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title: "Introduction"
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description: "An overview of how authorizations work, what can be secured, and how permissions are assigned to users and groups across the system."
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# Introduction to Authorizations

### General

Authorizations are used to grant [Users](/release36/docs/users) and/or [User Groups](/release36/docs/user-groups) permissions to perform certain operations in Mail & Deploy.

          NOTE

          

Only users of type *Standard User* require authorizations. Users of type *Administrator* and *API User* automatically have full access.

You can manage the following types of authorizations:

- [Datasource Authorizations](/release36/docs/datasource-authorizations)
- [Report Authorizations](/release36/docs/report-authorizations)
- [Task Authorizations](/release36/docs/task-authorizations)
- [Workspace Authorizations](/release36/docs/workspace-authorizations)