Feature Summary

The tables below summarize major features offered by Softerra Adaxes.

General Features

Softerra Adaxes includes a wide variety of features essential to create a reliable and secure environment for streamlined and automated Active Directory management.

Name	Description
Role-Based Security Administration	Role-based administrative model enables administrators to efficiently distribute permissions by assigning specific Security Roles to AD users. For details, see Security Roles Overview.
Business Rules	With the help of Business Rules, administrators can automate their routine day-to-day tasks. For details, see Business Rule Overview.
Property Patterns	Property Patterns help to avoid repetitive entering of the same information and to observe multiple enterprise standards when creating or modifying Active Directory objects. For details, see Property Pattern Overview.
Business Units	Business Units are used to organize AD objects in an alternative way in order to manage them collectively. For details, see Business Unit Overview.
Custom Commands	Custom Commands are used to define sets of actions to perform custom tasks. Users can execute Custom Commands from Adaxes Web Interface and Administration Console in a single mouse click the same way they execute other operations. For details, see Custom Command Overview.
Scheduled Tasks	Scheduled Tasks are used to define sets of actions to perform at regular intervals. For details, see Scheduled Task Overview.
Password Self-Service	Password Self-Service allows users to self-reset their passwords from Adaxes Web Interface and Windows logon and unlock screens. For details, see Password Self-Service Overview.
Web Interface Customization	The Web Interface can be configured separately for Administrators, Help Desk operators, and Self-Service. For each role, you can customize forms for object creation and modification, define which activities users can perform, allow users to view only specific Active Directory objects, disable certain features of the Web Interface, etc. For details, see Customizing Forms for Object Creation and Editing, Disallowing Specific Operations on AD Objects, Configuring Actions on Home Page.
Active Directory Reports	AD reports allow analyzing and monitoring the state of the Active Directory environment. For details, see Reports Overview.
Approval Requests	Approval-based model enables administrators to define operations that should be executed only after their execution is approved by a responsible person. For details, see Approvals and Requests.
Service Log	Administrators and auditors can view who performed what operations, when, on what objects, etc. For details, see Logging.
Exchange Automation	Adaxes allows you to automate the process of creation and management of mailboxes, distribution lists, and mail-enabled recipients in Microsoft Exchange.
Lync Automation	With the help of Business Rules, Custom Commands and Scheduled tasks, you can automate the process of enabling and disabling users for Microsoft Lync.
Adaxes ADSI Provider	Using the Adaxes ADSI Provider users can implement the functionality that corresponds to the specific needs of their company. For details, see Adaxes ADSI Provider.
Adaxes SPML Provider	Adaxes SPML Provider is a web service running by IIS that receives SPML requests and transforms them in AD operations. For details, see Adaxes SPML Provider.

Directory Management

To manage Active Directory, users can use either the Windows-based administrative environment, called Service Administration Console or the web-based Adaxes Web Interface.

