# Create User

## About this task

Users are created in Administration > Users.

NOTE

Authorized Identity Source Users will be automatically created upon first sign in.

To create a User:

## Procedure

1. Navigate to Administration > Users
2. Select + CREATE USER.
3. From the New User Wizard input: 

   Username & Email
   :   - First Name
       - Last Name
       - Username
       - Email address

   Receive Notifications
   :   Enable to receive provisioning email notifications.

   Roles
   :   Role(s) to be inherited by the user. If multiple roles are selected, the higher permission levels of one role will override the other role(s). See the Roles section of this documentation for more information on stacking Roles and specific Role permissions.

   Password
   :   Password must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, a number, and a symbol.

   Enabled
   :   If unchecked, the user will no longer be able to sign into VM Essentials, but their user data will remain.

   Account Locked
   :   This box is checked when a User has tried unsuccessfully to log in too many times. An administrator will need to uncheck this box in order for the User to be able to make another login attempt.

   Password Expired
   :   If enabled, the User will be forced to create a new password upon next login. The expired password cannot be used again.

   Linux Settings
   :   Creates a User with the supplied Username, Password and/or Key-pair on Linux Instances when “Create my User” is selected during provisioning, or a User Group is added to an Instance of which this VM Essentials user is a member of.

   Windows Settings
   :   Creates a User with the supplied Username, Password and/or Key-pair on Windows Instances when “Create my User” is selected during provisioning, or a User Group is added to an Instance of which this VM Essentials user is a member of.

       IMPORTANT

       Please ensure password entered is allowable by Windows.
4. Select SAVE CHANGES.
