# Create a user



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This article explains how to **create a user** in the Socotra Insurance Suite.

Key concepts [#key-concepts]

Users [#users]

In Socotra, **users** are created at the business account level and assigned a tenant scope which designates which tenants a user has access to. They're also assigned a set of roles which determine what actions the user can execute on those tenants.

Admins [#admins]

In Socotra, the **admin** special system-defined that grants the assigned user(s) all permissions to all tenants. While such access is helpful in a learning setting to explore the full extent of system capability, it should be allocated with significant caution in production settings.

Ready to begin? [#ready-to-begin]

Continue onto the next section to learn how to create a user and grant them the admin role.

1. Log into your Socotra business account. For more information, see: [Log into Socotra](/getting-started/log-into-socotra).
2. Once logged in, click **Administration**. Then, click **Users**.

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1. Click the **Add user** button.

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1. Enter the user's details, including: username, password, first name, and last name.
2. Select the tenants the user will have access to.
3. **Optional**: Click into the **Add roles** field and select **Admin**.

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4. Click **Create** to create the user.

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