User roles overview

Amazon WorkDocs defines the following user roles. You can change users' roles by editing their user profiles. For more information, see Editing users.

• Admin: A paid user who has administrative permissions for the entire site, including user management and site setting configuration. For more information about how to promote a user to an administrator, see Promoting a user to administrator.

• Power user: A paid user who has a special set of permissions from the administrator. For more information about how to set permissions for a power user, see Security – Simple ActiveDirectory sites and Security – ActiveDirectory connector sites.

• User: A paid user who can save files and collaborate with others in an Amazon WorkDocs site.

• Guest user: An unpaid user who can only view files. You can upgrade Guest users to the User, Power user, or Administrator roles.

  Note

  When you change a guest user's role, you perform a one-time action that you cannot reverse.

Amazon WorkDocs also defines these additional user types.

WS user

A user with an assigned WorkSpaces WorkSpace.

• Access to all Amazon WorkDocs features

• Default storage of 50 GB (can pay to upgrade to 1 TB)

• No monthly charges

Upgraded WS user

A user with an assigned WorkSpaces WorkSpace and upgraded storage.

• Access to all Amazon WorkDocs features

• Default storage of 1 TB (additional storage available on a pay-as-you-go basis)

• Monthly charges apply

Amazon WorkDocs user

An active Amazon WorkDocs user without an assigned WorkSpaces WorkSpace.

• Access to all Amazon WorkDocs features

• Default storage of 1 TB (additional storage available on a pay-as-you-go basis)

• Monthly charges apply