Configuring user permissions with profiles and permission sets
We've seen that a user is related to a specific license type, and in the same way, each profile is related to a specific license type. This means that when you select a license type when defining a user, only a subset of all the available profiles is allowed.
This is what you see in your org when clicking on Setup | Users | Profiles:
Figure 6.4 – Extract of profiles on a Salesforce org
As you can see, we have standard and custom profiles. Standard profiles come built into your org and their permissions are roughly unchangeable, which is why you should always clone a profile to create a new custom one with the desired permissions.
Remember that you cannot change a profile's license type.
Further reading
If you want to look deeper into profile permissions, jump to Salesforce Help at https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=admin_userprofiles.htm&type=5.
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