Permissions

Permissions in Blazam differ from Active Directory in one major (and extremely helpful) way.

Feature	Active Directory	Blazam
Reusable ACL's	Each ACL is unique for each OU	Create one type of access and reuse that list for any number of OU's
ACL Naming	ACL's are simply a list of properties in the security tab with no real grouping or de-granularization	Named ACL's allow for quick identification of access and it's source as well as allowing the creation of role based ACL's
ACL inheritance	ACL's at higher level OU's propagate down except for overriding deny's	Blazam behaves the same as Active Directory in this regard

TLDR

Blazam adds a layer of abstraction to Active Directory permissions. By including an Access Level layer between the OU permissions and the group assigned, you can create a single ACL rule and reuse it for as many groups on as many OU's as you'd like.

The Access Level's you define can be reused or combined to create exactly the configuration you desire.

Example

A group HR could be given the Access Level Read Users (which allows only read access to usr demographics fields) and the Read Groups Access Level to the OU's Company/Marketing and Company/IT while also receiving Rename Users for the Company/Marketing OU as well as the Deny Group Read Access Level for the Company/IT OU.

This will result in a member of HR to be able to read user demographics in Company/Marketing and Company/IT while being able to read the groups a user is a member of, only if the group is under the Company/Marketing OU.

They will also be able to rename users under Company/Marketing

Note

Permissions that are applied inherit fully down the OU tree unless a Deny permission is set at a lower level.

Delegates

The core element of the permission system in Blazam is the "Delegate".

A "Delegate" can be any group or user.

Any "Delegate" added will allow that user or members of that group to log into the application.

Nested group members are counted.

Access Levels

Access Levels improve upon the default permission system found in Active Directory.

Parameters

Name

You can name your Access Levels however you'd like.

Object Permissions

Permissions are split between different Active Directory object types. You can set different permissions for groups from users, computers, or OU's within the same OU, or any combination therein.

Field Permissions

Under each object type allowed, you can choose which fields will be denied, readable, or editable.

Group Membership Access

Group membership control in Blazam is tied to the group and read permissions.

Assign/Unassing Action

The delegate user must have Assign/Unassign action permissions provided to the parent group in order to assign users or groups to it.

Read Users/Groups

The final permission that must be assigned to delegates is read access to users or groups to be able to add as a member of the parent group

Mappings

Mapping permissions is similar to default Active Directory permissions, but utilizing the powerful Acces Level component to ease and enhance the delegation process.

Impersonation

As a super admin, you will be able to impersonate the application experience of other users. This is extremely helpful when setting up permissions to verify the access you intended.

Effective Permissions

An effective permission simulator is available to test user->target applied permissions without having to enter impersonation

Global Permission Settings

These permissions apply to all users and Active Directory search results

Allow Access Requests

Allow users to request group assign and/or unassign access to groups that a user has read access to but lacks those assignment action permissions from within Blazam.

Upon request, a notification is sent to all Super-Users for approval or rejection. If approved, Blazam automatically assigns access to the group for the user.

Allow self access

Allows all users that can log into Blazam (anyone under Delegates) to be able to have additional permissions applied to their own Active Directory account within Blazam. The applied access is an additional Access Level with all the features it provides applied only to their own accounts.

You could for instance allow additional fields to be read, like Employee ID.

You can provide edit access to phone numbers or home addresses for self service of address changes and emergency notification destinations.

You can allow a user to disable their own accounts if that is something people do.