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# Manage Application Permissions and Sharing

Prepare your users to access your application.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Editions Needed"><caption>Editions Needed</caption> <colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: 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 with Education Cloud</td></tr></tbody></table>

- **[Sharing Considerations for Applications](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_sharing_considerations_for_applications.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Consider how and when to share application information with applicants.
- **[Create Permission Sets for Internal Users](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_create_permission_sets_for_internal_users.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create and assign permission sets for processors and internal reviewers.
- **[Create Permission Sets for Applicants and External Reviewers](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_assign_permission_sets_to_applicants_and_reviewers.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create and assign permission sets for applicants and external reviewers.
- **[Create a Sharing Set for Applicants](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_create_an_applicant_sharing_set.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create a sharing set for the users who apply for themselves.
- **[Create a Sharing Set for Third-Party Representatives](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_create_a_sharing_set_for_parents_guardians_and_agents.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create a sharing set for users who apply on behalf of an applicant, such as parents, guardians, or commissioned agents.
- **[Create Account Sharing Rules](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_create_account_sharing_rules.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    After you create the Secondary School and College record types for the Account object, create a sharing rule that grants portal users Read Only access to the records.
- **[Manage Application Decision Sharing](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_manage_application_decision_sharing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Application decision records are automatically shared with Experience Cloud users on the decision release date and early application release date that you define on the application timeline object.