About Accruent user administration

Accruent user administration consists of these separate but interrelated activities:

• Windows user account administration. Accruent user accounts can be synchronized with Windows user accounts.
• Accruent user account and group administration as described in the following topics.
• Meridian Explorer and Accruent Publisher security application as described in this guide.
• Meridian Enterprise vault security application as described in the Accruent Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide, the Accruent Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide , and the Accruent Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.

Accruent user accounts and user groups should not be confused with Windows users and groups or Active Directory users and groups. Although Accruent users and groups can be synchronized with their Active Directory counterparts, they are not the same things. Instead, they can work together to authorize content management activities. The Windows user accounts and groups are used solely for user authentication and security permissions outside of Meridian Enterprise vaults and Meridian Explorer repositories. In the remainder of this guide, the terms user and group refer to Accruent users and groups unless otherwise specified.

Accruent users and groups are defined in Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console. They are defined in one place for use in any of the vaults or repositories on the same LAN. To configure Meridian Enterprise to use the user accounts and groups defined in Meridian Enterprise Server, see the Accruent Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide. After the two systems have been connected, you can make changes to the user accounts and groups in either system and they will be stored in Meridian Enterprise Server.

After they have been defined, Accruent users and groups can be applied to:

• Meridian Explorer repository views
• Meridian Explorer and Accruent Publisher administration

Creating and managing Accruent user accounts and groups are described in the following topics.