{"id":77957,"date":"2023-03-16T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=77957"},"modified":"2024-08-14T16:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T20:57:07","slug":"how-jumpcloud-increases-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/how-jumpcloud-increases-productivity","title":{"rendered":"How JumpCloud Increases Organizational Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JumpCloud\u2019s open directory platform<\/a> is a complete identity, access, and device management solution for IT organizations. It is a cloud-based directory service that has open integration capabilities with other tools, as well as many built-in features that empower IT departments to get rid of some of the unwanted and disparate tools found within their IT stack, thus unifying and simplifying IT management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of how robust and modern the JumpCloud Directory Platform<\/a> is, organizations that use it have noticed significant improvements in productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 Ways JumpCloud Improves Productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not only does JumpCloud increase productivity across the IT department, it also improves productivity among end users. Let\u2019s start with how JumpCloud empowers IT to do more with their time at work each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JumpCloud\u2019s open directory platform improves IT<\/em> productivity through:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Centralized Identity, Access, and Device Management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The primary way in which JumpCloud empowers IT to be more productive with their resources is by centralizing identity, access, and device management into a single platform regardless of user and device location, the devices and operating systems used in your organization, or the types of resources employees use. Rather than IT bouncing between different tools to manage users on different devices, in different departments, or in different locations (in-office, hybrid, remote), every user, device, and resource can be managed centrally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This unified IT management strategy saves IT time and money by lowering their total cost of ownership<\/a>, because fewer tools are needed to manage the IT environment. Another important advantage of centralized IT management within JumpCloud\u2019s open directory is that IT can use it to automate many of their manual tasks and workflows to save even more time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Automation Capabilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

JumpCloud\u2019s automation capabilities reduce the time IT has to spend on tedious, and often repetitive, manual tasks. Use the JumpCloud directory platform to automate onboarding, role change, and offboarding tasks across the entire identity lifecycle of each employee that joins, moves within, or leaves your organization. These automation capabilities<\/a> save IT a significant amount of time and empower the IT team to be productive in other realms that need more hands-on expertise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within JumpCloud, this automation occurs primarily through user, device, and policy groups. These groups allow IT to make changes at scale and avoid dealing with identity lifecycle management tasks individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User groups:<\/strong><\/a> Access to relevant resources (apps, networks, LDAP resources, and more) is provisioned to the group itself, so when a new user is added, they automatically get access to all of those resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Device groups:<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>Pool together your devices for policy enforcement and user account provisioning at scale. Connect the user groups that will get bulk access, and assign device policies all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Policy groups:<\/strong><\/a> Add multiple policies to a policy group, and apply the policy group to a device group to better control and secure devices with just a few clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, automate tasks related to passwords, such as password resets, which traditionally eat up a lot of IT\u2019s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upwards of half of all service desk calls are related to password resets, and each of these calls costs money \u2014 sometimes upwards of $70 for a single reset<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Specify password requirements and password change intervals in JumpCloud for automated password security, and easily keep track of old or weak passwords using JumpCloud Password Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Robust Native Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So, now that you know how JumpCloud increases IT productivity by centralizing your identity, access, and device management and empowering you to automate processes, you might be wondering what else JumpCloud has to offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

JumpCloud is flexible and can either sit at the center of your IT infrastructure and connect to other identity sources you currently use to better centralize identity, access, and device management without being the sole source of truth, or<\/em> it can be your sole directory and identity provider (IdP) that does act as your source of truth for identities, access, and devices in your organization. These options give you the flexibility to choose how you want your IT infrastructure to be set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past that, JumpCloud has robust built-in features that eliminate the need for many point solutions, which makes IT management easier and more cost-effective. Some of those features include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n