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Web Active Directory Releases Replacement for Microsoft IISADMPWD for Windows IIS7

We officially launched our Microsoft^® IISADMPWD Replacement Tool today. Our simple solution addresses several issues with previous versions of IISADMPWD and allows you to delegate Windows password changes for web applications running on IIS 7 and later. At $599 USD, the new solution provides lots of value to allow users to self manage passwords for a small price. You can get more info about the solution at http://www.webactivedirectory.com/products/iisadmpwd/.

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I have blogged about the need for an IISADMPWD replacement in the past and check out the articles below to learn more about why we built this solution for IIS 7.

Manage Windows Active Directory Passwords for a Distributed Workforce

Published February 8, 2011 Active Directory Password , Microsoft Active Directory , PeopleMinder , PeoplePassword , Uncategorized Leave a Comment
Tags: help desk, password reminder, password reset, PeopleMinder, peoplepassword, web active directory, windows

In times past every worker in your enterprise had to use a locally-connected computer to log in to the Windows network and authenticate against Active Directory. Recently we’ve moved past this antiquity to using connections over VPN or even the open Internet to log into our Windows environment.

What does this mean for your Windows and Active Directory passwords? How do users know it’s time to change their expiring passwords? What if your users are not notified that their passwords are expiring because they never log in to a domain computer? Are you producing more help desk calls by having a distributed workforce?

There is an answer to help your users manage their passwords. Web Active Directory offers solutions that cater to sending password expiration reminders using email as well as allowing users to reset Windows passwords without having to connect to the domain. These solutions let you manage your domain for your internal network needs while still serving your external users.

Check out PeoplePassword to allow users to change their password and look at PeopleMinder to help remind users that their Windows password will expire soon…even if the users never log into your Windows network! You will engage your off-site users and decrease your help desk calls.

Top 3 issues with Identity Management and Active Directory

Published October 20, 2010 Active Directory Password , Active Directory Updates , Microsoft Active Directory , PeoplePassword , PeopleSearch & PeopleUpdate Leave a Comment
Tags: Active Directory, Active Directory Users and Computers, micorsoft powershell, peoplepassword, PeopleUpdate, Powershell, self-service password reset, windows workflow foundation, workflow, workflow foundation

Web Active Directory has been in the identity management business for over 6 years now and the one thing that we have learned in that time is that there are three critical areas that solutions such as ours need to adhere to, they are:

Security
Security
Security

We hear you loud and clear. That is why we have built our solutions, PeoplePassword and PeopleUpdate to securely delegate repetitive and costly tasks to end users and business owners. However, we have not stopped there. Coming soon, is our new and improved role-based access control (RBAC) on a new, robust platform that will enable customized RBAC for searching, updating, and provisioning of Active Directory objects. Additionally, we have added the powerful Microsoft Windows Workflow 4 and PowerShell 2.0 to completely automate and customize the business process rules around the way you do business. No longer will you have to conform your business process to the software, but rather make the software work with your business process. What a concept – eh!

To learn more about the new platform and when it will be available, or to sign up for our beta program, fill out the following form and we will put you on our notification list.

In the meantime, please visit our website at www.webactivedirectory.com, or call us toll free at +1-800-747-3565

Auto Enrollment for Windows Self-Service Password Reset

Published September 25, 2010 Active Directory Password , Microsoft , PeoplePassword , Windows Server 2008 Leave a Comment
Tags: Active Directory, active directory self service, Microsoft Active Directory, password reset, self-service password reset, web active directory

When we first launched our self-service password reset solution, PeoplePassword, One of the questions we recieved early on was how our customers could use their own HR or student database to pre-enroll their users. This would enable them to auto enroll users with questions and answers that they would know based on their own personal information such as DOB, employee, or student number, ect.

We are pleased to announce that our engineers came up with exactly that, a data import utility that can use your existing data to pre-enroll users. This is available to all of our existing PeoplePassword customers, or as an add-on feature for our new customers. Please let us know if you would like to see a live demo of PeoplePassword and if this new utility would help your organization deploy a self-service password reset tool more efficiently.

For more information contact us at www.webactivedirectory.com, or call us at (+1) 800-747-3565

Yet another way to get Active Directory Password Expiration

Published March 16, 2010 Active Directory Password , Microsoft Active Directory , Powershell , Tools Leave a Comment
Tags: Active Directory, active directory self service, Active Directory Users and Computers, cmdlet, micorsoft powershell, Microsoft, Microsoft Active Directory, password reset, PeopleMinder, Powershell, Powershell script, self-service password reset, Windows 2008

I know we’ve posted a few times on this topic but I came across another script that retrieves the Active Directory password expiration. The main difference is that this script allows you to fileter, sort, export, or group the results of the query.

If you are looking for a tool to send email reminders to your users before their password expires check out http://www.webactivedirectory.com and our PeopleMinder product which completely automates this process!

http://theexpertscommunity.com/item/view/id/2192

For more information contact us at www.webactivedirectory.com, or call us at (+1) 800-747-3565

Find out when Active Directory passwords expire using Powershell

Published March 9, 2010 Active Directory Password , Active Directory Reporting , Microsoft Active Directory , PeopleMinder , Powershell , Tools Leave a Comment
Tags: Active Directory, active directory self service, Active Directory Users and Computers, ADUC, cmdlet, micorsoft powershell, Microsoft, Microsoft Active Directory, password, password reset, PeopleMinder, Powershell, Powershell script, self-service password reset, update active directory, web active directory

See the link below for a great script that uses Powershell to determine when Active Directory passwords will expire. Web Active Directory, LLC also has a product called PeopleMinder that automates the notification of your end users, specific user groups, etc of an upcoming Active Directory password expiration, but if you want to make your own script here’s a great start at that.

http://blogs.msdn.com/adpowershell/archive/2010/02/26/find-out-when-your-password-expires.aspx

For more information contact us at www.webactivedirectory.com, or call us at (+1) 800-747-3565

Active Directory Password Expiration Notification

Published February 19, 2010 Active Directory Password , Microsoft Active Directory , PeoplePassword Leave a Comment
Tags: active directory self service, password expiration, password reminder, password reset, self-service password reset

I’ve been in organizations where employees worked remotely either on their own computers or only connected over VPN connections periodically. I’ve also been a consultant and used my own laptop on a corporate domain and not had my laptop as a member of the domain. The problem with these users (and I’ve been one) is that they never receive notification that their password is going to expire, then inevitably the password expires and the only way to get back in to the domain is to call the helpdesk and have the password set (can’t use reset password when users are coming in via VPN). Now there are a couple ways to deal with this.

Use PeoplePassword to allow end users to have self service password reset so they can fix their own password issues when they occur
Use PeoplePassword and PeopleMinder to send users email notification that their password is going to expire prior to it actually expiring and allow users to change their password prior

Contact Web Active Directory LLC and let us know how we can help.

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Archive for the 'Active Directory Password' Category

Web Active Directory Releases Replacement for Microsoft IISADMPWD for Windows IIS7

More Information

Manage Windows Active Directory Passwords for a Distributed Workforce

Top 3 issues with Identity Management and Active Directory

Auto Enrollment for Windows Self-Service Password Reset

Yet another way to get Active Directory Password Expiration

Find out when Active Directory passwords expire using Powershell

Active Directory Password Expiration Notification

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