Posts Tagged ‘ActiveRoles’

Nice mention by Jeffrey Snover about the QAD CMDLETS (2010-10-4)

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2010/10/04/a-jug-fills-drop-by-drop-quest-pki-cmdlets.aspx

Quest AD PowerShell CMDLET BETA (2010-2-11)

I have had a lot of questions about when the next version of the ActiveRoles Management Shell for AD (a.k.a. Quest AD CMDLETs) would be released. I don’t have an exact date, but I wanted everyone to know that we are working on our next release and should have a beta in the next 60 [...]

Quick Connect 4.5 GA! (2010-2-5)

I am pleased to announce that later today, Quick Connect 4.5 will be made Generally Available (GA)to the public. You can now download the bits from http://www.quest.com/common/registration.aspx?requestdefid=20088. What’s New: Password Synchronization – Quick Connect can synchronize passwords between Active Directory and some categories of connected systems. Active Directory and connected systems are governed by different [...]

SUN Identity Manager Customers SOL? (2010-1-29)

When IBM was bidding on SUN I posed the question…  Question: What do you get if IBM acquires SUN? Answer: IBM. The same joke appears to be coming true now that Oracle is completing acquisition of SUN. My colleague Jackson Shaw did a great job explaining the situation and sharing his incite on what this means to [...]

Quick Connect 4.5 Goes Gold! (2010-1-19)

Following up on our highly successful 4.0 release, 4.5 went gold last week. We are now going through the internal processes needed to release the product to the public next month. The biggest news about this release is that Quick Connect can synchronize passwords between Active Directory and connected systems. Active Directory and connected systems [...]

Kuppinger Cole’s Report on ActiveRoles (2009-10-28)

Kuppinger Cole produced a report covering the provisioning product I’ve been managing since 2004. The report paints a great picture of where Kuppinger Cole sees the product’s position in comparison to the rest of the market. Personally, it is very rewarding to see how well respected our product has become. (Read the report here)

Want to find your largeest AD groups? (2009-9-8)

Dmitry Sotnikov wrote a great article on how to locate large groups in Active Directory using PowerShell. In the example script he shows how you can use the free ActiveRoles AD CMDLETS to locate the largest groups in Active Directory. Read Dmitry’s Blog Here

NetIQ Active Directory Survey, Nothing New (2009-8-21)

NetIQ put out an interesting press release about a study they conducted with results that unveil nothing new. The results seem to say that Security is important to keeping your Active Directory safe from inadvertant or malicious changes. What surprised me was that they needed to do a study to figure this out sooner. I [...]

Do you know DLT Solutions? (2009-8-18)

DLTSolutions help your government agency or business overcome real-world challenges through its broad selection of best-in-class information technology products and superior services available on your procurement vehicle of choice. In a nutshell DLT figures out how to let Government agencies buy products and services from companies like the one that employees me; Quest Software. If [...]

ActiveRoles Server – Q2 Strong Results (2009-8-14)

This is cool… Doug Garn the Quest Software President & CEO talks about the strenth of ActiveRoles Server during the Quest Q2 earnings call… “From an Active Directory management perspective, our Active Directory tools business was very strong in Q2. ActiveRoles Server continues to deliver on the promise of providing a secure way to manage [...]