# VMware Permissions

When integrating VMware vCenter with VM Essentials, users must supply credentials for a vCenter account and VM Essentials will only have access privileges equal to the integrated account. Many users will choose to use a vCenter administrator account so that VM Essentials can freely do any function in vCenter without worrying about hitting access limits. Others, for security reasons, may want to restrict VM Essentials only to the minimum permissions it needs to perform its functions. Follow the guide in this section to configure a user with minimal permissions and associate it with the appropriate usage levels before using it to create a VM Essentials Cloud integration.

**Subtopics**  

- **[Create vCenter Users and Roles](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007520en_us/render?page=GUID-443F9C0E-FFD9-48B9-85A8-596A36E7114B.html)**
- **[Privileges](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007520en_us/render?page=GUID-5510EBF1-D36C-4FC5-8581-200044D6F7CC.html)**
- **[Usage](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007520en_us/render?page=GUID-E543FF33-06CE-4547-BC37-5B2AD091D8A8.html)**
