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IT Challenge: What is the best way to Protect & Manage Enterprise Active Directory?

Active Directory (AD) is critical to the operations of today’s enterprise. When Active Directory fails, expensive outages occur and critical IT are jeopardized. Controlling how admins Active Directory, and constantly performing time consuming maintenance. Relying on memory and potentially error prone manual procedures or suspicious and possibly dangerous and scripts is no way to run your IT business.

Cloud and Mobile further complicated day-to-day AD Administration more difficult, complex and costly. The slew of separate administrative interfaces (or sometimes there are no administrative interfaces) means jumping between disconnected islands of administration taking more time, increases errors and costs while reducing admin productivity.

The Solution: Cayosoft Administrator for Active Directory

Protect AD with simplify security to meet critical compliance and efficiency goals while preparing for the future. for improved Security and Compliance while gaining inefficiency and preparing for the future. The Cayosoft Design overcomes native limitations so you can reduce the number of privileged accounts and implement a

On-going maintenance, directory cleanup, best practice enforcement, user & group provisioning are provided out-of-the box. Automation reduces complexity making administration more efficient so you can concentrate on what is most important. Indispensable to administrators, help desk, security admins and auditors, Administrator helps sustain security, compliance and efficiency twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Administrator for Active Directory is an extension of Cayosoft Administrator.

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IT Innovation: Hybrid Impact Active Directory Administration

Administrator solves these problems with pre-built rules designed to efficiently perform key administrative tasks so you can concentrate on keeping AD running as expected.Administrator unifies your hybrid environment under a single console and provides the IT controls demanded by auditors and compliance officers.

How is Cayosoft Administrator Different?

No dangerous scripts maintain
No complex workflows to create
No “extra” SQL Servers Required
No “extra” LDAP Servers Required
No Vendor Access to your Domain

Software to Simplify and Automate Active Directory Administration

Unify

Simplify

Makes day-to-day tasks easy
Automates account creation
Automates resource assignments
Modernizes Management
Eliminates complex scripts
No “Extra” LDAP or SQL Servers
Easy to install & maintain

Secure

Protect & Secure Active Directory
Least Privileged Enforcement
Secures Access
Role based security
Reduces Domain Admin Assignments
Sustains Compliance Objectives
Obsolete Object Remediation

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Simplify Automate Active Directory Administration

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Role and Rule Based Administration

Role Based Security makes delegating what users see and do within Cayosoft Administrator simple. One unified set of easy to configure roles enforce a granular least privileged administrative model over all of the systems being managed. Roles do not require the user to hold native permissions, so the number of Domain, Enterprise or Global Admins can be reduced to a secure number of people.

Rule Based Administration delivers a consistent way of performing administrative tasks across on-premises or cloud systems. When a task requires automation or on-going enforcement, a rule can be created that query the underlying system and then take action if necessary. Here are some examples of what rules can do:

Set default values
Schedule import of HR data to provision/deprovision accounts
Reset passwords for multiple user accounts
Determine where new objects should be created
Automatically move objects to the correct OU
Update Attributes of Multiple Users or Groups
Define where admins can move objects
Update display names or other attributes

Find and Suspend inactive accounts

Enforce IT Policies with Business Rules

Automate Critical Tasks without Scripting

Query On-premises system and update Cloud systems

Query Cloud systems and update On-premises systems

Email Alert Notifications

Discovery & Reporting

Automate without Complex Workflow or Scripts

Microsoft’s native tools completely lack automation and IT Rule Enforcement. Microsoft PowerShell, while powerful, can be confusing and difficult to support. When vendors require scripting to make their product work they are making some big assumptions. The first assumption is that the customer knows how to script and has in-depth expert knowledge about the systems, applications or directories to be modified. Second, the vendor assumes the customer has the time and money to learn a scripting language, plan and research coding methods, build and later support the programs created. Scripting things correctly, even PowerShell, is time consuming and expensive.

Enforce IT Policies with Business Rules

On-going IT Policy enforcement is critical for maintaining security and for sustaining legal or regulatory compliance goals. Administrator will keep an eye on important systems like Active Directory to make sure that key IT business policies are being enforced. Optionally, Administrator can be configured to take action in the target system to correct policy violations.

