Configuration guide: Manage local admin permissions

The configuration options on this page are only accessible to administrators.

Refer to the Usage guide: Manage local admin permissions to use library content as a standard user.

Prerequisites

This library pack contains content from the following required expansion products:

Flow - Workflows

Some of these products offer default access to their respective content and can still be used without expansion products.

To learn more about default thresholds for expansion products, visit the extended documentation.

Included content and dependencies

This library pack contains the following content and dependencies:

Content type

Name

Description

Dependencies

Workflows

Manage local admin permissions

Orchestrates the process of granting and revoking temporary local administrator privileges

None

Remote actions

Add or remove user from local administrator group

Allows for a quick addition or removal of the currently logged in user from the local administrator group on a Windows machine.

Used directly in the workflow

Remote actions

Grant or remove admin rights

Allows for quick addition or removal of admin access to the currently logged in user on macOS devices.

Used directly in the workflow

Configuring Manage local admin permission pack

Adapt these suggested configuration steps to edit and customize content according to your organizational needs.

Follow these steps to install and configure content:

Before configuration - Install library pack content from Nexthink Library
Step 1 - Configure remote action(s)
Step 2 - Configure workflow thinklet credentials

Step 1 - Configure remote actions

From the main menu, navigate to the Remote Actions > Manage remote action page.
Review and edit your remote actions.

Nexthink recommends the following configurations for these remote actions:

Name

Trigger schedule

Parameters to edit

Add or remove user from local administrator group

Trigger: Workflow

Turn on "Allow the user to enter a custom value" check box for input parameter.

Grant or remove local admin rights

Trigger: Workflow

None

Step 2 - Configure Microsoft Teams communication channel

This workflow uses Microsoft Teams messages as the communication channel with end users, which is called a Message thinklet. To learn more about the Message thinklet, see the documentation.

For the Message thinklets to work correctly in this workflow, please complete the configuration steps described on this documentation page.

Step 3 - Configure workflow thinklet credentials

Configuring the ServiceNow integration is crucial for enabling API calls. Before managing the workflow, ensure the ServiceNow connector credentials are correctly set up.

Within the workflow, populate each Service/API thinklet dropdown field with the appropriate Credentials. When a workflow is installed or copied from the Library, these fields will be blank, as credentials are specific to each local environment and are not included in the Library setup.