Advanced RunAs
Remove local administrator privileges on Windows servers and endpoints. Effortlessly elevate applications for standard users with on-demand, time-limited permissions.
Introducing Advanced RunAs 2.1
Elevate Applications On-Demand
Enable standard users to easily run approved applications that typically need admin rights, whenever necessary. Elevate the applications, not the users.
Remove Admin Privilege
Remove local administrator rights from users on Windows endpoints. Enforce least privilege without impacting operational efficiency.
Self-Service Elevation
Prevent the execution of unapproved software and block malicious programs from infiltrating your organization. Ensure all users have just enough, least privileged access to your IT infrastructure.Enforce security policies seamlessly, without impacting end-user productivity. Reduce IT workload in managing user privileges.
Prevent Malware, Ransomware
Malware needs admin privileges to take hold on computers and spread across the network. By removing local admin rights on endpoints and allowing on-demand application elevation, Advanced RunAs dramatically reduces the risk of attacks.
Enhance Security and Maintain Productivity
Advanced RunAs offers a unified approach to privilege management, providing enhanced security while maintaining operational efficiency. Standard users can elevate applications on-demand without dealing with UAC password prompts, enjoying both flexibility and ease of use.
Key Features of Advanced RunAs
Advanced RunAs – Hassle-Free Admin Task Execution with Encryption, MD5 Checksum, and Windows Compatibility
Environmental variables
With Advanced RunAs, simplify your command line usage by incorporating environmental variables like %computername% etc. Advanced RunAs can interpret and parse these variables effortlessly.
Strong RC4 Encryption
To secure your credentials, Advanced RunAs employs Pseudo Random Seed and RC4 encryption. This ensures the data within the executable is well-protected, making unauthorized access extremely difficult.
Time limited Executables
Advanced Runas supports time limitation for the RunAs Executables. You can set the expiry date for the exe and after the expiry date the RunAs executable cannot be run.
Windows compatibility
Advanced RunAs has been rigorously tested and certified for seamless performance across various Windows operating systems, including Windows Windows 10, Windows 11. It is also fully compatible with the latest Windows Server editions.
No client side setups
You don't need to install any extra software on the client side to run RunAs executables. All you need is to install and license the main software.
MD5 Hash Check
Advanced RunAs uses MD5 hash checksum verification to ensure the integrity of target executables. Before running a command, it checks that the executable's checksum matches the original. If there's a mismatch, the command won't be executed, preventing security issues from modified files. With MD5 verification, you can trust Advanced RunAs to always execute the correct executable.
Use Case Scenarios of Advanced RunAs
Managing Administrator Privileges and Controlling Applications on Endpoints: Use Cases
Case 1: Installer Elevation
Allowing standard users to install applications that typically require administrator rights
Imagine a user in your department who usually needs administrator rights to install, or update a list of applications and processes. When you remove local admin rights and make the user a standard user, these installation setups won’t run.
With Advanced RunAs, standard users can install those applications effortlessly, without any hassle.
Create a RunAs exe with the installer path located in a server path. Distribute the RunAs exe to the user. With this Runas exe, the user can install the software on his own.
Case 2: Application Elevation
Allowing standard users to run application which require admin credentials
Assume a standard user in your company wants to have the option to start and stop few services for performing his routine tasks. Starting and stopping services needs permissions.
The management says you cannot give the end user full permission
Advanced Runas can help in this situation. You can create a RunAs executable which can start the “services.msc” with elevated credentials of local administrator.
The standard user can use this RunAs to start the services.msc and start or stop any service as required. You can set a time limit to this RunAs till the duration of the specific project if required.
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