Managing users and user permissions

Managing user accounts and user permissions is another common task for a system administrator. With PowerShell cmdlets in NAV, this important task can also be automated.

How to do it...

This recipe shows the steps to use PowerShell to create a user account and extend the user permissions.

1. Run the NAV 2016 Administration Shell with administrator credentials.
2. Create a user account with NavUserPassword authentication:

   New-NAVServerUser -ServerInstance DynamicsNAV90 `
   -UserName TESTUSER `
   -Password (Read-Host "Enter user password: " -AsSecureString)`
   -ChangePasswordAtNextLogOn
   

3. When you run the cmdlet, you will be requested to enter a password for the new user:
   

4. Assign the permission set BASIC to the user account TESTUSER:

   New-NAVServerUserPermissionSet `
   -ServerInstance DynamicsNAV90 `
   -UserName TESTUSER -PermissionSetId BASIC
   

5. Run the NAV client and sign in with the new user account. You will be required to set the new password. Change the password:
   

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