Parkbridge achieves efficient user onboarding and access control with AD360

About Parkbridge Management LP

Established in 1998, Parkbridge is a leading Canadian real estate company that specializes in the development and management of residential land lease communities and RV resorts. With a focus on providing affordable and vibrant living spaces, Parkbridge ensures quality living experiences for thousands of residents and vacationers across Canada. Since its inception, Parkbridge has established nearly 100 residential and RV camping and cottage resort properties across Canada.

Company

Parkbridge Management LP

Industry

Service

Location

United States

Employees

100+

Business challenges

  • Controlled AD Management: The organization needed to remove technicians from directly accessing servers, aiming for a more controlled AD task environment. Additionally, there was a need for more capable and detailed reporting than what Microsoft’s native tools provided.
  • Onboarding Automation: Parkbridge sought to semi-automate their onboarding process using predefined templates and rules for specific roles to eliminate user errors and missed steps.

The problem

Prior to implementing AD360, Parkbridge faced several challenges related to Active Directory (AD) management.

"We needed to remove technicians from accessing our servers directly - wanted AD tasks to be performed in a more controlled environment."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

The lack of control over what tasks technicians could perform led to inconsistencies and potential errors.

Additionally, the onboarding process was manual and prone to user error, often resulting in missed steps and inefficiencies.

"We were looking to semi-automate our onboarding process, using templates for specific roles to eliminate the user error and missed steps that were occurring."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

The organization also struggled with generating comprehensive reports using Microsoft’s native tools, which lacked the capability to provide detailed insights into user settings, expired passwords, and inactive accounts. These challenges hindered their ability to maintain a streamlined and secure AD environment.

The solution

AD360 significantly transformed Parkbridge Management LP's AD management. By moving AD tasks out of direct server access into a controlled environment, Parkbridge was able to define specific tasks technicians could perform, enhancing security and efficiency.

"Using AD360, we have been able to move AD management out of the servers into a more controlled environment where we can control what tasks technicians can perform."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

Harnessing the template-based workflow of AD360, Judd and his team built 85 custom work role templates' for onboarding. Using the template.

"The technicians have to simply select the role being applied to the new staff member, and AD360 applies the template including required licenses, group membership, etc., to the staff member. The team achieved multiple benefits from the feature, with This has greatly improved our onboarding process, eliminated common missteps, and made the process much quicker."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

Judd remarked that AD360's capabilities and its emphasis on granularity surpassed that of Microsoft, noting.

"We find the reporting to be quite good - much more capable than Microsoft's reports. It enables us to generate reports on settings of users or people with expired passwords, etc. It's useful to help clean up AD as it's easy to generate a report of inactive accounts."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

"Support has been excellent. Quick, responsive, and knowledgeable staff. Quite frankly one of the better support teams we work with. We have had a few complex issues which our staff were able to work with ManageEngine to resolve."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

Overall, AD360 provided Parkbridge with a more granular and effective AD management solution, especially in managing their Active Directory hybrid solution with Office 365.

"It is an excellent solution overall. We have been using it almost exclusively to manage our Active Directory hybrid solution with Office 365. The ability to limit what technicians can do based on their role is far more granular than Microsoft offers."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

"We find the reporting to be quite good - much more capable than Microsoft's reports. is an excellent solution overall. We have been using it almost exclusively to manage our Active Directory hybrid solution with Office 365."

Aaron Judd, the Senior IT Manager at Parkbridge

About ADManager Plus

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