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TheRESCheatSheet2017

ChrisTwiest

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IndexAbout:......................................................................................................................................................4

Author:................................................................................................................................................4

Disclaimer:...........................................................................................................................................4

RESONEWorkspace................................................................................................................................5

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Architectureimage..........................................................................................................................5

Datastore.........................................................................................................................................5

Agent...............................................................................................................................................5

Composer........................................................................................................................................6

RelayServer.....................................................................................................................................6

Console............................................................................................................................................6

WebManagementConsole.............................................................................................................6

Modules...........................................................................................................................................6

UserContext....................................................................................................................................7

Composition....................................................................................................................................7

ZeroProfile......................................................................................................................................7

Security............................................................................................................................................7

ReadOnlyBlanketing......................................................................................................................7

ManagedApplications.....................................................................................................................8

CPUoptimization.............................................................................................................................8

Memoryoptimization......................................................................................................................8

InstantLogOff..................................................................................................................................8

Usagestracking...............................................................................................................................8

VDX..................................................................................................................................................8

Viewpoint........................................................................................................................................8

DesktopSampler.............................................................................................................................8

RESONEAutomation..............................................................................................................................9

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Datastore.........................................................................................................................................9

Agent...............................................................................................................................................9

Agent+...........................................................................................................................................10

Teams............................................................................................................................................10

Dispatcher.....................................................................................................................................10

MasterDispatcher.........................................................................................................................10

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Console..........................................................................................................................................10

WebManagementPortal..............................................................................................................10

Tasks..............................................................................................................................................10

Module..........................................................................................................................................10

Project...........................................................................................................................................10

Runbook........................................................................................................................................11

Parameter......................................................................................................................................11

Variables........................................................................................................................................11

Resources......................................................................................................................................11

Connectors....................................................................................................................................11

RESONEIdentityDirector.....................................................................................................................12

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Datastore.......................................................................................................................................12

Setup&sync..................................................................................................................................12

ManagementPortal......................................................................................................................13

MyStore........................................................................................................................................13

Services..........................................................................................................................................13

Workflow.......................................................................................................................................13

Attributes......................................................................................................................................13

ServiceCatalog..............................................................................................................................13

Transactions..................................................................................................................................13

Mobilegateway.............................................................................................................................13

RESReporting........................................................................................................................................14

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RESIdentityBroker................................................................................................................................15

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ArchitectureImage........................................................................................................................15

RESONEEnterprise...............................................................................................................................16

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About:ThisisaREScheatsheetthatlooksatalltheRESproductsandproductterms.Itgivessimpleexplanationsfortheseterms.KnowingthesetermsandwhattheymeanwillhopefullyhelpyoutocreatebettertechnicaldesignsortoengagemorewithcolleaguesaboutRESproducts.

Formorein-depthdocumentationIwouldreferyoutotheself-studykitsandadministrationguidesofRESwhichcanbedownloadedfromtheRESSuccessCenter.https://success.ressoftware.com

Author:ChrisTwiest,WorkspaceIT-consultantatDetronintheNetherlands.Withmorethan10yearsofexperienceinmanagingandcreatingworkspaceenvironments.AddmeonLinkedInoremailmeatchris.twiest@detron.nl

Pleasevisitmyblog:

https://workspace-guru.com

Disclaimer:ThischeatsheetorotherpublicationsaremyownpersonalopinionsandarebynomeansassociatedwithmyemployerorRES.

Alllogosarecopyrightoftheirrespectiveowners.

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RESONEWorkspaceRESONEWorkspace,istheUserEnvironmentManager(UEM)fromRESandIthinkthemostknownproduct.WithRESONEWorkspacewecansecureandenhancetheuser’sdesktopwiththerightsettingsattherighttime.ItalsoempowerstheITadministratorswithaneasytomanageandpredictableenvironment.

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DatastoreThisistheRESONEWorkspacedatabasewhichcanexistonSQL,DB2,OracleandMySQL.ThedatabasecontainstheConfigurationandState,LoggingandUsageTrackinginformation.RESONEWorkspaceallowsyoutosplitthedatastoreintoaprimarydatastoreandsecondarydatastore.TheConfigurationandStateinformationwillalwaysstayintheprimary.LoggingandUsageTrackingcanbemigratedtothesecondary.Agentsneedtoconnecttothedatastore,thiscanbedonedirectlyorindirectlywithRESONEWorkspaceRelayserver.

