Procedure

1. Go to Administration → Accounts / Contacts, and then go to the Account tab.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click Add to create a new user account.
   • Click the name of an existing user account to change the account settings.
3. To add a local account, select Local user as the account Type and provide the following details.
   • Name: Name of the account owner.
   • User name: User name supports a maximum of 40 characters.

     Note The user name is case insensitive for new account creation and management console logon process.

   • Password: Type a password that contains at least 8 characters and includes uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.

     Note To increase password complexity requirements, configure the global password policy in Administration → System Settings → Password Policy tab. The password policy is displayed in the window and must be satisfied before you can add a user account. When a user exceeds the number of retries allowed while entering incorrect passwords, Deep Discovery Analyzer sets the user account to inactive (locked). You can unlock the account on the Accounts screen.

   • Confirm password: Type the password again.
   • (Optional) Description: Description supports a maximum of 40 characters.
4. To add an Active Directory user, select Active Directory user as the account Type, and provide the following details.
   • User name or group: Specify the User Principal Name (UPN) or user group name.

     Note To quickly locate a specific user name or group, type a few characters in the text box and click Search.

   • (Optional) Description: Description supports a maximum of 40 characters.
5. Select the role and associated permissions of the user account.
   • Administrator: Users have full access to submitted objects, analysis results, and product settings
   • Investigator: Users have read-only access to submitted objects, analysis results, and product settings, but can submit objects and download the investigation package, including submitted objects
   • Operator: Users have read-only access to submitted objects, analysis results, and product settings
6. (Optional) Select Add to contacts to add the user account to the Contacts list, and provide the following details:

   Note Contacts receive email alert notifications by default.

   • Email address
   • (Optional) Phone number
7. Click Save.