Procedure: Accessing the Administration Panel

Overview

There are four types of SmartCloud for Social Business roles: Administrators, Administrator Assistants, AppDevelopers and Users.

Only users with the Administrator role can access the SmartCloud for Social Business administration panel. Users with the Administrator role may also have the User role assigned to them, which gives that user access to the services for which they have a subscription.

The steps for accessing the Administration panel differ based on which roles you have been assigned.

Note: The Administrator Assistant role gives a user access to User Accounts page, from which the Administrator Assistant can resend expired account invitations, reset passwords, or subscribe a user to announcements, but does not give that user access to the SmartCloud for Social Business administration panel.

Objectives

After completing this exercise, you should be able to:

• Log in to SmartCloud for Social Business as an administrator.
• Log in to SmartCloud for Social Business as an administrator who is also a user.
  
  

Glossary

Term	Definition
Administrator	An administrator has access to the SmartCloud for Social Business administration panel to manage users, templates, and other aspects of the company account.
SmartCloud for Social Business user	A SmartCloud for Social Business user can access the mail and calendaring features of SmartCloud for Social Business.

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Procedure A: Accessing the SmartCloud for Social Business administration panel when assigned an Administrator role only

1. Navigate to https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/social/us/en/ and click Sign In.
   
   
2. Enter the administrator e-mail address and password and click Log In.
   
   
3. You will arrive at the SmartCloud for Social Business Administration panel. You can access other administration pages by clicking the links listed on the left side of the page.
   
   
   

Procedure B: Accessing the SmartCloud for Social Business administration panel when assigned both an administrator and a user role

1. Navigate to https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/social/us/en/ and click Sign In.
   
   
2. Enter the administrator e-mail address and password and click Log In.
   
   
3. Select Administration -> Manage Organization.
   
   
4. You will arrive at the Organization Account Settings page. You can access other administration pages by clicking the links listed on the left side of the page.