# Active Directory Automation Tool

Eliminate manual AD management bottlenecks with comprehensive automation that handles user provisioning and deprovisioning, stale object cleanup, and compliance automatically.

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## Why ADManager Plus is the Ultimate Active Directory Automation Platform

While other solutions offer some basic automation capabilities, ADManager Plus stands out as a specialised, comprehensive, and user-friendly platform built specifically for AD, Microsoft 365, and Exchange management. It provides comprehensive AD automation built specifically for enterprise environments. ADManager Plus offers:

- **Ease of use:** A graphical interface that eliminates the need for complex active directory automation scripts or PowerShell commands, making automation accessible to administrators of all skill levels.
- **Unified management:** A single console for managing and reporting on AD, Microsoft 365, and Exchange environments, simplifying your IT operations.
- **End-to-end automation:** A single console for managing and reporting on AD, Microsoft 365, and Exchange environments, simplifying your IT operations.

Rather than relying on PowerShell scripting or bespoke active directory automation scripts, ADManager Plus delivers low-code workflow automation that IT teams can configure and control without development expertise.

## Key AD Automation Capabilities of ADManager Plus

ADManager Plus is recognised as one of the most powerful Active Directory automation tools, enabling IT teams to automate identity lifecycle management from onboarding through offboarding without relying on complex scripts or manual processes. As an intuitive AD automation tool, it helps enterprises achieve automated AD management at scale, saving time, reducing errors, and enforcing consistency across their directory environment.

![Scheduling a new automation in ADManager Plus](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/images/scheduling-a-new-automation.png)

## [Automate Active Directory user creation and provisioning](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/active-directory-management-automation/automated-active-directory-user-creation-provisioning.html?utm_source=admp&utm_medium=uk_feature-page&utm_content=ad-automation-tool)

Efficient user lifecycle management, from employee onboarding and offboarding to role changes, is crucial for both security and productivity. ADManager Plus lets you automate Active Directory user creation and provisioning, and handles automated user deprovisioning when employees leave or change roles:

- **Template-controlled provisioning:** Standardise new user setup with customisable templates that predefine all required attributes, ensuring consistency in AD account creation automation. Import bulk user data via CSV-based import for large onboarding cohorts without manual data entry.

  ![User creation template in ADManager Plus](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/images/user-creation-template-automation.png)

- **HRIS-driven provisioning:** Connect directly with popular HR platforms like [Zoho People](https://www.zoho.com/people/?utm_source=admp&utm_medium=UK-featurepage&utm_content=ad-automation-tool), UKG Pro, BambooHR, and Workday, or with external databases. This HRIS integration drives automated provisioning and deprovisioning based on HR events, eliminating the need for manual input.

  ![The prebuilt application integrations available in ADManager Plus](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/images/prebuilt-application-integrations.png)

- **Approval-based workflows:** Implement multi-level approval before automation runs, providing controlled execution even for sensitive AD operations, with real-time alerts at each stage.

  ![Create customizable hierarchical approval workflows](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/images/create-customizable-hierarchical-workflows.png)

- **Policy-based provisioning and naming:** Automatically generate user account names using predefined naming policies that meet business, security, and compliance standards.

  ![Create custom naming formats for your organization](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/images/create-custom-naming-formats.png)

- **Automated user deprovisioning:** When an employee leaves or changes role, ADManager Plus disables the account, revokes group memberships, removes mailbox access, and moves the account to a designated OU, ensuring timely offboarding with a full audit trail.

## Automated management for AD computer accounts and contacts

ADManager Plus extends its AD automation capabilities beyond user accounts:

- Automate computer account movement and modification, including bulk transfers between organisational units.
- Streamline updates to AD contact objects at scale.
- Manage organisational unit structures, permissions, and delegation assignments without manual ADUC intervention.

## [Active Directory cleanup and stale object management](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/cleanup-your-active-directory.html?utm_source=admp&utm_medium=UK-featurepage&utm_content=ad-automation-tool)

Automated AD cleanup and maintenance is critical for security, performance, and audit readiness. ADManager Plus uses scheduled automation to trigger routine cleanup tasks, so your directory stays accurate without manual effort:

- **Inactive account management:** Detect and disable dormant user accounts on a schedule, reducing your attack surface and supporting inactive account management policies.
- **Stale object discovery:** Identify and remediate stale computer accounts, empty groups, and orphaned objects before they create security or compliance exposure.
- Unlock locked-out accounts automatically to minimise downtime and reduce service desk call volume.
- Manage password expiration by sending automated notifications and enabling self-service resets.

Scheduled cleanup supports compliance obligations under ISO 27001, UK GDPR, and Cyber Essentials, where inactive accounts and unmanaged objects represent a documented risk. ADManager Plus generates audit-ready reports to evidence that remediation has occurred within policy-defined timeframes.

## Prebuilt actions and scenarios

Unlike solutions that require extensive knowledge of active directory automation scripts or active directory automation powershell commands, ADManager Plus offers a library of prepackaged actions and scenarios. This eliminates the need for manual scripting and enables controlled automation with oversight across your full AD environment:

- **Sequence follow-up tasks:** Create workflows that execute a series of actions in a defined order, including bulk operations across multiple users, groups, or computer accounts simultaneously.
- **Automate predefined AD tasks:** Leverage ready-to-use automations for common AD operations, saving development time and removing the dependency on PowerShell expertise.

