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Define Delegate Administrators

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Define Delegate Administrators

Enable delegated administrators to manage users in specified roles and all subordinate roles. You can assign specified profiles to those users, and log in as users who have granted login access to administrators. A delegated administration group is a group of users who have the same admin privileges. These groups are not related to public groups used for sharing.

Required Editions

Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Developer, and Database.com Editions
User Permissions Needed
To manage delegated administration: Customize Application
To be a delegated administrator: View Setup and Configuration

You cannot delegate administrative duties related to your org to partner portal or Customer Portal users. However, you can delegate some portal administrative duties to portal users. Before you begin, ensure that roles are assigned to the delegated group so that the delegated administrator can manage group permissions.

  1. From Setup, enter Delegated Administration in the Quick Find box, then select Delegated Administration and click New
  2. Select or create a delegated group.
  3. To allow group users to log in as users in the role hierarchy that they administer, select Enable Group for Login Access. Depending on your org settings, individual users first grant login access to allow their administrators to log in as them.
  4. Click Save.
  5. For each related list, click Add to define your delegated group details.

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