Posted on 02-05-2015 01:14 PM
I just found a wonderful little iOS app called Active Directory Assist (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/active-directory-assist/id528953910?mt=8) that allows you to do some basic AD user management from your phone (namely, unlocking a user's account, and resetting a user's password).
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a similar application for the Mac. All I really need to be able to do is reset a user's password or unlock the password. It'd be really handy to be able to see users whose passwords are expiring as well. It'd just be nice if I didn't have to load up remote desktop and log into the AD server to do simple tasks like that.
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Posted on 02-05-2015 02:53 PM
The one that comes to mind is "AD Help Desk" which has been around for a while and is multi-platform. It definitely gets the job done on a basic level (unlocking accounts and looking users or computers up) but has limited functionality and doesn't let you move objects within the directory. It's also slow. Definitely worth a look though (available through the app store(s).
Posted on 02-05-2015 01:44 PM
I use it on my iPad & it does the job and quicker then logging into one of our AD servers via Windows Remote Desktop.
Posted on 02-05-2015 02:53 PM
The one that comes to mind is "AD Help Desk" which has been around for a while and is multi-platform. It definitely gets the job done on a basic level (unlocking accounts and looking users or computers up) but has limited functionality and doesn't let you move objects within the directory. It's also slow. Definitely worth a look though (available through the app store(s).
Posted on 02-12-2015 07:16 PM
Thanks Tim. AD Help Desk isn't beautiful, but it does the trick.
Posted on 02-13-2015 06:44 AM
Outside from an occasional keyboard quirk, Microsoft Remote Desktop (the Mac and iOS versions) both work great for us - in many ways much better ARD for remote access.