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# User Access to External Data in Salesforce Connect—Cross-Org Adapter

A user’s access to external data is determined by settings on both subscriber and provider orgs.

### Required Editions

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          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience (not for high-data-volume
            external objects)</td>

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            <p>Available in: <strong>Developer</strong> Edition</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available for an extra cost
              in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong>
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The credentials that are used by the subscriber org to connect to the provider org are associated with a user in the provider org. We refer to this user as the connected user.

A user in the subscriber org can access only data that the connected user can access within the provider org. In other words, the subscriber org’s user access respects the connected user’s access restrictions, which are determined by these settings in the provider org.

- Object-level security—permission sets and profiles
- Field-level security—permission sets and profiles
- Record-level security—organization-wide sharing settings, role hierarchies, and sharing rules

In the subscriber org, grant users access to external objects via permission sets and profiles.

#### See Also

- [Cross-Org Adapter for Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.xorg_adapter_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Collaborate more effectively and improve processes by connecting the data across your Salesforce orgs. With the cross-org adapter, Salesforce Connect uses Lightning Platform REST API calls to access records in other Salesforce orgs. Nevertheless, setup is quick and easy with point-and-click tools.")
- [Set Up Salesforce Connect to Access Data in Another Org with the Cross-Org Adapter](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.xorg_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Provide users with seamless access to data in your other Salesforce orgs so that they have a complete view of the business. Setting up the cross-org adapter for Salesforce Connect is quick and easy with point-and-click tools.")