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Administrators

Administrators are users that are created within the Unified Security Service system itself and are unrelated to any users belonging to an Active Directory connection. Your Cloud USS account must hav…

Updated 2 years ago by admin

Single Sign On

The USS dashboard can use Office 365 (Azure Active Directory) as a source for authenticating administrator users, meaning anyone with an approved Microsoft account can can single sign on in to the da…

Updated 2 years ago by admin

Active Directory

The Active Directory section allows you to configure synchronisation of one or more Active Directory domains with the USS cloud account. The advantage of this is that you can use Active Directory att…

Updated 1 year ago by admin

AD Connect software

AD Connect is a service, that can be installed on a Windows server in your local network in order to synchronize selected AD objects (users, groups and OUs) to the CensorNet USS Cloud Service. If you…

Updated 2 years ago by admin

Roles

The following administrator user Roles are supported: Super User - full access to all dashboard capabilities. Agent Installer - restricted user capable of installing endpoint agents, AD Connect agent…

Updated 3 years ago by admin

Keyword Lists

Keyword Lists are user-created collections of keywords patterns, which can be used to identify URLs and App Content as part of the Keyword Category Match in Filter Rules. Typically, Keyword Lists are…

Updated 3 years ago by admin

Devices & Groups

The Devices & Groups section allows you to map MAC addresses and IP addresses to device names and also group them together. This allows you to easily reference devices or groups of devices in USS pro…

Updated 4 years ago by admin

Active Directory Synchronisation Explained

General. Active Directory connections are shared across all licensed products. Think carefully about whether you need multiple Active Directory connections as doing so could lead to duplicate objects…

Updated 2 years ago by admin

Active Directory Object Synchronisation

The following table describes the Active Directory object types and their synchronisation status when using the AD Connect client or service. Object AD Connect (on-premise) with Exchange Server 2010…

Updated 2 years ago by admin

Account Password and MFA

To change your administrator password or configure a second authenticator factor, log in to the dashboard and click the key icon in the top right corner: Change your account password. Click the Passw…

Updated 2 years ago by admin

Role Builder

The Role Builder allows you to define custom access to the dashboard using ACL-style permissions and share the defined roles with other accounts. This advanced section allows fine grained control to…

Updated 2 years ago by admin

Granting access to synchronise Azure AD shared mailboxes

IMPORTANT: Due to a recent Microsoft Azure update, some customers may not be able to assign the role in step 4 below via the Azure portal. Please see the Command Line steps at the end of the article…

Updated 1 year ago by admin

Add the Exchange Online API permission to an existing AAD connection

This article applies if you have an existing Azure Active Directory connection in Settings -> Active Directory and you wish to be able to identify shared mailboxes. By default, shared mailboxes synch…

Updated 3 years ago by admin