Download New Functionality

Administrator customers can quickly download new policies from the Extension Center and extend Administrator with powerful new automation and management capabilities. Each of these downloadable extensions has been designed by experts combining dozens of years of and thousands of customer feedback requests.

Bulk Administration

Bulk management avoids wasting valuable time and possible errors that come with manually updating larger numbers of user accounts and other objects. Bulk management can help:

Create User Accounts from Text Files or from Microsoft SQL Server
Reset passwords for multiple user accounts
Move users between OUs
Export a list of objects to a CSV (comma separated variable) file
Update Attributes of Multiple Users or Groups
Update display names or other attributes
Enable/disable/delete Inactive accounts in AD

Email Notifications

Email notifications is built into Administrator allowing administrators, help desk staff, managers, mobile or desktop users to receive important alerts and information when needed. Email alerting is an optional part of each alert scenario and works with popular SMTP Servers like on-premise Microsoft Exchange or cloud based Office 365 and Google Mail.

Real-time Visibility & Basic Reporting

At the heart of Cayosoft Administrator is data discovery. Administrator works by connecting and querying a source system like Active Directory, an Excel CSV file or a Cloud Application. Next Administrator filters, sorts and analyses the information to determine if any action is needed.

Obsolete Object Retention Policy Enforcement

Permanent deletion for user and groups after the suspension period or date and time defined by the administrator using Cayosoft Suspend. Ideal uses are:

Enforce retention of users and groups according to the organization’s audit or security policy.
Prevent the premature loss of objects whose SIDs are critical to understanding who had access to what.
Keep Active Directory clean and efficient by deleting suspended users and groups that are no longer needed.

Software Requirements

Windows Workstation 7 (64 bit) or later – or – Windows Server Version 2008r2 (64 bit) or later
Microsoft .Net Framework version 4.5 or later (No download required for Windows 8.x and Server 2012)
Microsoft Management Framework 3.0 (No download required for Windows 8.x or Server 2012)
- Microsoft PowerShell version 3.x or later (Included in Windows Management Framework 3.x)
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) (Not required on Domain Controllers)
- Active Directory PowerShell Module (included in RSAT installation)
SMTP Mail Server for email notifications and report distribution
Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant (Required for Office 365 or Azure AD extensions)
Microsoft Azure Active Directory Commands (Required for Office 365 or Azure AD extensions)

Service Account Requirements

Administrator permissions on the workstation or server where the product will be installed
Administrative permissions in Active Directory up to the level required for desired tasks to be completed
Administrative permissions on the target system up to the level required for the tasks to be completed

Hardware Requirements

Platform 2 GHz quad core or higher Intel Pentium-compatible CPU.
Memory (RAM) 6 GB or more recommended. The optimal amount of memory depends on the total number of rules being executed.
Disk Space 60 MB or more of free disk space.

How many licenses do I need?

Cayosoft Administrator is licensed per enabled user account. The total number of enabled users is determined by the one platform that has highest number of enabled user objects.

We are hear to help answer any questions you may have so please contact us using one of the following methods: U.S. or Internationally at +1-614-423-6718 E-mail us: sales@cayosoft.com Web: Use the quick response form

For general pricing, visit our pricing page.

Subscription vs. Perpetual Licensing

Subscription licenses are 12 month time limited licenses that expire at the end of the subscription period. Perpetual licenses do not expire and you own them. Perpetual license owners are entitled to to upgrades and new features while support and maintenance agreements are in place.

Subscription licenses include standard support. Perceptual licenses include the first year standard support and maintenance beginning on the purchase date and continue for 12 months. Subsequent yearly software maintenance is optional and amounts to 20% of the license purchase price. Premium support can be added for an additional cost.

Standard or Premium Support

Standard Support – Includes e-mail and online support, allowing you to contact us at your convenience. Learn more here…

Premium Support – Premium support includes Standard Support options plus telephone call-back service when requested. Learn more…

Access to New Features Included with License

Subscription customers are always given access to the latest functionality (including new management modules) during the subscription period. Perpetual license customers are always given access to the latest functionality (including new management modules) while a valid support and maintenance agreement is in place.