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title: Assign Functional Area Permissions
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ms.date: "03/01/2017"
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# Assign Functional Area Permissions (Master Data Services)

[!INCLUDE[appliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md-winonly](../includes/appliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md-winonly.md)]

  Assign functional area permission to grant users or groups access to the functional areas of [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)].  
  
## Prerequisites  
 To perform this procedure:  
  
-   You must have permission to access the **Users and Group Permissions** functional area.  
  
### To assign functional area permissions  
  
1.  In [!INCLUDE[ssMDSmdm](../includes/ssmdsmdm-md.md)], click **User and Group Permissions**.  
  
2.  On the **Users** or **Groups** page, select the row for the user or group that you want to edit.  
  
3.  Click **Edit selected user**.  
  
4.  Click the **Functions** tab.  
  
5.  Click **Edit**.  
  
6.  Click a functional area and click the **Add** arrow.  
  
7.  When you are done, click **Save**.  
  
## Next Steps  
  
-   [Assign Model Object Permissions (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/assign-model-object-permissions-master-data-services.md)  
  
## See Also  
 [Create a Model Administrator (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/create-a-model-administrator-master-data-services.md)   
 [Security (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/security-master-data-services.md)