## [Identity lifecycle management and orchestration](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/active-directory-orchestration.html?utm_source=admp&utm_medium=UK-featurepage&utm_content=ad-automation-tool)

ADManager Plus manages the full identity lifecycle, from hire to role change to retire, by chaining multiple AD actions into automated sequences. Rather than managing provisioning, modifications, and offboarding as disconnected tasks, orchestration coordinates them into a single governed workflow.

- **Event-driven automation:** Trigger workflows automatically in response to events in your HRIS system or AD, such as a new hire record appearing in Workday, a role change in BambooHR, or an account modification in Active Directory itself.

  **Identity lifecycle management phases covered:**

  - **Hire:** Auto-provision accounts, assign group memberships, create Microsoft 365 mailboxes, and set home folders from a single workflow trigger.
  - **Role change:** Update attributes, reassign group memberships, and modify mailbox permissions without manual intervention.
  - **Retire:** Deprovision accounts, revoke access, move to a holding OU, and generate an offboarding audit report automatically.

  Automated identity lifecycle management reduces the window of excessive access, supports Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 access control requirements, and provides the audit trail that compliance teams need.

  ![Event-driven automation in ADManager Plus](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/images/event-driven-automation.png)

- **Drag-and-drop orchestration templates:** Design visual workflows without coding, using a simple drag-and-drop interface accessible to all admins regardless of technical level.

  ![New orchestration template in ADManager Plus](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/images/new-orchestration-template.png)

- **Sequential execution with customisable delays:** Customise the order and timing of tasks to meet workflow dependencies and compliance requirements.

## [Workflow-driven AD automation and alerts](https://www.manageengine.com/uk/products/ad-manager/active-directory-workflow.html?utm_source=admp&utm_medium=uk_feature-page&utm_content=ad-automation-tool)

Maintain complete control over your AD automation processes:

- **Approval-based workflows:** Define who reviews and approves automated AD changes before execution, giving IT teams oversight of critical access modifications and generating an approval audit trail.
- **Real-time alerts:** Configure alerts to notify relevant stakeholders about the execution status of any task, ensuring transparency and accountability across your environment.

For organisations operating under FCA SM&CR or Cyber Essentials requirements, approval-based workflows provide the documented change governance that auditors expect.

## Common use cases for Active Directory automation

ADManager Plus's automation features cater to a wide range of real-world scenarios:

- **Employee onboarding and offboarding:** Fully automate AD user creation and deprovisioning during employee onboarding and offboarding, including Microsoft 365 mailbox provisioning, group membership assignment, and home folder setup.
- **Security group membership automation:** Automatically manage security group memberships and enforce consistent access configurations across your AD, reducing the risk of privilege accumulation.
- **Regular AD maintenance:** Schedule automated cleanup tasks for inactive users, stale computer accounts, and empty groups to keep your directory clean and efficient.
- **Compliance and audit readiness:** Automate the enforcement and reporting required for ISO 27001 access control clauses, UK GDPR data minimisation obligations, and Cyber Essentials least-privilege requirements. ADManager Plus generates the audit trail that evidences timely deprovisioning, group membership changes, and account status reviews.

## Get started with ADManager Plus: Your go-to Active Directory Automation Solution

Revolutionise your AD management and take control of the full identity lifecycle, from provisioning to offboarding, with confidence that your environment stays secure and audit-ready. ADManager Plus provides the robust active directory automation tool capabilities your IT team needs.

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Speak to a specialist about your provisioning, compliance, or security requirements and find out how ADManager Plus fits your environment.

## Streamline your Active Directory operations with powerful automation

Managing Active Directory is often repetitive, time-consuming, and error-prone, especially at scale. Manual handling of provisioning, group management, or cleanup increases risks, inefficiencies, and compliance gaps that accumulate faster than IT teams can address them.

ADManager Plus, a comprehensive AD automation tool, gives organisations a single platform for automated AD management across the full user lifecycle. By eliminating manual processes, IT teams gain improved security posture, stronger compliance evidence, and the operational headroom to focus on higher-value work rather than routine directory maintenance.

## Why Active Directory automation is essential for security and compliance

- **Boost efficiency:** Automate routine AD tasks, including user provisioning and deprovisioning, so IT teams can focus on higher-value projects.
- **Strengthen security:** Enforce timely deprovisioning, automated inactive account management, password policies, and security group membership automation to reduce your attack surface.
- **Ensure compliance:** Automate policy enforcement and auditing to meet ISO 27001 access control requirements, Cyber Essentials least-privilege obligations, UK GDPR data minimisation rules, NHS DSPT account management standards, and SOC 2 user access controls.
- **Reduce errors:** Eliminate human mistakes by replacing manual AD operations with structured, approval-based automation that maintains a full audit trail.
- **Optimise costs:** Save on IT resource allocation by removing repetitive, manual directory tasks and reducing service desk overhead from account lockouts and provisioning delays.

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