsoft AD via AWS Directory Service has the following main steps:

  1. Creating your AWS Managed Microsoft AD environment.

  2. Creating an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance for Active Roles.

  3. Joining the EC2 instance to AWS Managed Microsoft AD.

  4. Creating an Amazon Relational Database Service for SQL Server (RDS for SQL Server) instance to host the Active Roles Management History and Configuration databases.

  5. Verifying the connectivity between the EC2 and RDS instances.

  6. Installing and configuring Active Roles on the EC2 instance.

  7. (Optional) Installing and configuring Active Roles Synchronization Service on the EC2 instance. For more information, see Installing and configuring Synchronization Service to manage AWS Managed Microsoft AD resources in the Active Roles Synchronization Service Administration Guide.

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