Access control that integrates with Active Directory

[grimstoner]

I've been tasked with getting an access control for our 2500m^2 building. It just makes sense to me to use AD as a user store for this system, with user groups dictating which users have access to which doors. Anyone know of such a system?

I've gotten quotes in the R200k range that you have to enroll all the users in a seperate database, and purchase licenses for other databases (i.e. AccSys uses Sybase, which costs R35k). The pricing on the readers is pretty much spot on, but if I were to use AD as a user store, it would save me from enrolling 200 users (I know some of these systems offer import functions, but I don't want to go that route).

 

[Franna]

http://www.edgeconnector.com/

 

[grimstoner]

Should've specified... in South Africa.

 

[Tim the Techxpert]

Hi There,
Edgeconnector as Franna suggested is one suggestion. If they are not in South Africa as your post suggests then why not contact them. They may have a South African distributor or access control partner that they work with.
You could always approach the different suppliers of access control and see what their suggestions are. One I know of is Controlsoft but there are plenty around.

Regards

Tim

 

[AndyC]

Facility Commander Wnx is also a pretty good ACS that natively supports AD authentication.

 

[MDKza]

Hello,

Dont you want to PM me how many people you have in the building and how many devices you need.

I can get you some pricing.