Available Roles

What is the purpose of this information?

Roles are assigned by the Account Administrator or the Co-Administrator to provide each Registered User with specific access to Services. Below is a list of certain Administrative roles within User Management:

*Please note: While it is not a role that is listed on the "Modify Roles" list, a Fulfillment Contact is the person at an Organization who receives a notification of any new or updated license/entitlements from Bentley. The new User Management interface that was made available at the end of August, 2020, now allows any Fulfillment Contact, Account Administrator, or Co-Administrator to add or remove a Fulfillment Contact. It is up to each Organization to manage the Fulfillment Contact list.

Account Administrator: Organization's primary administrator assigned to add users, modify the role(s) of all existing users, manage software licenses, create / edit / delete projects.

Add users
Approve User Registration requests (Pending Approvals)
Add or modify email domains related to your organization (claim ownership & Auto-Approve)
Modify roles of all users
Assign users to groups
Create groups
Lock/Unlock user's Sign In access
Remove users associated to your organization
Manage projects
Access to Subscription Analytics
Access to Entitlement Management

Co-Administrator: Administrator assigned to add users, modify the role(s) of existing users, manage software licenses, and create / edit / delete projects.

Add users (except Account Administrators)
Approve User Registration requests (Pending Approvals)
Modify roles of all users (except Account Administrators)
Assign users to groups
Create groups
Lock/Unlock user's Sign In access (except Account Administrators)
Remove users associated to your organization (except Account Administrators)
Manage projects
Access to Subscription Analytics reporting
Access to Entitlement Management license management

Group Administrator: Manage all users

Add users
Assign users to group(s) all users
Create groups
Lock/Unlock user's Sign In access for all users

Other available roles:

CONNECT Services Admin - Access the organization's CONNECTED Project Dashboard data, create and edit Connected Projects.
Download - Download Bentley software from Software Downloads based on the organization's subscription and entitlement. This role is also required in order to receive application updates through the CONNECTION Client
Product Delivery - DVD - Request a DVD of Bentley software from Software Downloads based on the organization's subscription and entitlement

LEARNserver Instructor - Assigned to Instructors of Bentley classes

LEARN Training Administrator - Create, manage, and assign learning to users within your organization, and add users via the LEARNserver
Download SDKs and APIs - Allows users to download additional content from the Software Downloads including code and SDK's (requires "Product Delivery - Download" role)
Beta Software Invite - Access to pre-release of some or all capabilities of a software product or service, made available to organizations for feedback, evaluation, and planning purposes (requires "Product Delivery - Download" role)
Download Technical Previews - Access to pre-release of some or all capabilities of a software product or service, made available to organizations for feedback, evaluation, and planning purposes (requires "Product Delivery - Download" role

Sunsetting:
License Manager - Manage legacy Bentley software licenses (pre-XM only) and view hosted or deployed licensing key(s) via License Manager (Wiki)
License Manager - Home Use - Manage legacy Bentley software licenses (pre-XM only), view hosted or deployed licensing key(s), and generate a home usage license via License Manager (Wiki)
Webshop User - Does not provide any special access but denotes users who registered with Bentley via a web registration form

Available Roles

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