Automating user account management: City of Roanoke's IT transformation with ADManager Plus

The Problem

The City of Roanoke, despite being a forward-looking organization, found it challenging to automate the creation of user accounts from its HR payroll system to its Active Directory and O365 environments. This was an imperative step to heighten efficiency and decrease the risk of human errors. However, its dependency on manual data entry led to several challenges.

The process's efficiency was tightly bound to the availability of its staff. If key personnel were absent, operations could be significantly delayed. Moreover, there were instances of inaccurate data entry or data being fed into wrong fields, jeopardizing the integrity of the data. Steven Greenway, the IT admin at the City of Roanoke, noted, "We had issues with data being either entered incorrectly or into the wrong fields previous to this." The manual processes not only consumed time but also lacked the standardization necessary for streamlined operations.

Greenway shared, "We wanted to solve our issues in a way that's both easy and standardized so that we can create a standardized process that anybody can follow, to get these accounts."

The outcome

The implementation of ADManager Plus was a game changer for the City of Roanoke. The tool automated the organization's manual processes, and more importantly, it enabled the City of Roanoke to generate user accounts with a significantly higher level of efficiency compared to its previous manual methods. Greenway remarked, "It's definitely, in order of magnitude, easier and quicker, more efficient to use ADManager Plus to create all of our user accounts rather than having to manually type those in different places. It's all done with the click of a button."

The City of Roanoke was effusive in its praise for the support it received from the ADManager Plus onboarding team. Greenway particularly pointed out that the "initial meeting where we went over everything in depth was probably the best thing to get kind of immersed into the software and know exactly how everything works before trying to start setting things up."

The tool's implementation allowed the organization to reformulate its internal processes accordingly, and Greenway described the onboarding services as "absolutely worth it." He applauded the support team's responsiveness and expertise, stating, "Every time I've asked a question about that, you guys were able to come back with a great solution for it."

When summarizing his experience with ADManager Plus, Greenway emphasized, "The promptness and the knowledge, and the ability to work with us to solve our issues in business cases were all excellent service." When prompted to rate the product on a scale of one to 10, he enthusiastically awarded it a top score.

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 manageengine.com/products/ad-manager/.