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# Configure a web-based Active Directory dashboard entry

Launch a web-based Active Directory dashboard from Devolutions Server to create, disable, or reset users and groups, and recover BitLocker keys.

The Active Directory dashboard can be launched directly from the Devolutions Server web interface.

### Requirements

* Windows 10 or 11.
* Windows Server 2016 and later.
* [Devolutions Gateway](https://docs.devolutions.net/gateway/getting-started/devolutions-server/devolutions-gateway-configuration-with-devolutions-server) version 2023.1 or later.
* The [***View*** ***password permission***](https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/user-group-based-access-control/permissions) is required to launch the session via Devolutions Server's web interface.

### Entry configuration

Properly configure an Active Directory dashboard by following the steps below. First [create an Active Directory dashboard entry](/server/web-interface/vaults/entries/create-entries-manually.md) if not already done.

1. In the ***Properties*** of the entry, go to the ***VPN/tunnel/gateway*** section.
2. Under ***Connect***, select ***Always connect***.
3. Select ***Devolutions Gateway*** as the ***VPN type***.
4. Click ***Update*** to save.

### Open the dashboard in a browser

Once all the conditions are met, click ***Open in browser*** to launch the connection on the web.

### User interface

#### Dashboard settings

<table><thead><tr><th width="186">Settings</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>New user</strong></td><td>Create a new user in Active Directory.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>New group</strong></td><td>Create a new group in Active Directory.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Find BitLocker</strong></td><td>Retrieve the recovery password for a BitLocker-encrypted key.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Enter search filter</strong></td><td>Locate any object within the domain, such as users, groups, or computers.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### User and group settings

<table><thead><tr><th width="216">Settings</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Enable</strong></td><td>Reactivate an object, making it active.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Disable</strong></td><td>Disable an object without deleting it.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Unlock</strong></td><td>Release a user account that has been locked.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Reset password</strong></td><td>Assign a new password to a user account.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Delete</strong></td><td>Permanently delete an object from Active Directory.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Properties</strong></td><td>View or modify the attributes and settings of an object.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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