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# Automatically check in PAM account when closing the entry

Privileged access management (PAM) in Devolutions Server and Remote Desktop Manager provides several check-in behaviors for what happens when you close an entry.

### Devolutions Server

Open Devolutions Server web interface and go to the ***Preferences*** section located in the account menu.

| Options                                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Automatically check in PAM account when closing the entry** | <ul><li>Default: Use the default check-in setting, the value of which can be changed in <em><strong>Administration</strong></em> – <em><strong>Privileged access management (PAM)</strong></em> – <em><strong>Default settings</strong></em>.</li><li>Always prompt: Enforce prompting for check-in confirmation regardless of the default settings.</li><li>Check-in automatically: Automatically check-in the PAM account without prompting when closing the entry.</li><li>Don't check-in automatically: Disables automatic check-in, requiring manual intervention to check in the PAM account.</li></ul> |

### Remote Desktop Manager

Open Remote Desktop Manager and go to ***Account information*** and click ***User preferences.***

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW6013_2023_2.png)

Select an option from the ***Automatically check in PAM account when closing the entry*** drop-down menu.

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/RDMW6055_2025_3.png)

| Options                                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Automatically check in PAM account when closing the entry** | <ul><li>Always prompt: Enforces prompting for check-in confirmation regardless of the default settings.</li><li>Check-in automatically: Automatically check-in the PAM account without prompting when closing the entry.</li><li>Don't check-in automatically: Disables automatic check-in, requiring manual intervention to check in the PAM account.</li></ul> |


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