In previous blogs, we’ve stressed the need for IT to go outside of itself and embrace application owners, line-of-business owners, and other stakeholders within your user base. These people generally have better insight into the daily needs and changes related to the applications and resources that they use and can therefore manage the access to…
When Active Directory first came out, we were all happy just to have a few levels of administrative granularity. There were the domain admins, a few admins over servers, local admin privileges across all the workstations, and — if you were really cutting edge — perhaps some kind of custom delegation to a specific service…
Groups are the lifeblood of companies and organizations of every size with in their on-premise and hybrid environments. They are the foundation for security and accessibility to resources and email functionality. The challenge is keeping them updated and current after they are created. In many cases, IT is tasked (via tickets) to add and subtract…
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…