Active Roles 提供使用者和群組帳號管理的自動化工具，克服了原生 Microsoft Active Directory 和 Azure Active Directory 工具的不足。這些強化的身分管理功能使您可以更高效、更準確地完成工作，並且無需人工干預。

Active Roles 採用模組化結構設計，因此您的組織可以輕鬆地滿足您現在和將來的業務需求。使用 Active Roles，您可以將這些繁瑣且易於出錯的管理任務，通過自動化來保護和控制來自所有重要的管理存取作業，並解決安全問題，包含：
• 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

Active Roles 安裝需求：
Platform：Any of the following:
•Intel 64 (EM64T)
•AMD64
•Processor speed：2.0 GHz or faster
Memory：At least 2 GB of RAM. The amount required depends on the total number of managed objects.
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：
•Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Standard or Datacenter edition
•Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Standard or Datacenter edition
•Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Standard or Datacenter edition
•Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Standard or Datacenter edition
NOTE: Active Roles is not supported on Windows Server Core mode setup.
Microsoft .NET Framework：Administration Service requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2
SQL Server：You can host the Active Roles database on
•Microsoft SQL Server 2017, any edition
•Microsoft SQL Server 2016, any edition
•Microsoft SQL Server 2014, any edition, 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64), with or without any Service Pack
•Microsoft SQL Server 2012, any edition, 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64), with or without any Service Pack
•Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (MSOLEDBSQL)
Windows Management Framewor：On all supported operating systems, the Administration Service requires Windows Management Framework 5.1
Operating system on domain controllers：Active Roles retains all features and functions when managing Active Directory on domain controllers running any of these operating systems, any edition, with or without any Service Pack:
•Microsoft Windows Server 2019
•Microsoft Windows Server 2016
•Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
•Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Active Roles deprecates managed domains with the domain functional level lower than Windows Server 2012. We recommend that you raise the functional level of the domains managed by Active Roles to Windows Server 2012 or higher.
NOTE: Active Roles is not supported on Windows Server Core mode setup.
Exchange Server：Active Roles is capable of managing Exchange recipients on:
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2019
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3
•Microsoft Exchange 2013 CU11 is no longer supported