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# Turn On Legacy Partner Connect as a Partner

To get started with Partner Connect, partner admins must first turn on the feature from Setup.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d7466e52 ">To turn on Partner Connect in the partner org: </td>
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              <p>Customize Application (in the partner org) </p>
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1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Integrations, and then select **Partner Connect**.
2. Turn on Partner Connect.

Turning on Partner Connect creates a user in your org named PRM External Integration User. That user automates some connection processes for you via our secure external client apps service.

After you turn on Partner Connect, you’re ready to configure your org for the feature, starting with managing your required fields.

#### See Also

- [Legacy Partner Connect Security and Design](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=slack.prm_pc_security.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "External Client Apps allow Partner Connect to establish a secure connection between a vendor and partner Salesforce org using APIs and security protocols. As vendor and partner admins work through Partner Connect setup, Partner Connect deploys a dedicated app to each org that uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials to securely integrate the two orgs. After a secure connection is established, partners can export approved records from the vendor’s Experience Cloud site to their own partner org. Both vendors and partners get a view of how progress is going in the opposite system from a read-only child record that Partner Connect creates automatically.")
- [Disable, Reconnect, or Delete Legacy Partner Connect Connections](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=slack.prm_pc_disconnect_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Vendor and partner admins have two options for preventing record exports, imports, and updates from flowing between Salesforce orgs. Admins can temporarily disable a vendor-partner connection so the Salesforce orgs can be reconnected easily. Or admins can fully delete a vendor-partner connection and turn off Partner Connect.")