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# Create Partner Accounts

Add each company with which you partner to Salesforce as a business account. We recommend that channel managers create partner accounts so they can view all partner data.

### Required Editions

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d8331e70">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8331e70 ">To view accounts:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8331e70 ">Read on accounts</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8331e70 ">To create accounts:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8331e70 ">Create on accounts</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8331e70 ">To create a partner account:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8331e70 ">Manage External Users</td>

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Partner accounts are Salesforce accounts that a channel manager uses to manage partner organizations, partner users, and activities when using a partner site or partner portal. A channel manager who owns a partner account can access all the data associated with the partner account and the associated partner users.

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Note The partner user role is a subordinate of the account owner's role. All data for the partner user role rolls up to the partner account owner's role. Keep in mind that if you disable a partner user, their partner user role becomes obsolete and their data no longer rolls up to the partner account role.

1. Create a business account.
2. Click **Manage External Account**, and then click **Enable as Partner**.
    
    The **Enable as Partner** and **Disable Partner Account** actions aren’t available in the Salesforce mobile app.
3. In the confirmation dialog, select **Yes, I want to enable this account as a Partner Account**.
4. Click **Confirm**.
    
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    Note
    
    - If your organization has person accounts, they cannot be used as partner accounts. Only business accounts can be used as partner accounts.
    - Partner accounts can’t be deleted, but they can be [disabled](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_partner_community_disable_accounts.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can't delete partner accounts, but you can disable them. Disabling a partner account disables partner users associated with the account. We recommend disabling a partner account only if the account was accidentally enabled for site access.").
    - To enable a partner in Lightning Experience, add the **Enable Partner User** button to the **Salesforce Mobile and Lightning Experience Actions** section on the Account and Contact page layouts.

After you create a partner account, you can add users to the account as contact records and then convert them to partner users. Partner users are Salesforce users with access to CRM objects, such as opportunities, leads, and campaigns. Partner users can access and modify the Salesforce data you share with them by logging in to a site. They can be added to account or opportunity teams.

#### See Also

- [Add Teams to Your Accounts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.accountteam_add.htm&type=5&language=en_US)