ManageEngine AD360 Overview
ManageEngine AD360 is a comprehensive enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution designed to help organizations manage user identities, secure access, and ensure compliance across their IT environments.
Key Functionality
- Identity Lifecycle Management: AD360 automates routine tasks such as user provisioning, modification, and deprovisioning, ensuring that user identities are managed efficiently across systems like Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and other target systems.
Modules and Capabilities
AD360 is composed of several modules, each addressing specific aspects of IAM and IT management:
- ADManager Plus: This module manages Active Directory, Exchange, and Microsoft 365, including tasks such as user account management, reporting, and bulk operations like setting mailbox rights.
- ADSelfService Plus: Focuses on self-service password management, single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA), reducing help desk tickets by enabling users to reset passwords and unlock accounts directly from the Winlogon screen.
- ADAudit Plus: Provides user behavior analytics (UBA)-driven auditing and threat detection for Active Directory, file servers, and Windows Servers. It also audits changes to file and folder creation, deletion, and modification, along with permission changes.
- Exchange Reporter Plus: Offers reporting, auditing, monitoring, and content searching for Exchange Server, Exchange Online, and Skype for Business.
- M365 Manager Plus: Manages, reports, audits, monitors, automates, and alerts for Microsoft 365 services.
- Recovery Manager Plus: Enables enterprise backup and restoration for Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Azure, and Google Workspace servers, ensuring data safety and continuous availability.
Security and Compliance
- Secure Access: AD360 implements secure SSO, adaptive MFA, and approval-based workflows to ensure that access to resources is tightly controlled and compliant with regulatory standards such as SOX, HIPAA, and PCI.
- Auditing and Compliance: The solution provides real-time auditing of critical changes in Active Directory and other systems, helping organizations stay compliant with IT regulatory requirements. It also offers over 200 preconfigured reports to track changes and user actions.
Additional Features
- Zero Trust Environment: AD360 supports the creation of a Zero Trust environment through its robust security features, including UBA-driven identity threat protection and historical audit reports.
- Workflow Automation: It includes a customizable review-approve framework to automate and control various IT tasks, ensuring that crucial data does not fall into the wrong hands.
Recognition and Trials
ManageEngine AD360 has been recognized as a Market Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Identity Governance and Administration and as a Customers’ Choice for Identity Governance and Administration on Gartner Peer Insights. It is also available for a 60-day free trial with full access to all product functions and technical support.