DW Spectrum User Manual

Key Concepts (Users):

•User accounts are defined by both a User Type and a set of Permissions that are granted through Group membership and/or directly granted to the user account.

•A user must log in to a Site before they can perform any permitted actions.

•Once a user account is created, the (user account) type cannot be changed.

•An administrators can create and configure any Site user.

•Power Users can not create or configure Administrators or other Power Users.

•The Desktop Client must be used to create or change Temporary Users.

•Users can be Enabled, Disabled, Deleted (local user), or Removed (cloud user), using the Desktop Client, the Web Admin client, and the Cloud Portal.

•Users imported from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Server will use their existing credentials to connect to a Site.

•LDAP Users can be configured as individual users or placed into existing Site groups.

Key Concepts (Groups):

•A group is a collection of users who share a common set of permissions via group membership.

•Built-In groups have a set of predefined permissions that cannot be changed.

•Custom groups can be configured to provide a unique set of Site permission to group members.

•Custom groups can be created and configured by Administrators and Power Users.

•Permission changes made to a custom group are equally applied to all users in the Group.

•Users in nested groups inherit permissions from every group their group is a (nested) member of.

•LDAP Groups can be imported and managed as a Custom Group (see "LDAP Users and Groups").

See "Managing Users", "Managing Groups", and managing "LDAP Users and Groups" for more information.

NOTE: The dialog to configure User Permissions and Group Permissions is the same (see "Permissions Management").