Softerra Adaxes is an efficient and flexible Active Directory management solution that facilitates, automates and secures Active Directory management, maintenance and administration.
Softerra Adaxes guarantees high-performance user lifecycle management achieved with cross-domain Active Directory management facilities, granularly distributed role-based security, streamline user provisioning, administrative tasks automation, and approval based workflow.
Centralizing AD management, Softerra Adaxes ensures controlled access to Active Directory resources not only from any web-browser, but also from a convenient windows-based admin console.
With Softerra Adaxes, you can now modify your own account information and perform numerous Active Directory management tasks with just one solution!

Browse Active Directory:
· Enhanced Administration Environment
· The enhanced environment for Active Directory identity management allows IT personnel to manage AD more efficiently using advanced object modification facilities, multi-object operations, cross-domain search capabilities and other useful features.
Browse Active Directory:
· Active Directory Web Interface
· Active Directory Web Interface provided by Softerra Adaxes allows administrators, help desk personnel, and regular users to access Active Directory via a standard web browser to perform administrative tasks, update personal information, search for users and objects, etc.
· Adaxes includes separate Web Interfaces for Administrators, Help Desk, and Self-Service. For each of the roles, you can configure how Active Directory objects are displayed, customize forms for object creation and editing, configure the search and browsing capabilities, enable or disable specific Web Interface components, configure Active Directory reports, and much more.
User Self-Service:
· Using the Adaxes Web Interface users can perform Active Directory self-service activities, like update own personal information and change own password, search the directory, and execute other operations, for which they have sufficient permissions.
Property Pattern View:
· Maintain Consistency and Enforce Standards
· Softerra Adaxes provides Property Patterns that allow to apply formatting constraints to Active Directory objects, determine possible values for object properties, and compose some values automatically on the basis of the existing ones. This facilitates object creation and modification and helps to maintain Active Directory data consistency.
Business Unit View:
· Custom Views of Active Directory Resources
· Softerra Adaxes allows to unite AD objects in virtual collections called Business Units without modifying the structure of the Active Directory. Business Units are dynamic collections that include objects with the help of flexible membership rules, so newly created objects that correspond to their membership rules are automatically added to them. Business Units provide a possibility to manage collectively AD objects with similar functions or position, but from different locations.
Custom Commands:
· With Adaxes, you can create your own Custom Commands to perform complex and routine Active Directory management tasks unique to your working environment. A Custom Command can execute multiple actions in a single turn. Custom Commands can modify objects, change their group membership, execute scripts, create mailboxes and home folders, move objects, etc. If necessary, certain Custom Command actions can be performed only if specific conditions are met. Users can execute Custom Commands just as they execute any other operations in the Web Interface and Adaxes Administration Console.
· PowerShell Console
· PowerShell Module for Active Directory
· The Adaxes PowerShell module enables administrators to perform Active Directory management from the command line. With the help of the PowerShell module, it is possible to automate Active Directory tasks like creating, updating or deleting objects, modifying group membership, provisioning new user accounts, etc.
· Active Directory Security
Security Role View:
· Role-Based Security Administration
· Softerra Adaxes provides the role-based security model that allows granular management and distribution of permissions on Active Directory objects. Permissions are combined into Security Roles according to the powers the permissions grant . When Security Role permissions are modified, these changes affect all users or groups, to which the Role is assigned. In such a way, permissions can be managed centrally which makes Active Directory delegation more granular, accurate, and secure.
Approval Requests:
· Approval-Based Workflow
· Approval-based model enables administrators to define operations that should be executed only after their execution is approved by a responsible person.
Operation Log:
· Logging of User Actions
· All operations performed via Adaxes service are logged in the Service Log. Administrators and auditors can view who performed what operations, when, on what objects, etc.
· Enhanced Password Management
· Enhanced Password Management
· Adaxes allows you to configure and manage Fine-Grained Password Policies using an intuitive and friendly user interface. When changing or resetting passwords, users can view the password requirements, have the option to generate a strong password, and, if they need to communicate the password on the telephone, Adaxes helps them to spell it out. If you use Anixis Password Policy Enforcer, users will see the password restrictions enforced by the software and, if a password is rejected, a clear and understandable reason for the rejection is displayed.
Active Directory Reports:
· Active Directory reports preformed by Softerra Adaxes provide information on the AD infrastructure and objects status thus facilitating Active Directory analysis and monitoring. Any report can be generated for all domains, a specific domain, or a specific location in Active Directory.
· Active Directory Automation
· Business Rule View
· Automated User Provisioning
· All Active Directory provisioning, reprovisioning, and deprovisioning procedures can be performed automatically after a user is created, updated or deleted. This assures that users will timely get all appropriate permissions and be added to necessary groups according to their positions, moved to the AD locations that correspond to their departments, provided home folders and Exchange mailboxes, etc.
Administrative Task Automation:
· Softerra Adaxes provides efficient means for Active Directory automation.
· With the help of Business Rules, Adaxes lets you automatically execute additional actions when a specific operation is performed in Active Directory.
User Creation:
· Streamlined AD Object Creation and Modification
· Softerra Adaxes allows to simplify objects creation and modification with the help of Property Patterns. Property Patterns can compose property values of AD objects on the basis of the existing properties according to the defined patterns. This allows to specify only a few basic properties of AD objects, and the rest of them will be generated automatically.
· SPML Connector View
· SPML Integration
· SPML Support provided by Softerra Adaxes allows to integrate Adaxes in SPML-enabled provisioning systems. This enables Adaxes to exchange provisioning data with SPML-compliant identity providers without complex and costly integration.
· Integration and Extensibility
· Create Mailbox
· Exchange Support
· Adaxes allows managing recipients in multiple Exchange servers from one administrative console. With the help of Business Rules, it is possible to automate the creation or Exchange mailboxes for new Active Directory users. Adaxes provides support for Exchange 2003, 2007, and 2010.
Custom Script:
· Custom Scripts with ADSI Provider
· The Adaxes ADSI Provider allows using the features of Softerra Adaxes to develop custom functionality that meets specific company needs.
Service Configuration:
· Load Balancing and Fault Tolerance
· Softerra Adaxes allows to install several Adaxes services that share their configuration. Users connect to the nearest available Adaxes service to avoid system overburdening, increase the utilization of network segments, and enhance the system liability.

Requirements:
· .NET Framework
· RAM: 256 MB or more recommended
· HDD: 512 MB
· Super VGA (800x600) or higher resolution monitor
· CPU: 1.6 GHz or higher recommended
· The target computer must be joined to an Active Directory domain

What's New in This Release:
The new version introduces the following new options for the approval-based workflow:
· Owner of the requestor's OU. The owner of the Organizational Unit (OU) containing the account of the user who initiated the operation can approve or deny this operation.
· Manager of the target object. The manager of the AD object on which the operation is performed can approve or deny this operation.
· Owner of the target object. The owner of the AD object on which the operation is performed can approve or deny this operation.
· Owner of the target object's OU. The owner of the Organizational Unit (OU) containing the AD object on which the operation is performed can approve or deny this operation.
Modifying DN Properties Using Templates:
· Now, when modifying AD objects properties that contain Distinguished Names (DNs) of other objects, you can use modification templates. For example, if you need to forward all incoming messages of a user to his/her manager, you just need to set the value of t...