Along with the release of ActiveRoles Server 6.5 we have also updated the Active Directory PowerShell CMDLETS. This release will continue to work with the supported versions of Active Directory as it has in the past. When you are using PowerShell with ActiveRoles Server it is only compatible with ActiveRoles Server version 6.5 and no [...]
I am extremely proud to announce the public release of ActiveRoles Server 6.5 with enhanced work-flow, extensibility and broader platform support. This release is accompanied by ActiveRoles Self-Service Manager 2.0 that both defines and enforces Access Accountability while streamlining access management providing sustained compliance. Congratulations and thank you to the collective Quest team for making [...]
A little earlier today I recieved the GOLD code for ActiveRoles Server 6.5, the next release in our wildly popular provisioning and administration platform. The public release is still a little way off, but it won’t be long now and the GOLD code will be used to perpare all the teams in Quest for unleashing [...]
Earlier today I recieved the GOLD build of ActiveRoles Self-Service Manager 2.0 from development. This will be the build that is made public over the next week or so… stay tuned for release announcment. The part that I am most excited about is the area called My Access. My Access represents an addition to This page displays the [...]
Dmitry Sotnikov recently blogged that PowerShell MVP Vadims Podāns has posted a CA Management Console that can be downloaded here. The solution based on PowerShell and runs in the PowerGUI console provides the following: Certificate Authorities management: CRL Distribution Points (CDP) Authority Information Access (AIA) settings Review CRLs Publish new CRLs Change CRL publishing periods including overlap [...]
The second speaker during keynotes at the Gartner IAM conference was Bruce Schneier who is chief security technology office for BT. The title of his talk was The Intersection of Identity, Privacy and Securityand it was fascinating. One comment that really struck home was about how organizations struggle with trying to implement RBAC at an [...]
As we approach the release of ActiveRoles Server 6.5 I wanted to take a moment and let some of you know what changes we are making to the platform. Our goal for this release was to provide more out of the box functionality as well as make it easier for third parties to leverage ActiveRoles [...]
