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Security Explorer® - Frequently Asked Questions
 What does Security Explorer for File Servers manage?
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Security Explorer for File Servers manages permissions on NTFS volumes (Files and Folders), Printers, Shares, Registry Keys, Users and Groups, Services and Scheduled Tasks on Windows servers
- Does Security Explorer create reports?
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Security Explorer can export a complete list of permissions, but does not offer a wide range of formats, analysis or ability to filter and select what to report on. If you are looking for a true security reporting solution, take a look at Enterprise Security Reporter.
- How is Security Explorer licensed?
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Security Explorer is licensed by the number of servers, workstations and/or mailboxes on which you want to manage permissions. For more information on Security Explorer licensing, see the Licensing FAQs page.
- How does this help with server, domain and NT4 migrations?
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After moving user accounts or data between servers or domains, you will often end up with file permissions that relate to SIDs from the user account in the old domain, or maybe SIDs that cannot be resolved to any user account (shown as “unknown accounts”). Security Explorer’s Revoke feature can remove permissions related to unknown accounts, or it’s Clone feature can be used replace unknown SIDs with known ones, or automatically update old permissions to use SIDs from the new domain.
- What is "Administrative Override?"
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Administrative Override allows administrators to set NTFS permissions without encountering the dreaded "Access Denied". Any permissions configured with Security Explorer will be set onto the specified files and folders without error.
- Can't I perform these same tasks with native Windows tools?
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While it is possible to assign NTFS, Printer, Share and Registry permissions and manage Services and Tasks with native tools, administrators are limited to modifying individual entries one computer at a time. With Security Explorer, security changes can be made across multiple computers at once and actions such as quickly assigning ownership, cloning and cleaning up permissions and backing-up/restoring permission sets can only be performed efficiently with Security Explorer.
- How does the permissions backup and restore function work?
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Backups can be scheduled using the user interface or command line, and copy all permissions relating to files and folders into a flat file anywhere you choose. This is a fast operation since it does not backup the data, but only the permissions information. Restoring permissions is as simple as selecting a backup file, navigating down to where you want to repair permissions and restoring them to how they were at the time of the backup.
- How long do permissions management operations take?
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Security Explorer features multi-threading, so long operations take place in separate windows and you can carry on working while the operation continues in the background. The length of time taken depends on the size of your file structure and whether you have chosen to push permissions changes to protected objects as well as those inheriting permissions from their parents.
- Does Security Explorer help with Compliance?
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Yes. Security Explorer gives administrators the ability to implement the security required by compliance standards such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, GLBA and ITIL
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- For more information on Security Explorer licensing, see the Licensing FAQs page.
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