UMRA – Web Based Portal Active Directory Management

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UMRA – Web Based Portal Active Directory Management

In most of my blogs I talk about a lot of the specific features a UMRA based web portal can do, and don’t really talk about this at a high level. I know some of you might be asking, what is the limitation of building a Web Portal while using UMRA as your back end logic tool. Really, there only a few limitations of UMRA or the portal. Your only limitation would be your connection to your other applications, or locked features. Now, let me explain this. For example, if you wanted a user to search for a user, then have the ability to edit that users active directory attributes, then edit there information in a downstream system like an AS400. If you AS400 doesn’t allow any type of connection to it for updates etc, then you won’t be able to add this functionality into your UMRA portal. Now, keep in mind if I say wont/cant this doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Most of the time if you look around on the internet, you will find a lot of different resources on how you can accomplish your active directory integration. So here is a quick list of some of the cool things you can do with a UMRA portal that you delegate out to other users.

> Active Directory AS400 Sync
> Group Management
> File and Permission Management
> User Management
> View GPO’s On OU (Organizational Units) Yes with the web
> Active Directory Reporting and Auditing
> HR Management
> Student Information System SIS Management
> Summer School Student Management

These are just a few of the integration options that I’ve done for our clients, as you can see these all vary, and the GUI interfaces vary from simplistic designs, to web 2.0 designs, to integration into your own intranet site. So I hope this blog gives some of you out there an idea of what a UMRA portal can consist of. Overall, your functions and work flows are endless since, you have the power of UMRA at your fingertips, as well as web controls.