Active Directory is a directory service from Microsoft that can be used to map the organization’s structure and centrally manage network resources or objects. The various devices and resources of a network, including their attributes, are stored in this directory service.
A secure, redundant, and highly available Active Directory is one of the success factors for all-important basic services in the Windows environment such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Server, and many applications in your organization.
Active Directory Consulting in all phases of your project
We support you in the analysis, planning, design, and implementation of your Active Directory projects – including integration into your enterprise-wide Identity and Access Management environment. It is crucial to proceed in a conceptually correct way and define and implement the Active Directory architecture that fits your requirements. This is the only way to ensure your data security in hybrid IT environments (on-premise and cloud) with high availability.
Setting up a new Active Directory environment
You intend to build a new Active Directory environment and need support from experienced experts? We are happy to support you in analyzing, planning, designing, and implementing your new environment.
Merging multiple Active Directory instances
Are you facing the challenge of merging several Active Directory instances after an M&A, for example? There is a whole range of relevant points to consider here: Organizationally, technically, data migration/validation, and avoidance of duplicates.
In close cooperation with you, we define the future Active Directory architecture and support you during migration and data validation. In numerous large migration projects, we have gathered extensive experience on how a smooth migration or consolidation of Active Directory environments is safely possible.
Active Directory Design Review
With an Active Directory Design Review, we jointly check whether the current design still meets your requirements or what potential for improvement we can identify.
Time-consuming Active Directory management processes
In many projects, we have gathered extensive experience in using Active Directory in the best possible way in day-to-day operations. We support you in automating your processes and self-services with tools and scripts or selecting and implementing a suitable identity and access management solution and/or privileged access management solution.
Active Directory Health Check
An Active Directory environment is pretty complex. With our Active Directory Health Check, we check the installation and configuration of your environment. We determine the cause of malfunctions and give you concrete recommendations for remedying them or correct the malfunction immediately.
Productive operation and maintenance of the solution
To run an Active Directory securely and with manageable effort, we create appropriate scripts (e.g., with Microsoft PowerShell) to automate routine tasks or rely on powerful tools.
Decommissioning of users and objects
Part of an Active Directory’s productive operation is that users, systems, or other objects must be automatically decommissioned based on a flexible set of rules. This typically occurs when people leave the company or when objects and systems are decommissioned.
Active Directory Services on Demand
You would like to carry out your project yourself but need an experienced partner alongside you? Within the scope of coaching projects, we accompany you during your project and stand by your side in design questions or technical challenges.
We are also happy to offer you support in the Active Directory platform’s operation to overcome a temporary bottleneck together.
Active Directory Consulting – Project Management und Operations Services
We have many years of project and operational experience from numerous customer projects with:
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AAD)
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect (AADC)
- Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Service (ADCS / PKI)
- Microsoft Active Directory Domain Service (ADDS)
- Microsoft Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS)
- Microsoft Active Directory integrated Distributed File System (DFS)
- Microsoft Active Directory integrated Domain Name System (DNS)
- Microsoft Active Directory integrated Group Policy Management (GPO / AGPM)
Active Directory Consulting with IT District
A typical Active Directory project undergoes several phases at our company: Analysis, planning, design, and implementation.
To analyze and understand your IT environment, specifics, wishes, and goals, our experienced Active Directory consultants conduct workshops together with your employees. The findings and results are summarized in subsequent meetings to form a coarse concept for the target environment.
In the planning and design phase, the coarse concept is worked out in detail, and a roll-out plan for the implementation is created. Depending on the size and scope, tests are carried out in test environments, a proof of concept (PoC) is carried out, and acceptance tests get performed with your key users.
The realization phase turns the plans into reality and usually starts with a roll-out of a pilot. It is essential for us to involve your IT staff in all planning and design decisions in each phase. In this way, we ensure the best possible transfer of know-how to your employees and facilitate the subsequent transition to productive operation.
Quality Assurance in Active Directory Consulting
In our projects, we only use experienced project managers who train and develop our junior consultants with trainee and mentoring programs. This results in a lively exchange of know-how within our consulting teams, from which your employees also benefit.
All our Active Directory consultants are regularly trained on the latest technologies and complete the manufacturers’ corresponding tests and certifications.
In addition to the high level of professional competence, our employees’ social competence is vital to us. Every single employee must fit into the team and share the same values and philosophies.
Active Directory Consulting Services
As an Active Directory Consulting service provider, we support each organization individually and professionally. We provide many years of experience and knowledge in our areas of expertise and work together with you in a partnership spirit.
Based on industry standards, we have created our project management manual and systematically supplement it. In this way, we ensure that – jointly with you – we are successful in every project in terms of quality, cost and time.
Together, we combine your internal knowledge with our expertise and wealth of experience. This creates an optimal basis for the successful implementation of your projects.
Our Active Directory Consulting Services
- Setup of a new Active Directory environment
- Analysis of existing Active Directory architectures and environments
- Merging multiple Active Directory instances
- Active Directory Design Review
- Active Directory Health Check
- Active Directory Services on Demand
- Project Planning
- Project Management
- Conceptual design and implementation
- Coaching/Training on the Job
- Operational support
- 24/7 support
