# Administration of users and roles

> Administrators in IS Tools manage user accounts, create and delete roles, assign users to roles, and grant access rights across the application.

Besides managing the data model, forms, and reports in the application, the IS Tools administrator is responsible for maintaining user accounts, roles, and access rights. Each user can have multiple roles (minimum 1), which provide access to different items within the application. These administrative tasks are summarized as follows:

1.  Create and edit **user accounts** in the [**User administration**](user_administration.md) form.

2.  Create, edit and delete **roles** in the [**Role administration**](role_administration.md) form (this may be done as first step).

3.  Associate users and roles (can be done in [**User administration**](user_administration.md) and [**Role administration**](role_administration.md)).

4.  Assign [access rights](access_rights.md) to roles.