Junior Achievement USA
An EASYENTRA Customer Story
Junior Achievement USA
An EASYENTRA Customer Story
From Easy365Manager to EasyEntra – A Seamless IT Evolution
“EasyEntra has been a game-changer for our IT team. We no longer have to navigate multiple platforms to manage user accounts and mailboxes. What once took us 30 minutes now takes only 10 minutes—saving us valuable time while improving efficiency.”
Doug Sanders
Manager of Technical Customer Support
Junior Achievement USA
ABOUT JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA
Junior Achievement USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young people with financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship skills. Through its extensive network of volunteers, Junior Achievement delivers hands-on learning experiences to help students succeed in the global economy.
With multiple locations and a growing digital infrastructure, IT efficiency is crucial for seamless operations. Managing user accounts, mailboxes, and a hybrid environment required a robust yet easy-to-use solution.
THE CHALLENGE: A HYBRID IT SETUP WITH INCREASING COMPLEXITY
Junior Achievement USA first adopted Office 365 and Exchange Online in 2019 while exploring Azure AD for cloud account management. However, the transition from on-premises to cloud services posed several challenges:
Hybrid Complexity: Managing user accounts and mailboxes across both local AD and the cloud was inefficient and cumbersome.
Legacy Infrastructure Challenges: Certain mailboxes and Exchange items couldn’t be migrated, yet the need to decommission on-premises Exchange and AD servers remained.
Time-Consuming Administration: The IT staff had to switch between multiple consoles for routine user management.
To bridge this gap, Junior Achievement USA implemented Easy365Manager, which enhanced local AD and Exchange Online integration with Microsoft 365. While this solution helped with hybrid account management, their IT team encountered new challenges as their needs evolved:
Fragmented Management Experience: Although Easy365Manager enhanced AD integration, it still relied on the older AD Users & Computers tool, which was slow and prone to hangs, resulting in inefficiencies.
Limited Cloud Administration: As Junior Achievement USA expanded its use of Microsoft 365 services, they encountered new administrative gaps—certain objects, such as specific group types, could not be managed from on-prem AD, forcing IT staff to manually handle configurations across multiple portals or PowerShell.
It became evident that Junior Achievement USA needed a next-generation solution that fully leveraged modern cloud-based IT management.
THE TRANSITION TO EASYENTRA
After researching alternatives, Junior Achievement USA discovered EasyEntra—a fully cloud-integrated solution that replaces legacy AD tools with a modern, unified interface.
Why the switch from Easy365Manager to EasyEntra?
Seamless AD and Microsoft 365 Management – Unlike Easy365Manager, which relies on AD Users & Computers, EasyEntra offers a unified, standalone interface for managing users, groups, mailboxes, and other directory objects seamlessly across Microsoft 365 and local Active Directory (AD).
Better Performance – No longer dependent on on-premises AD tools prone to hangs, EasyEntra improves stability and speeds up user operations.
Streamlined User Management – Tasks that once required multiple admin consoles and PowerShell commands are now simplified into a single platform.
Drastic Time Savings – Previously, onboarding a new user took 30 minutes, requiring manual updates across multiple systems. With EasyEntra, it now takes just 10 minutes.
”We started running into serious issues with our AD/Azure hybrid setup last November. EasyEntra was the perfect upgrade – we no longer struggle with the AD Users & Computers tool, and everything is much faster.”
– Doug Sanders, Junior Achievement USA
IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS
Switching to EasyEntra was a smooth and immediate improvement for the IT team. The standalone application eliminated their reliance on the older on-premises AD tools, and the team could start using EasyEntra with minimal training.
Key benefits include:
Faster User Management – Onboarding and offboarding times were reduced from 30 minutes to 10 minutes per user.
Unified Administration – Instead of switching between three to four different platforms, IT staff now handle almost all tasks in EasyEntra.
Simplified Mailbox Control – Unlike the standard Microsoft tools, EasyEntra allowed for granular security and access modifications for individual mailboxes.
Reduced IT Burden – The Help Desk team can now focus on higher-priority IT issues instead of tedious account administration.
“This product has been a miracle for our Help Desk. EasyEntra has completely transformed how we handle Microsoft 365 administration.”
—Doug Sanders, Junior Achievement USA
Annual License includes:
Unlimited Installations and IT Admins: The license includes unlimited installations and access for all IT team members, enabling efficient collaboration without extra costs.
Comprehensive Support and Upgrades: The license covers unlimited support and regular updates, ensuring the tool remains up-to-date with evolving Microsoft 365 requirements.
No Additional Infrastructure Needed: EasyEntra operates as a client-side tool, eliminating the need for costly infrastructure investments.