Notice: New customer sign-ups and account upgrades are no longer available for Amazon WorkDocs. Learn about migration steps here:
How to migrate data from Amazon WorkDocs
Amazon WorkDocs defines the following user roles. You can change users' roles by editing their user profiles. For more information, see Editing users.
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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.
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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.
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User: A paid user who can save files and collaborate with others in an Amazon WorkDocs site.
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Guest user: An unpaid user who can only view files. You can upgrade Guest users to the User, Power user, or Administrator roles.
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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.
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Access to all Amazon WorkDocs features
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Default storage of 50 GB (can pay to upgrade to 1 TB)
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No monthly charges
Upgraded WS user
A user with an assigned WorkSpaces WorkSpace and upgraded storage.
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Access to all Amazon WorkDocs features
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Default storage of 1 TB (additional storage available on a pay-as-you-go basis)
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Monthly charges apply
Amazon WorkDocs user
An active Amazon WorkDocs user without an assigned WorkSpaces WorkSpace.
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Access to all Amazon WorkDocs features
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Default storage of 1 TB (additional storage available on a pay-as-you-go basis)
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Monthly charges apply
