Thank you for choosing Adaxes as your enterprise directory management solution!

Softerra Adaxes is a highly customizable solution that facilitates and accelerates Active Directory management. Softerra Adaxes provides the advanced Administration Console for enhanced administration of Active Directory and Adaxes configuration, and the easy-to-use Web Interface for simplified access to Active Directory resources via a standard web browser.

Please, see the following sections for a detailed description of Softerra Adaxes:

Quick Start

Configuring Softerra Adaxes

1. After the installation of Softerra Adaxes, run the Adaxes Administration Console to configure the Adaxes service.

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   	To run the Adaxes Administration Console, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Softerra Adaxes 2010.2, and click Administration Console.

2. When the Administration Console starts, connect to an Adaxes service using the credentials of the default service administrator. The default service administrator is specified during the service installation.

   For details, see Connect To Adaxes Service.

3. After that, register the AD domains you want to manage using this Adaxes service.

   For details, see Register/Unregister Managed Domain.

4. If necessary, customize Built-in Security Roles, Business Rules, and Property Patterns to meet your company needs.

   For details, see Built-In Security Roles, Built-In Business Rules, Built-In Property Patterns.

Administration Console

Using Adaxes Administration Console you can manage the Adaxes service configuration and Active Directory domains managed by Adaxes services.

	Note
	To run the Adaxes Administration Console, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Softerra Adaxes 2010.2, and click Administration Console.

Using Adaxes Administration Console you can:

• Delegate permissions

  See Creating Security Role, Modifying Security Role Assignments, Modifying Security Role Permissions.

• Automate routine tasks

  See Creating Business Rule, Modifying Business Rule Actions And Conditions, Modifying Business Rule Activity Scope.

• Set formatting constraints and auto-generating rules for AD objects

  See Creating Property Pattern, Modifying Property Pattern, Modifying Property Pattern Activity Scope.

• Manage Active Directory

  See Creating User, Creating Contact, Creating Groups, Creating Organizational Unit, Adding or Removing Group Members, Modifying Object Group Membership, Renaming Objects, Moving Objects, Enabling/Disabling User Account, Searching Active Directory.

• Set approval requests for operations

  See Setting Approval Request for Operation

• Monitor log records

  See View Service Log

• Perform other tasks

  See Feature Summary

Adaxes Web Interface

Using Adaxes Web Interface you can manage Active Directory and generate Active Directory reports via a standard web browser.

Note

If the Adaxes Web Interface is installed on your computer, to run the Adaxes Web Interface, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Softerra Adaxes 2010.2, and click Web Interface. If the Adaxes Web Interface is not installed on your computer, to run the Adaxes Web Interface, enter the address of the Web Interface installed on another computer in the web browser address bar. By default, the Web Interface address is as follows: http://<HOST>/Adaxes/Default.aspx

Using Adaxes Web Interface you can: