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description: Give external users the power to manage account members and account brand information. Administrators, internal users, and partner users with the Delegated External User Administrator permission can create and edit a member, reset a member’s password, and activate or deactivate a member. They can also upload brand logos and save company information for co-branded email templates to partner users, and create marketing campaigns, deal notifications, and websites.
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# Delegate Account Management to an External User

Give external users the power to manage account members and account brand information. Administrators, internal users, and partner users with the Delegated External User Administrator permission can create and edit a member, reset a member’s password, and activate or deactivate a member. They can also upload brand logos and save company information for co-branded email templates to partner users, and create marketing campaigns, deal notifications, and websites.

### 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: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="Admin Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8186e66 ">To manage external users:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8186e66 ">Manage External Users</td>

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            <td data-label="Admin Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8186e66 ">To create, edit, and delete profiles:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8186e66 ">Manage Profiles and Permission Sets</td>

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            <td data-label="Admin Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8186e66 ">To administer other members of the same site, as an external user:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8186e66 ">Delegated External User Administrator</td>

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To allow external users with Delegated External User Administrator permission to access member and brand information, add the **Account Brand** and **Members** related lists to the Accounts detail page.

Select the icon of the account that you’re managing, and select **Account Management**.

![Account Management dropdown from profile menu](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-access-264-0-0-production-enus/a92be132-3cbc-412a-9262-130636120c14/access/images/account_management_dropdown.png)

- **[Allow External Users to Manage Partner Members](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.networks_partner_members.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    In addition to administrators and internal users, partner users with the Delegated External User Administrator permission can activate, deactivate, create, and edit members. They can also reset member passwords.
- **[Allow External Users to Manage Partner Brands](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.networks_partner_branding.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    In addition to administrators and internal users, partner users with the Delegated External User Administrator permission can update and access partner brand information. They can also create co-branded emails, marketing campaigns, websites, and apps for channel sales from information uploaded to the Branding tab.