AgentTheagentconnectstothedatastoreorrelayserverandcreatesacacheoftheinformationneededfortheusersessions.LoggingandUsagetrackingisthengatheredbytheagentandstoredinthecache,andwillbewrittenbacktothedatastoreinintervals.Becausetheinformationisalwayscached,anagentdoesn’tneedtobeconnectedtothedatastoreallthetime.Forexample,laptopsthatareontheroad.

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ComposerThecomposerispartoftheagentandcomposestheusersuniformworkspaceenvironment.Itdoesthiswiththeinformationfromtheagentcache.Thiswayausercanhaveauniformworkspaceeveniftheagentisnotconnectedtothedatastore.Thecomposerprovidestheworkspacewithonlythefunctionalitytheuserneeds,likeapplication,settings,etc.

RelayServerRelayserverscacheinformationfromthedatastore.Agentscanconnecttotherelayserverandupdatetheircacheinsteadofconnectingtothedatastore.Thisreducesthedatastoreloadandnetworktraffic.Relayserverisalsoagreatwaytoimprovethescalability.Forexample,ifyouhaveadatastoreinParisand50agentsinNewYorkinsteadofeachagentconnectingtoParis.InstallarelayserverinNewYorkandthe50inNewYorkwillthenconnecttotherelayserverandonlytherelayserverwillconnecttothedatastoreinParis.ThissavesalotofdatatravellingthroughexpensiveWANlinks.

Relayserverisoptionalandrelayserverscanbestacked.Ifwetaketheexampleaboveandweadd50agentsinLondonand10agentsinParis,wecouldjustconnectthe10agentsinParisdirectlytothedatabaseandcreatearelayserverinLondonforthose50agents.IfwefindoutthattheWANlinkbetweenNewYorkandLondonisfasterandcheaperthanPariswecanconfiguretheRelayserverinNewYorktoconnecttotheRelayserverinLondoninsteadofthedatastoreinParis.

ConsoleWiththeconsoletheIT-administratorcancreate,manageandanalyzetheuserenvironments.Italsoisagreathelpdesktoolwhichallowsthehelpdesktoquicklyanalyzeuserenvironmentsandfindissuesorerrorsintheusersworkspace.Theycanalsoinitiatearemotevieworcontrolsessiontotheuserworkspace.

WebManagementConsoleThewebconsoleisanewlyintroducedfeatureinv10(Version10)ofRESONEWorkspace.Itallowsyoutoanalyzeuserworkspaceenvironmentswithmuchmoredetail.ItisalsopossibletoexportinformationfromthewebconsoleinCSVorXMLformat.ThewebconsolecanbelinkedtoRESReporting.SoonRESwillbemovingmorefeaturesfromtheWindowsconsoletothewebconsole.

ModulesRESONEWorkspaceislicensedwithmodules,theseare:

CoreThisisthebasemodulethatisbuilt-inwitheveryRESONEWorkspaceinstallation.Thismoduleisfreeandincludeseverythingtocreateauser’sworkspace.Itallowsyoutocreatestartmenu’s,fileshareconnections,printerconnectionsetc.

CompositionThecompositionmoduleisapaidmoduleandneedstobelicensed.ItallowsyoutouseZeroprofiletechnologyandcreateanactiononapplicationlevel.ItalsohassupportforWindows2016,MacOSandLinuxagents.Withthecompositionmodule,youcanusethenewWebManagementConsole.

SecurityThesecuritymoduleisapaidmoduleandneedstobelicensed.ThismodulegivesanIT-administratorthetoolstofightagainstransomwareandvirusespro-actively.Itcomeswithagreatapp-lockerandreadsonlyblanketing.Furthermore,itallowsyoutoapprovewhichperipheralsforstorageareusedandithaswebsitecontrol.

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GovernanceThegovernancemoduleisapaidmoduleandneedstobelicensed.Thismoduledoesthreethings.One;itgivesyoutheperformancefeaturesfromRESONEWorkspace,likeCPUOptimization.Two;itallowsyoutogathermoreinformationfromtheusersworkspacesandusetheUsagestracking.ThisisalsoneededforRESReporting.Three;itallowsyoutodelegatecontrolwithinRESsothatthehelpdeskcanhelppeoplebutarenotallowedtochangeanapplication.

AutomationRESONEWorkspaceAutomationmoduleisanadd-onthatinstallsRESONEAutomationandletsyouuseAutomationtodeploysoftware,drivers,servicesetc.FormoreinformationseetheRESONEAutomationchapter.

