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Role-based administration and auditing tool

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Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)

The role-based administration and auditing tool is one of the Configuration Manager tools. Use this tool for the following tasks:

  • Model security roles with specific permissions

  • Audit the security scopes and security roles that other users have

Requirements

  • Run it on the same computer as the Configuration Manager site server

  • You have the Full Administrator, Read-only Analyst, or Security Administrator role

  • Assign your account to the All security scope and all collections

  • (Optional) To analyze report folder security, you need SQL Server access

  • (Optional) To analyze report drill-through, run this tool on the site system server with the reporting services point role

Procedures

Model permissions for a new role

Use the following procedure to model permissions for a new role that you want to create:

  1. Run RBAViewer.exe.

  2. Select the base security roles you want to build on, or start from an empty permission set. Select the necessary permissions.

  3. Select Analyze to see the user interface this custom role will see.

    Note

    To see whether there's an existing security role that meets your requirements, switch to the Similarity tab.

  4. Select Export to save the role as an XML file. Then import it to the Configuration Manager console. For more information, see Create custom security roles.

Audit existing security scopes

Use the following procedure to audit all existing administrative users, collections, and security scopes in Configuration Manager:

  1. Run RBAViewer.exe.

  2. Select the Audit RBA button in the toolbar.

    1. To view the collection-limited relationships in a tree view, switch to the Collection Summary tab.

    2. To view objects assigned to a security role, switch to the Scope Summary tab.

Audit a specific user

Use the following procedure to audit the role-based administration configuration for a specific user:

  1. Run RBAViewer.exe.

  2. Select the Run As button in the toolbar.

  3. Input the specific user name to check the permissions for that account.

  4. The tool displays the security roles assigned to the user or the security group the user belongs to. It also displays the objects this user can see and the actions they can take in the console.

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