Quest Software has launched its first set of SaaS Windows management solutions. Quest OnDemand will be hosted on Windows Azure, managing IT environments by leveraging Microsoft’s Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0. The first solutions are currently available in beta.

Quest Recovery Manager OnDemand for Active Directory provides back-up and object-level recovery of Active Directory data. It is designed to enable scheduled back-ups without manual intervention, facilitating scalable recovery of Active Directory data.

Quest InTrust OnDemand collects, stores, reports, and alerts on event data from Windows systems, helping organisations comply with external regulations, internal policies and security best practices.
Both products are expected to be generally available in Q1 2010 on a subscription basis without requiring on-premises deployment and maintenance.

In addition, Quest will roll out a Windows Azure-based SharePoint site report solution, Quest Site Administrator Reports OnDemand for SharePoint, which will give administrators the ability to run overview reports on an unlimited number of sites across their organisations. This solution will be available at no cost.

Quest OnDemand solutions leverage the Windows Identity Foundation for all identity management, authentication and authorisation and are hosted on the Windows Azure platform for secure storage of customer data. In addition, ADFS 2.0 enables authentication by creating a federation between a customer’s on-premises Active Directory and the Quest OnDemand solutions.

Availability

Organisations can register to participate in the OnDemand betas and find more information at www.quest.com/OnDemand