Better Body Foods and Nutrition discovers a reliable AD management solution in ADManager Plus

Business challenges

• Lack of visibility into AD assets: Before implementing ADManager Plus, BBF faced difficulties in quickly identifying and auditing user accounts within Active Directory. The organization required a way to track AD assets and update them as needed.
• Complex user account management: Manually managing bulk user account creation, password expirations, and security updates was time-consuming and inefficient. The IT team needed a simplified and automated process.

The problem

Before implementing ADManager Plus, BBF struggled with managing and auditing Active Directory efficiently.

The IT team also found manual AD management by leveraging PowerShell commands to be cumbersome and challenging due to its steep learning curve. This requirement prompted Shepherd's IT team to evaluate an alternative that could help them automate bulk account creation, track security changes, and provide real-time visibility into AD activity.

The solution

To address the user management gaps, BBF's IT department deployed ADManager Plus, ManageEngine's IGA solution. The implementation of ADManager Plus yielded tangible benefits in the areas of user lifecycle management. The solution helped Shepherd's IT team run a monthly inventory check of their AD assets.

ADManager Plus also ensured that BBF's IT team was able to standardize complex processes, such as user creation, GPO and password management, and other identity managment tasks using repeatable, template-based orchestration workflows. The team streamlined user management, allowing the IT team to easily create user accounts in bulk.

The reporting capabilities of ADManager Plus were particularly valuable in governing AD assets and ensuring compliance. The team now generates monthly reports to track both current and historical data of BBF's AD environment, ensuring all assets are audited and up to date.

Besides, ADManager Plus' password-based reports helped BBF's IT team stay abreast on the presence of expired credentials within the organization.

By aligning audit reports with IT team resources, BBF effectively delegated tasks and optimized its AD management process.

About ADManager Plus

ADManager Plus is an identity governance and administration (IGA) solution that simplifies identity management, ensures security, and improves compliance. With ADManager Plus, manage the user life cycle from provisioning to deprovisioning, run access certification campaigns, orchestrate identity management across enterprise applications, and protect data on your enterprise platforms with regular backups. Use over 200 reports to gain valuable insights into identities and their access rights. Improve the efficiency of your IGA operations with workflows, automations, and role-based access control policies. ADManager Plus' Android and iOS applications help with on-the-go AD and Azure AD management. For more information about ADManager Plus, visit https://www.manageengine.com/products/ad-manager/.