Moreinformationaboutthemodulescanbefoundhere:http://www3.ressoftware.com/rs/794-EGN-208/images/RES-Workspace-Capability-Matrix.pdf

UserContextContextiswho,whenandwhereofausersworkspace.RESONEWorkspacecreatestheuniformworkspacejustintimeandtodothisitneedsthecontext.Forexample,auserworksonhislaptopintheofficeat14:00andwouldbeallowedtousebusinesscriticalapplications.ButthesameuserconnectedtoaCitrixsessionfromhomeat22:00wouldnotbeallowedtostarttheapplication.WithUsercontext,wecancreateAccessControlrulesandcreateajustintimeuniformworkspace.

CompositionThecompositionsectionintheRESONEWorkspaceConsoleletsyoucreatetheworkspaceenvironment.Hereyoucanaddallyourcompany’sIT-resources(applications,networkshares,printersetc).ThenwithAccessControlrulesyoucanmanagewho,whenandwheregetsaccesstothoseresources.CompositionsectionalsoallowsyoutomanagetheuserprofileswithZeroProfiletechnology.

ZeroProfileZeroprofiletechnologyisREShybridprofilesolution.UserslogonwithmandatoryprofilesandthenRESONEWorkspacewillcapturesettingsfromtheprofile.Itsavesthosetotheuserhomedirectory(oranotherdestination)with.upf(UserProfileFiles)and.upr(UserProfileRegistry)files.ItalsoallowstheIT-administratortopickwhichsettingswillandwillnotbesaved.ZeroProfiletechnologyisdoneattwolevels.Firstthegloballevel,thesearesettingsthatarerestoredwhenauserlogsontoasession.Thesesettingsaresavedattheendofthesession.Thesecondlevelistheapplicationlevel,thesesettingsarerestoredwhentheuserlaunchestheapplicationandtheyaresavedattheapplicationend.Bycapturingasmanysettingsaspossibleatapplicationlevelthelogonspeedwillincrease.Tomakesurethatloadingofanapplicationdoesn’ttaketoomuchtimeRESONEWorkspacestartscachingbydefaultthemostusedapplicationprofilesassoonastheloginiscompleted.

SecurityThesecuritysectionintheRESONEWorkspaceConsoleletsyouprotecttheenvironmentpro-activelyagainstVirusesandRansomware.Youcanalsocreaterulesthatallowuserstoinstallcertainpre-approvedsoftware.Italsoallowsyoutowhite-andblacklistWebsitesandstorageperipherals.

ReadOnlyBlanketingReadOnlyBlanketingpresentsthewholesystemdriveasareadonlydisk.Thiswayuserscan’tchangefilesonthesystemdrivethey’renotsupposedto.ThisisagreatprotectionagainstransomwarebecauseitwouldnotbeallowedtochangethefilesontheCdrive.RESONEWorkspace

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allowsyoutoreadonlyblanketingwithawhite-orblacklistprincipal.Bydefault,everythingisreadonlyuntilyouplaceitonthewhitelist(AuthorizedFiles).TomakethetransfertoReadOnlyBlanketingeasier,RESONEWorkspacehasabuilt-inlearningmodeatwhichpointitonlylogswhichfilesarebeingchanged,allowingyoutocreateyourwhitelistbeforesettingreadonlyblanketingtoenabledmode.

ManagedApplicationsThisistheAppLockerfromRES.Itallowsyoutowhite-orblacklistapplicationsbasedonapplicationname,pathand/orfilehash.ThiswayaviruswillnotbeallowedtostartbecauseVirus.exeisnotonthewhitelist.EvenwhenavirusreplacedawhitelistprogramlikeWord.exe,withfilehashesconfigureditwillnotbeallowedtostart.ManagedApplicationshasalivelogwhichmakesitpossibletoviewwhichapplicationsarebeingblockedandithasalearningmodetocreateyourwhitelist.

CPUoptimizationWillmakesurethatnotoneuseralonecanusealltheCPUpower.WhichisveryimportantinshareddesktopenvironmentslikeMicrosoftRDSorCitrixXenApp.TheCPUlimitscanbesetbytheadministrator.

MemoryoptimizationReleasesthephysicalmemoryofapplicationsthatarenotactiveandnotinuseanymore.Youcanalsoconfigureamaximalamountofmemorytobeusedbyausersessionwhichcanbehandyinshareddesktopenvironments.

