Adaxes

Automates Active Directory and Microsoft 365 tasks and enforces delegated administration.

"Automate and control Active Directory and Microsoft 365 administration with policy-driven workflows, reducing manual effort while enforcing consistency and governance at scale."

Policy driven automation for Active Directory and Microsoft 365 administration

Many Active Directory environments carry a heavy load of repetitive account and group management tasks. Manual processes introduce delays, inconsistencies and fragmented audit trails. Delegation is often difficult to manage, leading to either bottlenecks or an overreliance on highly privileged accounts.

Adaxes applies policy, workflows and scoped delegation to automate common directory operations. It enables teams to standardise onboarding, offboarding and access changes while keeping approvals, actions and records in one place. This reduces manual effort, improves consistency and limits how and where elevated privileges are used.

As environments evolve towards hybrid Microsoft 365 and multi site Active Directory, the need for consistent, policy based control becomes more important. Adaxes helps central identity teams move from reactive administration to structured, governed processes, improving visibility over access and reducing the risk of privilege sprawl across both on premises and cloud directories.

Where Adaxes is used

Automating onboarding and offboarding: create user accounts, set group memberships, provision licences and run approval workflows so HR and IT steps link more predictably.

Scoped delegation for local teams: allow site or service owners to perform routine account tasks without giving domain admin rights, with actions logged for audit.

Group lifecycle and cleanup: enforce membership policies, automated reviews and scheduled tidy-ups to reduce sprawl and keep entitlement lists accurate.

Suitable environments

Fits best in estates with on‑prem AD or hybrid Microsoft 365 where central identity control is needed alongside local administration.

Works well where multiple domains or sites require consistent handling.

Also suits organisations with regular staff turnover and regulatory or audit requirements, where approval gates and change records are required for directory actions.

Benefits

Reduce manual administration

Automates routine Active Directory and Microsoft 365 tasks, reducing operational overhead and removing reliance on manual processes.

Apply consistent identity processes

Enforces standardised workflows and policies so identity and access changes are handled predictably, reducing errors and exceptions.

Delegate access without increasing risk

Enables help desk teams, managers and users to perform defined tasks without granting broad administrative rights, reducing privilege sprawl.

Improve visibility and control

Provides clear insight into changes, access and activity, helping you understand who has access to what and why.

Streamline joiner, mover and leaver processes

Automates approvals and provisioning to ensure access is granted and removed quickly and consistently as roles change.

Enable practical self service

Allows users and managers to request and manage access directly, reducing IT dependency while maintaining control and auditability.

Capabilities

Automated provisioning

Automates user lifecycle tasks including onboarding, ongoing account changes and offboarding across Active Directory, Exchange and Microsoft 365.

Workflow automation

Turns manual directory tasks into logic-based workflows that can run on specific events, on a schedule or on demand.

Unified web interface

Provides a single web-based interface for managing Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Exchange and Microsoft 365, with tailored views for admins, help desk teams, managers and users.

Password self-service

Allows users to reset forgotten passwords and unlock accounts securely, including out-of-office and offline reset scenarios.

Role-based delegation

Centralises delegated administration with role-based access control so permissions can be assigned safely and consistently across connected Microsoft environments.

Approval-based workflows

Adds approval steps to delegated and self-service tasks so users and managers can act while IT retains control.

Reporting and audit support

Includes built-in and custom reporting to improve visibility across directory, Exchange and Microsoft 365 activity for audit and control purposes.

Applications

Automate user lifecycle processes

Automates onboarding, offboarding and user changes to reduce manual effort and ensure consistent identity processes.

Delegate administration without full privileges

Allows help desk and business users to perform directory tasks without granting full administrative access.

Standardise identity management processes

Applies policies and workflows to ensure consistent handling of accounts, groups and permissions.

Reduce manual Active Directory workload

Removes repetitive administrative tasks such as group membership changes and account updates.

Improve visibility and control of directory changes

Provides a central view of changes and actions to improve accountability and audit readiness.

Manage hybrid Active Directory and Microsoft 365 environments

Manages identities across on-prem Active Directory and Microsoft 365 from a single platform.

Enable self-service for end users

Allows users to manage passwords, group memberships and profile details without IT involvement.

Enforce governance and approval workflows

Applies approval-based processes to sensitive changes such as access requests and group membership updates.

How we help

We are an authorised consulting partner of Softerra, the developer of Adaxes, and have delivered a wide range of implementations across Active Directory and Microsoft 365 environments.

We begin by understanding how identity and access is actually managed in your environment, including the workarounds, inconsistencies and risks that do not appear on paper. This provides a clear picture of where access is overprovisioned, where processes break down, and where unnecessary risk is introduced.

We then design a model for automation, delegation and control that fits your organisation. This includes structuring joiner, mover and leaver processes, standardising group and access management, and reducing the number of places where privileged access is granted or reused.

We implement Adaxes in a controlled and structured way, configuring workflows, policies, roles and business rules that align with your Active Directory and Microsoft 365 environment. This includes integrating with existing systems and introducing changes safely without disrupting day to day operations.

We help you introduce automation and self service in a way that users and IT teams actually adopt, reducing manual effort while improving consistency, visibility and control across identity and access processes.

We ensure that delegation, approvals and policy enforcement are applied consistently, helping to reduce excessive access, limit how privileges are distributed, and provide a clearer view of who has access to what and why.

As your environment evolves, we continue to refine and extend your Adaxes deployment, introducing new automations, adapting to organisational change, and supporting broader efforts to improve identity governance, reduce credential exposure and strengthen control across Active Directory.

We have delivered Adaxes across environments ranging from targeted automation projects through to large scale Active Directory and Microsoft 365 estates, including deployments supporting tens of thousands of users.