## Setting Up Access Permissions for Parallels Business Automation - Standard Users

To log in to Parallels Business Automation - Standard, a registered user must have a role in one of accounts registered in Parallels Business Automation - Standard. This role gains a user particular access permissions to particular Parallels Business Automation - Standard tools. It is possible to set permissions only if a user is associated with a particular account. Users that are not associated with at least one account cannot log in to Parallels Business Automation - Standard tools.

In Parallels Business Automation - Standard, editable access permissions are set for Control Center users only. Customers that have access to Control Panel can gain only one role (Customer Administrator) that allows working in Control Panel and in this case the set of tools available depends on the applications included in customer's subscription, but not on the role.

For the clean installation, there is a set of default roles both for Provider and Reseller staff members (i.e., registered users under Provider or Reseller account).

Provider can edit access permissions for every role and add a new roles both for Provider staff members and Reseller staff members.

Resellers can only view the access permissions set for each Reseller staff role.

Basic Notions

Users

Users (staff members, customers, and resellers) permissions are identified by Accounts. Each person may be associated with several Accounts and may have different sets of access permissions within different Accounts. Staff members are users registered within the Provider Account.

User Roles

Roles are assigned to a User within Accounts. A Role defines the set of tools accessible by one or another login/password pair. A Role includes a set of access permissions to the Parallels Business Automation - Standard tools. In the Parallels Business Automation - Standard there are three customizable roles for Provider staff members and three - for Reseller staff members. The set of permissions in each Role is defined by Provider. Customers get the default and non-customizable role of Control Panel Administrator.

Permissions

Permissions are assigned per Role, not per individual user. Permissions are assigned separately to Roles available for HSP staff members and Resellers.

How Permissions Control is Organized

Only Provider can edit access permissions from the Parallels Business Automation - Standard Provider control Canter. And the Reseller Control Center allows Resellers to view permissions set for Reseller staff members roles (Operations Administrator, Sales and Marketing, Accountant, etc.) by Provider.

Resellers can read this section to get acquainted with the Parallels Business Automation - Standard security model and the mechanism of roles assignment.

Account is the basic Parallels Business Automation - Standard security notion. All operations performed within the system are connected with different Accounts. A person registered within an Account can gain the certain access permissions to Parallels Business Automation - Standard tools, depending on the type of Account.

The following Account types exist within Parallels Business Automation - Standard system:

- Provider Account (only one Account of such type can exist within your Parallels Business Automation - Standard system). This Account is created during the Parallels Business Automation - Standard installation. All persons associated with Provider Account are considered as Provider staff members with particular access permissions to Parallels Business Automation - Standard Provider Control Center. The number of Provider staff members that can concurrently log in to the Provider Control Center is defined by the Parallels Business Automation - Standard license.
- Reseller Account. Reseller Accounts are registered using the Account Director - Reseller Manager. The number of Reseller Accounts is defined in the Parallels Business Automation - Standard License. All persons associated with Reseller Account are considered as Reseller staff members and can be granted a particular role (i.e., access permissions) within Parallels Business Automation - Standard Reseller Control Center.
- Customer Account. Customer Accounts are registered using the Account Director - Customer Manager. Customer Accounts can be of two types: personal or business. All persons associated with Customer Account have access to Parallels Business Automation - Standard Control Panels;

Access permissions per user role can be set in the Configuration Director - Security Manager.

Roles per account can be assigned registered persons in the Configuration Director > Security Manager > All Users. Select a user and then select the Accounts tab.

In This Section Setting Permissions for Provider and Reseller Staff Members

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