InstantLogOffInstantLogOffcanbeconfiguredtodisconnecttheusersessionassoonastheypresslogoff.Theycanshutdowntheirclientandgohomewhiletheirprofileisbeingsavedandtheirsessionisloggedoff.Thereisonesmallissuethatcanexistwhenworkingwithinstantlogoff.Whichisthattheprofileandsessionarestillbeingloggedoffwhileausertriestolaunchanewsession.Dependingonhowyourenvironmentisconfiguredthiswillresultinanerror.Agoodpracticeistologoffandwaitaminutebeforestartinganewsession.

UsagestrackingWithusagestrackingyoucanviewtheusagesofapplicationsandwebsiteperuserorcomputer.ThishasbeenreplacedwithRESReportinginv10,butcanstillbeusedifthereisnoRESReportingenvironmentconfigured.

VDXRESONEWorkspaceVDXallowsyoutostartlocallyinstalledapplicationsfromaremotedesktopsessionlikeRDS,CitrixorVMware.

ViewpointRESViewpointisanonlineAzure-hostedservicewhichallowsyoutogetmoreinformationaboutyourexistingdesktopinfrastructure.Thisinformationcanthenbeusedfordesktopandinfrastructureprojects.

DesktopSamplerTheDesktopSamplerisatooltocapturealltheapplications,networksharesandprintersauserhasaccesstoinanunmanageduserenvironmentandsavesthisinformationinDTS-files.TheseDTS-filescanbeusedwiththeRESONEWorkspace,Workspacedesignerandallowsyoutotransformunmanageduserenvironmentstomanageduserenvironments.

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RESONEAutomationRESONEAutomation,istheRESITAutomationproduct.Itislightweight,powerfulandreadyforcomplexhybridenvironments.RESONEAutomationcanautomateworkthatwouldhavetakendaystocompleteandfinishitinhours,forexampledeployinganewSQLserver.

Formernames:RESAutomationManager,RESWisdom

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DatastoreThisistheRESONEAutomationdatabasewhichcanexistonSQL,DB2,OracleandMySQL.Thedatabasecontainsthetasksthatcanbedeployedandtheresultsofthetasks.EverydispatchermusthaveaconnectiontotheDatastore.Agentsdon’trequireaconnectiontothedatastore,theygettheirtasksfromthedispatcher.

AgentTheagentsperformthetaskthatwassendtothemfromtheconsolethroughthedispatcher.AnagentcanbeaWindows,LinuxorMacOSmachine.

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Agent+TheRESteamhadreachedthelimitationsoftheRESONEAutomationAgent,sotheycreatedanewonefromthegroundup.TheAgent+onlyworkson64bitmachinesandhasalotofnewpossibilitiesforthefuture.RESONEAutomationAgent+isavailablefromRESONEAutomationv10.

TeamsInRESONEAutomationyoucangroupagents,thisisdoneinTeams.Youcansetdifferentvariables,globalsettingsandpermissionsonateam.

DispatcherDispatcherscommunicatewiththedatabaseandtheagents.Whenthereisataskreadyforanagentconnectedtothedispatcher,thedispatcherwilldownloadallrequiredinformationanddatafromthedatabase.Theagentthenusesthatdatatorunthetask.

MasterDispatcherWithmasterdispatchersyoucanscaleoutyourenvironment.Toenableamasterdispatcheryoumustchangearegistrysettings.Thenotherdispatcherscanconnecttothemasterdispatcherfortheirdatacacheinsteadofusingthedatabase.

ConsoleTheconsoleisthetooltomanageyourtotalautomationenvironment.Itletsyoucreatetasksandschedulethemtoagents.Youcanalsopushagent,dispatcherandconsoleinstallationtootherserversandcreateteams.

WebManagementPortalThewebconsoleisnewlyintroducedinv10ofRESONEAutomation.Itallowsyoutoquicklyseewhichjobsarescheduledandrunning.ThewebconsolecanbelinkedtoRESReporting.SoonRESwillbemovingmorefeaturesfromtheWindowsconsoletothewebconsole.

TasksTasksareactionsperformedbyagentsandformthebaseofRESONEAutomation.TherearealotoftasksthatcanbedonebyRESONEAutomation.Tonameafew:RunaPowerShellscript,Executeancommand,Rebootaserver,Querywhichservicesrunonanagent,andlotsmore.YoucanevendownloadextrataskswithRESONEAutomationConnectors.

