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# Extend Salesforce to Customers with the Correct Licenses

Buy customer licenses to enable customer-specific functionality in your org. Customer licenses are required to give access to the Customer Account Portal and set up customer users.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

When you buy customer licenses, the following functionality is enabled in your org.

- The default Customer Community profile. You can clone it to create custom customer profiles or extend data access via permissions sets.
- The **Enable as Customer User** button on contacts.
- Access to delegated admin, reports and dashboards, and advanced sharing for customer users.

Check out [Experience Cloud Sites and Users in Your Salesforce Org](https://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/5kixavmXPC372dCZ37Z2dv), a quick video about how Salesforce Experiences live in an org, the differences between licenses, and how Salesforce accounts and site users are associated with one another.