Edit Windows accounts

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Edit Windows Accounts allows administrators to modify the properties and access settings of users authenticated through Windows or Active Directory within Visual Guard. This includes updating role assignments, group memberships, permissions, and security options without changing the user’s Windows credentials, ensuring centralized access control while relying on domain-based authentication.

Benefits of Editing Windows Accounts

🔄 Centralized access management

Editing Windows accounts in Visual Guard allows administrators to modify roles, group memberships, and application permissions from a single interface. These changes are applied at the application level without altering the underlying Windows or Active Directory credentials, ensuring controlled and consistent access management.

⚙️ No dependency on AD changes

Visual Guard enables security and access updates to be implemented independently of Active Directory. Administrators can respond quickly to access requirements or security adjustments without waiting for directory-level changes, approvals, or synchronization cycles.

🛡️ Consistent security enforcement

Visual Guard policies such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), role-based access restrictions, and access validation rules can be enforced uniformly across all Windows users. This ensures consistent security controls regardless of how authentication is managed at the directory level.

👥 Flexible role and group assignment

Administrators can easily adjust user roles and group memberships to reflect job role changes, project assignments, or temporary access needs. This flexibility eliminates the need to re-create user accounts and ensures that access remains aligned with current responsibilities.

📋 Improved auditing and governance

All changes to roles, groups, and permissions are centrally tracked within Visual Guard. This provides clear visibility into who made changes, when they occurred, and how access was modified, supporting compliance requirements, audits, and effective troubleshooting.

🚀 Operational efficiency

By managing application access independently from domain administration, Visual Guard reduces administrative workload and coordination overhead. IT teams can perform access updates faster and more efficiently, improving responsiveness while maintaining strong governance.

Edit Windows User – Winconsole

Edit Windows User – Webconsole