Using AD Assessment Scheduler

• Nirmal@DynamicPacks.net
• May 7, 2024
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The AD Assessment Scheduler of SmartProfiler for Active Directory is designed to run AD Assessment automatically and notify if any issues occur. Once the schedule is finished running, an email will be sent to the recipients defined in the scheduler and email will look like below:

Using AD Assessment Scheduler: Opening SmartProfiler Smart Scheduler

To open the Smart Scheduler, click on the “Smart Scheduler” under the “Active Directory Security” pane. In the left pane, you can define the schedule as to when the AD Assessment is going to run and in the right pane, you can check/uncheck the AD Tests. Please note Smart Scheduler can only execute AD Tests which are checked in the grid.

The Smart Scheduler runs with Smart Profiler AD Agent. Please make sure Smart Profiler AD Agent is running for AD Scheduler to work.

If you do not wish to use AD Scheduler, you can disable the scheduler by clicking “Disable Scheduler” button found on the Action bar.

Creating Email Template

To create an Email Template, click on “Manage Email Templates” button:

If you would like to edit an existing email template, select the email template form the drop down and then click on “Open” button. To create a new email template, provide all inputs and then click on “Save Template” button to save the email template.

You can also send a test email to ensure email fields are correct by clicking on “Send Test Email” button.

Schedule Settings

Smart Scheduler runs at a pre-defined interval which is defined by you. There are following schedule settings available:

• Run Every: Run every includes EveryDay, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
• Hour: In hour you can specify the hour.
• Condition: Thereare following conditions available with scheduler:
  • If Tests in Profile is in Critical Severity: Notify only if Critical issues occur.
  • If Tests in Profile is in High Severity: Notify only if High issues occur.
  • If Tests in Profile is in Any Severity: Notify only if any issues occur.
  • On Successful Completion of Execution: Notify once execution is completed by Scheduler.
• Email Template: Select the Email Template that you would like to use.
• Action: Notify Via Email or Do Not Notify

Running Schedule Test

Smart Scheduler ships with a test scheduler to trigger schedule manually to ensure the defined settings are correct. To start the schedule test, click on “Execute Scheduler” button and then wait for it to trigger. The log window will open which will show the schedule log. Once the scheduler is completed and if you have an email template added an email will be sent to you based on the conditions defined in the Schedule Settings.

Note that Scheduler must be enabled in order to run scheduler test and also the SmartProfiler AD Agent must be running on the target computer.

Saving Schedule Settings

If you make any changes to the schedule settings and check/uncheck tests to be included in the Scheduler, please ensure to click on “Save Schedule Settings” button on the action bar. The AD Assessment Scheduler of SmartProfiler checks all tests recommended by ANSSI and MITRE.