ModulesTasksarealwaysaddedtoaModule.Amodulemusthaveatleastonetaskbutcanhavemanymore.Withinamodule,youcanspecifyparametersthatareusedbythetasksinthemodule.Youcanalsosetpermissionsonamodule.Onceamoduleiscreateditwillkeepaversioninglog(Audittrail)toseewhoandwhatischangedinthemodulesincecreation.ItwillalsokeepalogofitsexecutionsinJobhistoryandifitispartofaprojectorrunbookinUsage.

ProjectsModulescanbecombinedinprojects.Whitinaprojectyoucanalsosetconditionsonthemodules.Forexample,ifyouhaveaprojecttodeployanewRDSserverandyouaddamodule:installoffice2013withaconditiononthemoduleifparameter“Officeversion”=“2013”runthismoduleorelseskipthismodule.Thenyouaddanothermoduleinstalloffice2016withtheconditionifparameter“Officeversion”=“2016”runthismoduleorelseskipthismodule.NowyouhavecreatedoneprojectbutwithaparametervalueyoucanselecttoinstallOffice2013orOffice2016.Projectsalso

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allowyoutolinkparametersbetweenmodules.Itisalsopossibleforthefirstmoduletosetaparameterandthesecondmoduletousethisparameter(get).Thiswayyoucanhaveamodulewhichcreatesanautomaticallygeneratedpasswordandthenextmodulewhichwillresetauserspasswordwiththatautomaticallycreatedpassword.

RunbooksWithinarunbookyougroupmultiplemodulesandprojects.Andjustlikeinprojectsyoucansetconditionsonthemodulesorprojects.Italsoallowsyoutolinkmultipleparametersbetweenmodulesandprojectstogether.Whatmakesarunbookuniqueistheabilitytosettheagentthatrunsthemoduleorproject.Arunbookcanconsistofmultipleprojectsormodulesthatrunonmultipleanddifferentagents.Forexample,ifwehaveaprojecttocreateanewUserwemightwanttorunthatonaDomaincontrolleragentbutaftertheuseriscreated,amodulemustruntoemailthecredentialstoHR.Butinthisinstancethedomaincontrollerisnotallowedtosendanemail.Youcanthenrunthatmoduleonanagentthatcanemail.Inthisexample,youuse2agentsinonerunbook.

ParameterWithinRESONEAutomationparametersareusedtomakegenerictaskspecific.Youcancreateyourownparametersandlinkthemtotasks,modules,projectsandrunbooks.Youcancreateatasktosettheinitialvalueoftheparameterorentertheparametervalueyourself.Parameterscanalsobeleftblank.

VariablesRESONEAutomationletsyoucreateglobalvariableswhichthencanbeusedintasks,modules,projectsandrunbooks.Agoodexampleofvariablesisadeploymentaccountcredentialsvariableyoucreatethisonceanduseitinmultiplemodules.Ifthepasswordchangesyouonlyneedtochangethisintheglobalvariable.

ResourcesIntheresourcessection,youstoreorlinkthedatathatisneededtocompleteatask.Forexample,thetaskthatperformsanunattendedinstallationwillneedtoknowwherethesoftware(data)islocatedthatyouaretryingtoinstall.Withinresourcesyoucansetalinktoafileserver,anurltoawebsite,storeintheRESONEAutomationdatastoreorcreateaRESONEAutomationResourcespackedwhichcanthencontainmultipleinstallations.

ConnectorsRESONEAutomationConnectorsareextrataskpackagesthatcanbeperformedonthirdpartysoftware.YoucandownloadtheconnectorsfromtheRESwebsite.Forexample,thereisaVMwareconnectorwhichmakesitpossibletocreateanewVMfromtheRESONEAutomationconsole.

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RESONEIdentityDirectorRESONEIdentityDirector,istheRESself-services,workflowandauto-provisioningproduct.ItusesthepowerofRESONEAutomationinauser-friendlyportal.Itletsyoueasilystreamlinethebusiness.Forexample,theonboardingprocessofausercanbestarteddirectlybyHRandITwon’thavetodoathing.Itsavesmultiplehoursandresources.

Formernames:RESITStore,RESONEServiceStore

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DatastoreThisistheRESONEIdentityDirectordatabasewhichcanexistonSQL,DB2,OracleandMySQL.Itstorestheservicecatalogandthetransactions.

Setup&syncThesetup&synctoolletsyoucreateyourRESONEIdentityDirectorDatastoreandsetupconnectiontoyouridentityproviders.RESONEIdentityDirectordoesn’thaveadirectconnectiontotheActiveDirectory.UnlikeotherRESproductsitusesitsownPeopledatabase.Tofillthisdatabase,youmustconfigurethedatasourceintheSetup&syncclient.

