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# Creating users manually
Creating user accounts manually in SonarQube Server 2026.5.
You can create a user account manually in SonarQube Server. Manually created users are authenticated against SonarQube Server’s own user/group database. In contrast, users can be provisioned and authenticated through an external tool such as GitHub, GitLab, SAML Identity Provider, LDAP service, etc. (For more information, see [Overview of authentication and provisioning](/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/overview.md).).
You need the global Administer System permission to create user accounts.
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If you enable the automatic provision mode in SonarQube with an identity provider, you cannot manually create users and the existing manually created users become *local users*. For more information, see [Overview of authentication and provisioning](/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/authentication/overview.md#local-user-concept).
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To create a user account:
1. In the top navigation bar, go to **Administration** > **Security** > **Users**.
2. Select the **Create User** button. The **Create User** dialog opens.
3. In the dialog, enter the **Login** (user identifier), **Name** (account’s screen name), **Email** (optional), and **Password**.
4. If the entered login or email address does not match the user’s SCM account login, you can explicitly associate the SCM account with the manual account: see [Associating with SCM account](/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/user-management/updating-scm-details.md).
5. Select **Create**.
## Related pages
* [Changing user password](/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/user-management/changing-user-password.md)
* [Deactivating users](/sonarqube-server/instance-administration/user-management/deactivating-users.md)
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