About users

The term users primarily refers to users who connect to the surveillance system through their clients. You can configure such users in two ways:

As basic users, authenticated by a user name/password combination.
As Windows users, authenticated based on their Windows login

You can add both types of users through the Configure User Access wizard or individually (see Add basic users and Add Windows users).

By grouping users, you can specify rights for all users within a group in one go. If you have many users performing similar tasks, this can save you significant amounts of work. User groups are logical groups created and used for practical purposes in the Management Application only. They are not in any way connected with user groups from central directory services. If you want to use groups, make sure you add groups before you add users: you cannot add existing users to groups.

Finally, the Administrators group is also listed under Users. This is a default Windows user group for administration purpose which automatically has access to the Management Application.