• How do I allow all users to manage all distribution groups in a specific OU through Self Service

    At the moment I'm really struggling to figure out how to add functionality into self service. 

     

    We have a specific OU called "Distribution lists - SITE" and what I would like is to allow X amount of users to edit/change/remove membership into those…

  • Cannot connect to ARS using Connect-QADService when called from a PowerShell Module

    We have a basic script that opens a connection to ARS from within our PowerShell scripts. The script was provided by our Active Directory team and basically searches for ARS SCPs in AD, gets a list of those connection points, extracts the ARS server names…

  • Active Roles 7.2.1 public hotfix now available on the Support Portal (KB 247276)

    Active Roles 7.2.1 public hotfix, KB 247276, is now available on the Support Portal:

     

    https://support.oneidentity.com/kb/247276


    This hotfix package address several issues with both Active Roles and the Sync Service.

  • Active Roles 7.2 Language Pack is now available

    The Active Roles 7.2 Language Pack is now available for download here:

    https://support.oneidentity.com/active-roles/7.2/download-new-releases

  • Forcing administrators to do the right thing

    Moving objects around in AD can cause major issues especially with LDAP based applications which always seem to , hard code the object DNs.
    ARS Managed Units allow you to virtualise an AD OU Structure making it simpler to delegate rights and also provides…

  • New User Logs Windows Event Viewer

    Hi All,

    can someone please help me, by telling me were in Event viewer I can find the logs for user creation and de-provision. to be digested by Rapid 7.

     

    Thanks,

    David

  • ActiveRoles and Windows Schema 2016

    Hi,

    We are considering upgrading our AD schema from Windows 2012 R2 to Windows 2016. Will ActiveRoles 7.2.1 support this schema? Which (older) versions of ARS do not support it? We are currently at ARS 6.8 and would like to have a safe upgrade.

    Russell

  • ARS 6.9 Patch 4 password reset hangs

    We recently updated 2 servers to patch 4 for ARS 6.9 and since then, when attempting to reset passwords of users using the ARS MMC or web interface, the password reset dialog hangs and the session becomes unusable. This can be remedied by resetting the…

  • O365 Distribution Group Sync to ARS

    I have a bunch of O365 Distribution Groups that I used to bring down into ARS via the sync tool.  The issue is whenever I add someone to the group it doesn't update in O365.  When I add someone to the managed by field it doesn't update the owner field…

  • Improve Dynamic Group calulations

    Hello,

    We just upgraded to 7.2 and seem to be having some dynamic group issues.

    Object are not getting added to dynamic groups right away as they were in 6.9.

    An object will get added instantly when you create the object in ARS but when created in AD…

  • Has anyone Load Balanced AR 6.9 for 1IM usage?

    Hi all,

    I am using Active Roles 6.9 and have two servers.

    I also use 1IM Identity management 6.1.4 and wanted to relieve some windows throttling  (On my AR server) by load balancing ( round robin or something).

     

    I would need to use the load balanced DNS…

  • Import-Module SQLPS - In Script Module | Active Roles

    Hello,

    I just upgraded to Active Roles 7.2 and trying to run a powershell script module with SQL cmdlets.

    The cmdlets runs fine from ISE but I cannot get them to run from the script module.

    I even run Import-Module SQLPS in the script module. This was…

  • IsCommandAvailable.vbs function - GetEx method stopped working in 7.2

    We are upgrading from 6.9 to 7.2. It seems that our functions in IsCommandAvailable.vbs  is erroring out at 'allowedAttributesEffective = objCommandContext.DirectoryObject.GetEx("allowedAttributesEffective")' command  with error 'Class…

  • Upgrading from 6.9.0.5483 to 7.2 in parallel

    Hello,

        It is time for us to upgrade our old Quest One Active Roles environment to the latest version.  AR 6.9.0 is running on Server 2008R2, and I would like to build the 7.2 environment on Server 2016.  Active Roles DB is running on SQL 2012, currently…

  • Translating Objectsid to SID

    We have a postcreate script (powershell) that we run to set permissions for a users home directory. I am attempting to convert the script from using the users samaccountname to use the users sid. The problem is that from the $Request I am only able to…

  • Need to find out all attributed modified in function onPreModify

    Hi all!

    I need to dynamically find all attributes modified in function onPreModify($Request).

    I do NOT want to something like:

    function onPreModify($Request)

    {

    if ((IsAttributeModified "edsva_myattribute" $Request) -eq $true)

            {
                #do something…

  • ActiveRoles Managed DLs in O365

    Is there a way or ARS Powershell script to bulk change on-prem MS Exchange DLs to ActiveRole managed DLs in O365.
  • Error in workflow - need help works in powershell

    I can run this in Powershell no issues, would appropriate any help.  I am writing how many days left until an account expires to a VA.

    THE CAUSE
    $Expiration
    = (([datetime]::FromFileTime((Get-ADUser Identity $user -Properties "msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed…
  • Modify Access Templates

           I am rebuilding our 6.9 ARS installation and have a question about Templates. During the original engagement my predecessor copied the templates he was going to use in a MyCompany container and didn't make use of the default templates. Is this a standard…

  • Is there a way to successfully update the MemberOf field using Synchronization Service?

    We would like to use Synch Service to update user's group membership from a SQL DB, instead of manually adding groups. We get the below message and found a KB article that says to create a virtual attribute for each group, but this workflow will apply…

  • ARS 7.2 and O365 account passwords

    When creating an account in ActiveRoles and then creating that same account in the tenant, where is the password stored?  Is it also stored in the tenant?  If it is, what process updates that password if the synchronization service is not setup to sync…

  • attribute based access control

     Hey guys,

    is it possible to give a user-group permissons (eg PW-reset) on all user in another user-group? Further we need do design this delegation dynamic.

     

    An example:

    All members of the group "APW123" can reset the password for each user, that is member…

  • Inactive users Managed unit

    I would like to create a managed unit to find Inactive users, I know there is a workflow that can search inactive users.  I was thinking a managed unit with a custom search but not sure.

  • How to remove breadcrumbs

    I am recreating all my site and want to know how to remove breadcrumbs and the tree view Tab in the new web interface in version 7.2

  • Active Role w/ Multi Domains - Reference Architecture

    Hello,

    i am trying to help a customer troubleshooting their production issues, customer has asked for a reference architecture.  Customer has around 20+ Managed Unite, 1000+ Dynamic Groups and close to 200 ARS administrators. The MUs & Dynamic Groups spans…