Feature	Description	Web Interface	Admin Console
Object Modification	Users can modify properties of AD objects using a variety of tools, including views and property pages specific for certain object types, and advanced, but still easy-to-use wizards that provide powerful capabilities to modify properties of any AD object.	Yes	Yes
Group Membership Management	Users can easily add or remove members of AD groups, view the groups, to which AD objects belong, and view direct or indirect members of AD groups. See Modifying Object Group Membership and Adding or Removing Group Members.	Yes	Yes
Enhanced Object Renaming	When renaming user, group or contact objects, Softerra Adaxes offers to update other properties related to the object name. See Renaming Objects.	Yes	Yes
Moving Directory Objects	Using Drag'n'Drop, the clipboard or special dialogs, users can move AD objects either within one domain or across different AD domains. See Moving Objects.	Yes	Yes
Enabling/Disabling User Accounts	Users can enable or disable accounts of other users. All users whose accounts are disabled are marked with a special icon. See Enabling/Disabling User Account.	Yes	Yes
Configuring Fine-Grained Password Policies	Enables defining different password and account lockout policies for different sets of users in an AD domain.		Yes
Changing/Resetting User Passwords	Users can change their own passwords or reset passwords of other users. Also users can reset own passwords with the help of Password Self-Service. See Resetting User Password and Changing User Password.	Yes	Yes
Enabling/Disabling Computer Accounts	Users can enable or disable computer accounts. All disabled computer accounts are marked with a special icon. See Enabling/Disabling Computer Account.	Yes	Yes
Unlocking User Account	Users can unlock accounts of other users. See Unlocking User Account.	Yes	Yes
Creating Users/InetOrgPersons	Enables users to create new User/InetOrgPerson objects. See Creating User.	Yes	Yes
Creating Groups	Enables users to create new AD Groups. See Creating Groups.	Yes	Yes
Creating Contacts	Enables users to create Contacts for external users. See Creating Contact.	Yes	Yes
Creating Computers	Enables users to create new Computer objects. See Creating Computers.	Yes	Yes
Creating Organizational Units	Enables users to create new Organizational Unit objects. See Creating Organizational Unit.	Yes	Yes
Creating Containers	Enables users to create new Container objects. See Creating Container.	Yes	Yes
Publishing Shared Folders	Enables users to add new Shared Folder objects.		Yes
Copying Objects	Enables users to copy Active Directory objects.	Yes	Yes
Bulk Object Modification	Users can modify multiple AD objects in one operation.	Yes	Yes
Performing Custom Sets of Actions	Sets of actions for custom tasks can be automated and initiated by a single mouse click. See Executing Custom Commands.	Yes	Yes
Creating/Deleting Exchange Mailboxes	Enables you to create and delete Exchange mailboxes for Active Directory users. See Creating Exchange Mailboxes, Deleting Exchange Mailboxes.	Yes	Yes
Establishing/Deleting E-mail Addresses	Enables you to establish and delete external e-mail addresses for Active Directory users, contacts and groups. See Establishing E-mail Address, Deleting Email Addresses.	Yes	Yes
Exchange Mailbox Configuration	Enables you to adjust parameters of Exchange mailboxes.	Yes	Yes
Configuration of Mail-Enabled Recipients	Enables you to configure Exchange properties of mail-enabled users, contacts and distribution lists.	Yes	Yes
Moving Mailboxes	Enables moving Exchange mailboxes.	Yes	Yes
Monitoring Mailbox Moves	Enables tracking the status of mailbox moves.		Yes
Removing Exchange Attributes	Enables you to remove Exchange-related properties for Active Directory users, contacts and groups. See Removing Exchange Attributes.	Yes	Yes
Raising Domain/Forest Functional Level	Administrators can raise the functional level of AD domains and forests. See Raising Domain or Forest Functional Level.	Yes	Yes
Browsing Active Directory	Users can browse the hierarchy of the managed Active Directory domains. See Browsing Active Directory.	Yes	Yes
Browsing Business Units	Users can browse the alternative objects hierarchy created with the help of Business Units.	Yes	Yes
Standard Search	Allows users to locate AD objects by a wide variety of search parameters. The search can be performed either across all managed domains or in a specific domain location. See Searching Active Directory.	Yes	Yes
Quick Search	Enables users to find AD objects rapidly specifying the minimum of the search criteria. See Searching Active Directory.	Yes	Yes
Alphabetical Search	Allows users to search for AD objects by the first letter of their names. The search can be performed either across all managed domains or in a specific domain location. See Searching Active Directory.	Yes
Printing Objects	Users can use special views intended for printing AD objects.	Yes
Sending Mails	Allows users to quickly send email messages to multiple AD users, contacts or groups of users or contacts. See Sending Email Messages.	Yes	Yes
Exporting Data	Administration Console allows exporting directory data to the following formats: LDIF, DSML, MS Excel, CSV, Plain Text and HTML. Export can be performed via the user interface or a command line tool. Web Interface allows exporting directory data to the CSV and vCard formats.	Yes	Yes
Basket	The Basket is helpful for the collective management of AD objects located in different subtrees of several Active Directory domains.	Yes	Yes
Favorites	Using Favorites, users can access the frequently used AD objects with a single mouse click. See Adding Objects To Favorites, Locating Favorite Objects and Organizing Favorites.	Yes	Yes
Anixis PPE Support	Adaxes supports Anixis PPE v6.0 or later. Therefore, restrictions imposed by Anixes PPE are displayed to users when they change or reset passwords.	Yes	Yes