Since 2012, Jonathan Blackwell, an engineer and innovator, has provided engineering leadership that has put GroupID at the forefront of group and user management for Active Directory and Azure AD environments. His experience in development, marketing, and sales allows Jonathan to fully understand the Identity market and how buyers think.
I love those ridiculous commercials for the new selling service LetGo. People are holding onto an item that they just can’t seem to part with, despite the peril it may be putting them in. Like the one where the guy has the heavy bowling ball in one hand, and the other is grasping the bumper…
I know what you’re thinking: “They’re just going to say buy.” Admittedly, given that we make the best group management solution in the industry, we are a little biased. However, we also recognize that using a third-party solution to simplify the management of Active Directory groups doesn’t necessarily fit every environment. So, the answer isn’t…
I remember standing in front of a group of IT pros, talking about how to handle daunting tasks, and I jokingly asked, “By a show of hands, does anyone want to work for a living? Anyone?” I think we all know that working in IT can sometimes involve working with some very cool technologies, but…
Now more than ever, scripting in the Microsoft world has extended the administrative abilities of an IT pro well beyond the simple use of built-in tools. You have, in essence, an unlimited ability to automate just about any part of the administration of your Microsoft environment — including Active Directory — with Powershell and other…
RFID access cards are commonplace in many companies. These cards provide access to different sections of the office, often limiting access to the appropriate people, so that not everyone has access to all locations within the building. For example, not everyone has access to the server room. And sometimes, because of this, many of us…
Because organizations like yours depend on distribution lists and security groups to do their jobs every day, inaccuracies in these lists or groups can have a significant adverse impact. For example, a single employee who’s missing from a distribution group could cause that person to miss the registration deadlines for health insurance. Or a security…
I must admit: I’m a bit of a hoarder. Not in the “you can barely move around in my house amidst my 47 cats” kind of way; just in the “I probably keep things a bit too long” kind of way. I’m probably not going to use that rubber washer or that set of small…
In the TV show called Bait Car, the show’s team leaves a car with its keys in it as bait, and the subsequent theft of the car is recorded for the audience’s viewing pleasure. The premise of the show is that some people lack the personal integrity to simply not steal someone’s car, just because…
I called the bank the other day, and even though I was only asking a simple question, I had to provide the last 4 digits of my social security number, my birthdate, and my verbal password. These security measures are in place in order for the banks to protect the assets they deem critical (which…
In several previous articles, this blog has focused on the importance of the relationship between privileges and Active Directory group management. The two go hand-in-hand: if groups aren’t properly managed, permissions tend to get out of control. Given the importance of this relationship, let’s examine the current state of what users are able to do…