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ManagementPortalThemanagementPortalisthewebbasedmanagementconsole.Fromhereyoucancreatenewservices,viewactivetransactionsandsetuptheenvironment.

MyStoreMystoreistheuserportalinwhichtheusercanrequestservices,andviewwhichservicesareauto-provisionedtothem.

ServicesServicesarecreatedwithinthemanagementportal.Aservicecanbeanythingyouwishtoautomate.Examplesare,Onandoffboardingofusers,resetapassword,requestataxi,requestanewwebserveretc.Toreceiveaservice,youmustqualifyfortheservice.Thiscanbedoneonusernameordepartmentetc.Aservicewilllaunchaworkflowoncerequestedorauto-provisioned.

WorkflowOnceaserviceisstarteditwillrunaworkflow.Workflowsconsistoutoftwoparts,thedeliveryandreturn.Forbothworkflowsyoucansetmultipleactions,likesendemailmessage,provideinformation,compareattributes,invokeaRESONEAutomationRunbook,etc.Workflowsaredisplayedinatreeviewwhichgivesaverysimplebutpowerfuloverview.

AttributesAttributescanmakeagenericactionspecific.TheyworkalmostthesameasRESONEAutomationparametersandcanbelinkedtoparameters.

ServiceCatalogTheservicecatalogcontainsalltheserviceswithinyourRESONEIdentityDirectorenvironment.Fromhereyoucanmanageorcreateservices.

TransactionsWhenauserrequestsaserviceoraserviceisauto-provisioned,itbecomesatransaction.Fromthemanagementportalyoucanviewalltransactions.Whenyouclickonarunningtransactionyoucanseeatwhatpointtheserviceisintheworkflow.Forexample,youcanseeiftheserviceisexecutingaRESONEAutomationRunbookorwaitingonapproval.WithinfinishedservicesyoucanseewhatAttributeswherefilledin.

MobilegatewayThemobilegatewaymakesitpossibletousetheRESONEIdentityDirectorapponAndriodoriOS.Thiswayusersonmobiledevicesdon’thavetousetheweb“MyStore”butcanusetheappwithamoreoptimizedlayoutformobile.

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RESReportingRESReporting,isanewRESproductthatwasreleasedwithv10.ItgeneratesdeepdivereportsofyourRESONEenvironments.Andgivesyouthetoolstocreatereportsofspecificqueries.ThesereportscanthaneasilybeexportedtoabunchofdifferentformatsincludingWord,Excel,PFD.

RESReportingusesMicrosoftSQLserver(minimal2016sp1)reportingservicesfeaturetogeneratedthereports.ItsyncsdatafromtheRESONEproductsdatabasesatintervalssotheinformationinReportingishistoricalandnotreal-time.Itisagreattooltoanalyzeyourenvironmentandviewtrendovertime.OneofmyfavoritereportsistheRESONEWorkspacelogonperformance,hereyoucandoadeepdiveandviewexactlywhichcomponenttookthemosttimetoload.

RESReportingcomesforfreewithRESONEAutomation,RESONEIdentityDirectorandRESONEWorkspaceGovernanceModule.

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RESIdentityBrokerRESIdentitybrokerisanewproductlaunchedwithRESONEv10release.Itcreatesasinglesignonexperienceinthenewwebmanagementportals.Whenyoulogontoamanagementportalitwillcreateasecureticketwhichcanthenbepassedontoothermanagementconsoles.ThiswayyoucanclickonarunbookinRESONEIdentityDirectorandlaunchRESONEAutomationwithouttheneedtosigninagain.

RESIdentitybrokerhasidentityproviders,thiscanbeADFSorAD.AndidentityconsumerstheRESONEproducts.Itislightweightandeasytoinstallandsetup,butitdoesrequireaSQLdatabase.YoucanuseitforfreewithallRESONEproducts.Itisanoptionalcomponentwithoneexception;RESReportingdoesrequireanIdentityBroker.

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RESONEEnterpriseRESONEEnterpriseisthecompletesuiteofRESproducts.ItcomeswithoneinstallertoinstallRESONEAutomation,RESONEWorkspace,RESONEidentityDirector,RESIdentityBrokerandRESReporting.AsabonusyougettheRESONEEnterpriseConsole.Thisisoneconsolefromwhichyoucanconnecttoallotherconsolesandwebmanagementportals.

Formernames:RESONESuite

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