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Export to PDFIn AvePoint Online Services, the main user roles are listed below, and different user roles can perform different actions.
Tenant owner – This is the user whose account is used to sign up for AvePoint Online Services. There is only one tenant owner per AvePoint Online Services tenant. Tenant owner can perform the following actions:
Connect tenants from the Microsoft/Google/Salesforce/Amazon platform
Access online services (if there are available subscriptions)
View subscription information
Manage users
Manage app profiles
Manage service account profiles
Manage auto discovery
Manage encryption profiles
Enable report data collection
Export the user activity report
Configure notification settings
Configure the security settings
Configure app registrations
Configure general settings
Submit feedback
Edit personal/organization profile information
Invite support
Service administrator – Service administrators can perform the same actions as the tenant owner. The following user roles can manage service administrators in AvePoint Online Services: tenant owner, service administrators, and customized administrators assigned with the Management permission.
Customized administrator – In AvePoint Online Services, customized administrators can be assigned the following permissions: Management, Auto discovery, and Administration, and they can only access the functions for which they have been assigned permissions. When customized administrators go to each cloud service, their permissions are the same as the service administrators.
Customized administrators are limited to actions within their defined permission scope. Key points include:
Customized administrators cannot modify permissions for the Tenant owner or Service administrator, nor can they assign other users to these roles.
A customized administrator with all permissions can adjust permissions for other customized administrators and can downgrade them to tenant users.
A customized administrator with Management permissions can perform actions on tenant users and other customized administrators who also have Management permissions. However, they cannot alter settings for users with higher permissions.
Tenant user – Tenant users can be standard users or application administrators.
Standard users can perform the following actions in AvePoint Online Services:
Access online services (if there are available subscriptions)
Submit feedback
Edit personal profile information
Application administrators can:
Access online services (if there are available subscriptions)
Add tenant users and assign services to them. They can only assign the services for which they are application administrators.
Edit tenant users to change available services for them. They can only select the services for which they are application administrators.
Submit feedback
Edit personal profile information
Invite support
The following user roles can also manage tenant users in AvePoint Online Services: tenant owner, service administrators, and customized administrators assigned with the Management permission.
The role permissions for specific services vary by service. To learn more, go to Add Users for information that is specific to your service.