Add Users

In Password Depot Enterprise Server you can add new users to the Server Manager using one of the following options:

  1. The button New user
  2. Through Active Directory Synchronization 
  3. Through Azure AD Synchronization

Add new users manually

You can add new, local users to the Server Manager manually using the New user button available in the Users area on the right. Those users will then connect to the Enterprise Server using their Password Depot credentials. To do so, go to the Account tab and select the Password Depot credentials authentication. Enter the user's user name and password. Click OK to finish. The new user will be displayed in the main view of the Users area subsequently and you can start giving them access to databases and assign permissions to entries and folders within those databases.

For the Enterprise Server login, local users will choose in the desktop client's Database Manager the option Sign in with user name and password. They have to enter their credentials, the server's IP address as well as the correct port number in order to access the server.

Add new users through Active Directory synchronization

If users should login on the Enterprise Server through the Integrated Windows Authentication (SSO) you cannot add them to the server manually but have to perform Active Directory synchronization first. You can launch the corresponding wizard by going to Tools → Active Directory Synchronization. The user objects will then be imported into the Server Manager from Active Directory. If synchronization could be completed successfully, you can see all objects that were imported from Active Directory in the Users area afterwards. 

In the user properties of Active Directory users you can see in the Account tab that the option On-Premises Active Directory is already checked by default. In the Active Directory DS tab you can furthermore check other Active Direvtory attributes of the selected user. Those attributes too were inserted automatically during synchronization. 

For the Enterprise Server login, Active Directory users will choose in the desktop client's Database Manager the option Integrated Windows Authentication. During authentication a user's user name and password will be sent to the Active Directory. A message will then be sent back to Password Depot saying that the data sent is either correct or wrong. Based on this information the login will either be completed (if the data sent is correct) or denied (if it is wrong). Therefore, it is important that the user data available in the Server Manager corresponds to the user data in the Active Directory. Thus, we recommend performing Active Directory synchronization on a regular basis in order to transfer changes from the Active Directory into the Server Manager, too.

HINT:  Find out more about Active Directory synchronization in the chapter of the same name. 

Add new users through Azure AD synchronization

Adding new users to the server through synchronization is also required if you want to use Azure AD autentication on the server. To start the synchronization process, open the Server Manager and go to Tools → Azure AD Synchronization. The user objects from Azure AD will then be synchronized with the Server Manager. If synchronization could be completed successfully, you can see all objects that were imported from Azure AD in the Users area afterwards.

In the user properties of Azure AD users you can see in the Account tab that the option Azure Active Directory is already checked by default. In the Azure AD tab you can furthermore check other Azure AD attributes of the selected user. Those attributes too were inserted automatically during synchronization. 

For the Enterprise Server login, Azure AD users will choose in the desktop client's Database Manager the option Azure AD authentication.

NOTE: You should not manually enter or edit any data in the Active Directory DS or Azure AD tab of the user properties because those attributes are always entered automatically during synchronization. Besides, those attributes are only useful if added automatically. Therefore, please note the following: If a user's Active Directory or Azure AD data have changed, do not manually enter those changes in the Server Manager. Moreover, run the Active Directory or Azure AD synchronization again in order to update a user's data.

HINT: Find out more about Azure AD synchronization in the chapter of the same name.

See also: Add Groups, Add users by department