SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are new to ARM and already have other SolarWinds products that we use. So far it has been working well for our needs. We are still trying to set up the SMTP portion to get automated AD reports via email. It has also helped immensely in helping us discover where the nested shares are in our clients' folder structure systems. One suggestion would be to offer some training during the implementation process. While the application is quite intuitive, it would add to a better implementation experience.

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, Solar Winds Access Rights Manager (ARM) is reliable and easy to use once you figure out how to get what you want from the tool. They have both a client and web version of the tool that can be used. Each one has different functionality so just have to remember where to go to do the task you want. We are still early in our usage, but so far it seems to be working well!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

To be able to manage and report file server permissions. And also I would like to automate AD user account settings.

Likelihood to Recommend

I couldn't do what I was exactly expecting from this solution. And local partners in Turkiye are not experienced and knowledgeable enough. Without support from SolarWinds and videos online they can't even install software!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds ARM is used for the self service platform and the automation of access rights on File Server.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for automation and the API, where you can integrate it with other products.

Self service is great via the web interface, but it lacks the ability to differentiate between departmental folders, if they are set at different levels - Visibility is set to the same level, so if your organization has a different folder structure for a department, then it won't work properly.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Managing and auditing access rights in our organization with SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) it's simply easier, much faster, and also safe!

Likelihood to Recommend

it does the job well but could be cheaper... maybe a licensing based on usage could make more sense.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We make use of Access Rights Manager in our organization for the provisioning of new user accounts, determining folder permissions for all our shared files/folders on our file/print server, as well as administration for our various security/distribution groups (for example listing all groups which are empty) This has made the tasks of creating new user accounts or group management so much easier, and less time-consuming.

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The main benefit we found was with user account creation. Previously this was a much longer process as the account would have to be added to security groups manually, or information regarding job titles, managers, etc would all need to be entered manually. Now with ARM, we have set up templates for all our new users. This means we've cut down on the user account creation time as the templates pre-populate all the correct information specific to that user account.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We purchased SolarWinds ARM when it was owned by 8Man. We bought it as we were commencing a records management project and it was excellent for reporting on the file permissions assigned to users and groups and for AD management. It worked very well initially and we had excellent support from 8Man.

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds [Access Rights Manager] (ARM) is well suited to our environment as we still have unstructured data and we are actively working on a project to tighten up access to data. It works very well as an AD management tool which we want to expand the use of. It is a very good tool, but it is constantly breaking on us and it takes ages to get it resolved.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using ARM to manage our Active Directory and File services. In addition too that we periodically need our users to reevaluate the access permissions on their resources, especially team leaders or managers. It is our main tool to make changes in the AD (all fileserver permissions are managed by security groups in the AD). One important feature is the documentation of who made what. We must make annual reports about our work and this documentation to a public institution.

Likelihood to Recommend

It [SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM)] is well suited for small to medium sized companies who want to enhance and ease up their daily work. As well as it is suited for organized structures, it has its problems with very complex environments. For example, if you are working with direct and multiple permissions instead of having more granular group based permissions.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds Access Rights Manager is used throughout our organisation to manage and inspect access rights to most of the online services we use and to restrict access to only those tools/folders each individual user needs. I use it to visualize all permissions and access to ensure we adhere to the principle of least privileges.

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds Access Rights Manager is ideal for companies using Active Directory. It allows you to manage all employees' permissions from one location. Besides that, it is also great for cybersecurity experts to visualize all the permissions within the company, to audit them and make sure no one has too many permissions. Considering the scope of the applications, it would be most-suited for medium to large companies.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SolarWinds Access Rights Manager [(ARM)] across the entire organization. It was primarily put in place to meet audit requirements when granting access to AD groups, file shares and onboarding or offboarding user accounts. We also just began to use the reconciliation feature as it is now available for AD groups.

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I believe Solarwinds [Access Rights Manager (ARM)] is best designed for SMB. We looked at the leaders in Identity Access Management and were quoted big numbers and long timelines. We needed to have something up a running in a couple months without breaking the bank. This fit the bill and met most of the audit requests.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Only admins in IT use it. We manage the Dataowner and the Permissions they wanna give to their Users. With ARM we have completely restructured our main File Server and then have redone all of the Permissions based on what the Dataowner wants. We work closely with the Dataowner to make sure everything is set up as they want it.

Likelihood to Recommend

Best suited: It is best suited for companies who don't want to worry too much about access rights. The initial workload may be huge, based on the current rights situation in your company, but after setting everything up the time to change or review permissions has dropped drastically. Not suited: If you want to specify permissions on a Folder and have them overwritten each time someone makes a change, ARM is not the product for you.