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# Functional Area Permissions (Master Data Services)
  You can assign permission to each of the functional areas of the [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)] user interface (UI). There are five functional areas:  
  
-   **Explorer**  
  
-   **Version Management**  
  
-   **Integration Management**  
  
-   **System Administration**  
  
-   **User and Group Permissions**  
  
 When you assign permission to a functional area, you are making an area of the UI visible to the user or group.  
  
 Within the **Explorer** functional area, additional permissions assigned to model objects and hierarchy members determine which data a user can access. Within all other functional areas, a user must be a model administrator to view a model and act on it. For more information, see [Administrators (Master Data Services)](administrators-master-data-services.md).  
  
 A user or group must have permission to at least one functional area and one model on the **Models** tab in order to access [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)].  
  
## See Also  
 [Assign Functional Area Permissions (Master Data Services)](../../2014/master-data-services/assign-functional-area-permissions-master-data-services.md)   
 [Model Object Permissions (Master Data Services)](../../2014/master-data-services/model-object-permissions-master-data-services.md)   
 [Hierarchy Member Permissions (Master Data Services)](../../2014/master-data-services/hierarchy-member-permissions-master-data-services.md)   
 [How Permissions Are Determined (Master Data Services)](../../2014/master-data-services/how-permissions-are-determined-master-data-services.md)