Active Roles Server 提供方便、可自訂的 Web 介面，藉助該介面，經過授權的使用者可執行日常管理工作，包括使用者管理工作(如修改個人資料、群組新增使用者)。內部網路使用者可利用 Microsoft IE 連接至 Active Roles Server 。使用者只能看到為其角色提供了管理存取權限的命令、目錄對象與對象屬性。

• 保護 Active Directory 和 Azure Active Directory 資料
• 透過最低授權模式 (least-privilege model) 控管管理員存取
• 自動化的建立與刪除使用者 / 群組
• 管理 Exchange Online, Lync, SharePoint Online 和 Office 365 以及其他的帳號
• 克服原始工具的限制
• 提供管理複合式環境一個單一、直覺的工具
• 產生即時稽查作業報表
• 快速佈署
• 掌握誰在任何時間點改變了什麼
• 模組化架構來滿足現在與未來的業務需求

在安裝Active Roles之前，請確保您的系統滿足以下最低硬件和軟件要求。Active Roles包括以下組件：
•Administration Service
•Web Interface
•Console (MMC Interface)
•Management Tools
•Synchronization Service

Platform：Intel 64 (EM64T)/AMD64
Processor speed：2.0 GHz or faster
Memory：At least 2 GB of RAM.
Hard Disk Space：100 MB or more of free disk space. If SQL Server and Administration Service are installed on the same computer, the amount required depends on the size of the Active Roles database.
Operating System：You can install Administration Service on a computer running
•Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard or Enterprise edition, Service Pack 1
•Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Standard or Datacenter edition
•Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Standard or Datacenter edition
•Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Standard or Datacenter edition
Microsoft .NET Framework：Administration Service requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

NOTE:
•Active Roles does not support domain controllers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. Ensure that the Active Directory domains managed by Active Roles do not have Windows 2000 Server based domain controllers.
•Active Roles deprecates managed domains with the domain functional level lower than Windows Server 2008. We recommend that you raise the functional level of the domains managed by Active Roles to Windows Server 2008 or higher.

Managed External Person：A Managed External Person is a person managed by the Software who is not a full-time, part-time, or contract employee, or contractor of Customer.
Managed External Person：是由被軟件管理的人員，並非全職、兼職或合約僱員或客戶承包商。(教育單位授權)