Getting started with users

You can grant individuals in your organization access to the Secure Endpoint Console by creating a user profile. Each user profile contains an email address, assigned user role, and the devices the user can work with. Saving the user profile generates an invitation email, which is sent to the new user.

For more information about working with users, visit the Learning Hub. To access the Learning Hub, click (Help and Support) on the quick access toolbar and then click Resources > The Learning Hub.

If you're using the Absolute IdP for authentication, invited users are sent an email that provides them with a Create Password link. The link in the invitation email expires after 30 days.

When the invited user clicks the Create Password link in the email, a password setup page opens with instructions for creating a strong password. The user must enter the password twice to verify its accuracy. With the password set, the user can log in to the Secure Endpoint Console.

Users who wait for more than 30 days to click the email's Create Password link are notified that the invitation has expired. To send a new invitation email to the user, reinvite them.

If you're using a third party IdP (SSO), invited users don't need to create a password. They can access the Secure Endpoint Console by logging in to their corporate network.

Each Absolute account needs to have a user who is assigned the System Administrator role. The System Administrator is the only role in Absolute that is assigned all permissions. This role can also assign other users to the System Administrator role, and create, and assign permissions to, custom roles. As a result, the user assigned to this role has a high degree of power.

If your account does not have a System Administrator, or your only System Administrator has left your organization, you need to promote a user to the System Administrator role.

To access Users in the User management area:

  1. Log in to the Secure Endpoint Console as a user with View or Manage permissions for Users.
  2. On the navigation bar, click > User management > Users.

The Users page opens. From this page, you can invite new users, edit existing user profiles, and delete user profiles.

The Users page provides details about all of the users set up in Absolute. You can sort on every column except the Role column. You can also search the list of users for one particular user.

Depending on the roles that your user role can manage, you may be able to perform the following user-related tasks: