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# Manage application identities

Create a Devolutions Cloud application identity and assign it system or vault permissions to access the Devolutions PowerShell module.

Create, manage, and delete application identities in ***Administration – Application identities***.

### Create an application identity

Follow the steps below to create a new application identity. Once your application identity has been created, continue to the next section to assign them the right permissions.

1. Go to ***Administration***, then under ***Management***, click ***Application identities***.
2. Click the ***Add*** icon at the top right.
3. Name the application identity then click ***Submit***.
4. Copy the ***Application Secret*** and ***Application key***, or download the PDF file provided. Save the information or file in a secure place.
5. Close the window.

By default, a newly created application identity has no permissions. See the next section to assign permissions.

### Assign permissions

Depending on the actions that this application identity needs to perform, you need to assign it the proper rights:

* [Assign system permissions to the application identity](/cloud/web-interface/administration/configuration-and-security/system-permissions.md)
* [Assign vault permissions to the application identity](/cloud/web-interface/administration/management/vaults/create-and-manage-vaults.md)

When permissions have been assigned, you are ready to access Devolutions Cloud with the [Devolutions.PowerShell module](https://docs.devolutions.net/powershell/devolutions-cloud-powershell/powershell-module) and your application identity.

#### See also

* [Devolutions Academy – Creating an application identity and application services](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/page/2761705-creating-an-application-identity-and-application-services?curriculum_activity_id=4271807\&path_id=2543918\&sid=81108377-adec-4542-a269-b4bbbaae09ad\&sid_i=0)


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