Getting started with RapidLAPS
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RapidLAPS is Lithnet Access Manager's passwordless login system for LAPS accounts.
This quick-start guide will provide you with all the information you need to get up-and-running with using Lithnet Access Manager to enable RapidLAPS login to your windows devices.
Now you can proceed with installing Access Manager itself. Our will walk you through the process.
If you just want to set up a quick test environment, you can use a single server deployment, with the built-in SQL Express engine, to simplify the deployment.
Using RapidLAPS first requires that the computers you are deploying to have a LAPS agent installed and running.
This can be the legacy Microsoft LAPS agent, the new built-in Windows LAPS agent, or you can use the Access Manager agent to manage your LAPS passwords.
While RapidLAPS requires that you deploy the Access Manager agent to your devices, you don't need to use it to manage the LAPS password itself.
If you have Microsoft LAPS up and running already, then skip over to the next step. Otherwise, following one of these guides to configure the LAPS agent of your choosing
Once you've deployed LAPS, you'll need to configure the Access Manager service to be able to read those LAPS passwords using one of the following guides.
Before configuring RapidLAPS, make sure you can access the LAPS password from the Access Manager web app first. If you're unable to retrieve the LAPS password, RapidLAPS wont be able to either, so it's imperative to ensure that you test with web-based access to LAPS passwords first.
Once you've validated that Access Manager can read your LAPS passwords, you can proceed with the final stage of configuring RapidLAPS
On a machine where RapidLAPS is configured, logout, and you should be presented with a new tile on the login screen for "Login with RapidLAPS".
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