Product Report: Quest ActiveRoles Server

Quest’s ActiveRoles Server belongs to the category of Enterprise Provisioning products, but it is not a typical standard-issue provisioning solution. Instead, it is a tool for role-based administration of both Active Directory and a growing number of other system environments.

As is to be expected, its greatest strengths are in management of Active Directory environments, where its functionality extends significantly beyond just simple provisioning. On the other hand, Quest has been systematically augmenting and improving the product’s existing provisioning functions over the years and through various releases cycles. The result is a powerful solution for Identity & Access Management (IAM) that extends far beyond Active Directory. It can be best applied in environments where Active Directory is employed or in which Active Directory plays a major role. It fully addresses the special requirements of typical Active Directory environments, as well as cases where an insufficient degree of integration in traditional provisioning solutions may prove a limiting factor in handling Windows-specific functions.