.. _create_a_user:

Create and Update a User
-------------------------

Use this procedure to manually create a user.

Procedure
.........

1. Log in as the administrator at the hierarchy node where you want to
   create the user.
2. Choose **User Management > Users**.
3. Click **Add**.
4. At a minimum, complete the following fields:

.. tabularcolumns:: |p{3cm}|p{12cm}|

+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Fields              | Description                                  |
+=====================+==============================================+
| Username            | Sign-in username. This field is mandatory.   |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|                     | Choose the entitlement profile that          |
| Entitlement Profile | specifies which devices and services the     |
|                     | user is entitled to.                         |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Role                | Choose the user's role. This field is        |
|                     | mandatory.                                   |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|                     | Choose the user's language.                  |
|                     |                                              |
|                     | Note:                                        |
|                     |                                              |
|                     | If no language is selected, the language is  |
|                     | inherited from the nearest hierarchy node    |
|                     | (at or above the user) that has a default    |
|                     | language configured. If no default language  |
|                     | is configured anywhere in the hierarchy at   |
|                     | or above the user, the user's language is    |
| Language            | English.                                     |
|                     |                                              |
|                     | Note:                                        |
|                     |                                              |
|                     | If a language is manually set for a user,    |
|                     | that language remains unchanged even if the  |
|                     | user is moved to a new place in the          |
|                     | hierarchy. However, if the language is       |
|                     | inherited, then the user's language changes  |
|                     | when the user is moved to a hierarchy node   |
|                     | that has a different default language.       |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Surname             | User's family name. This field is mandatory. |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Email Address       | User email address.                          |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+

5. Click **Save**. The user is created. 

.. note::

   * If SSO is enabled for the hierarchy node where the user is added, the
     corresponding SSO user is created.
   * IdPs are not configured at the site hierarchy node. Therefore, you can
     enable SSO for a user created at the site level only by performing these
     steps. Choose **Single Sign On > SSO User**, click **Add**, and choose the IdP
     that can authenticate the user.

Updating
........

If the user password is *updated*, user passwords on Unified CM,
Unity and WebEx are also updated if these have been provisioned for the user.

.. note::
   Since different UC apps can have different password strictness rules,
   the update transaction will only succeed if the strictness rules of *all* the
   UC apps have been met. Otherwise, the update transaction will roll back.

   Administrators should therefore choose a password that meets the requirements
   of all the UC apps.