OX Permission Level

Open-Xchange Permission Level

Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is the only groupware specifically designed to meet the needs of SaaS providers. Provide your customers with free, attractive webmail and sell additional collaboration features through the new Open-Xchange platform.

Your customers can use E-Mail, private calendar and private adress folgers for free using the web-based user interface of Open-Xchange. Additional features such as team calendars or document management can be activated and ordered directly in the Open-Xchange user interface!

This article will show the different Permission Levels for the different modules.

OX Permission Level Matrix

How to read the Matrix

	Definition
Mandatory	This column defines the options, which must not be changed for this level
Default	This column lists the options, which are activated per default for this level
and/or	Minimum one of this options need to be activated in this level
	Fields in this color define the most important differentiator to the next lower level

OX Permission Level Matrix - Base Levels

OX Base Levels	Functionality	Mandatory	Default	Requirements / Description	Permission (technical)
Webmail Webmail only	Email				webmail
	Contacts				contacts
PIM Private use only No sharing, no group functions.	Email			The absence of other features defines this level	webmail
	Contacts				contacts
	Calendar				calendar
	Global Addressbook				globaladdressbookdisabled
	Tasks				tasks
PIM + Mobility Private use only No sharing, no group functions Enabled for mobile synchronization	Email				webmail
	Contacts				contacts
	Calendar				calendar
	USM			Technical Requirement	usm
	Active Sync	and/or		This defines the level At least one of these needs to be set Typically "Active Sync"	activesync
	Mobile App	and/or			tbd
	SyncML	and/or			syncml
	Global Addressbook				globaladdressbookdisabled
	Tasks				tasks
PIM + InfoStore Private use only No sharing, no group functions Enabled for document storage.	Email				webmail
	Contacts				contacts
	Calendar				calendar
	InfoStore			This combined with the absence of other switches defines the level	infostore
	Global Addressbook				globaladdressbookdisabled
	Tasks				tasks
Groupware Standard Full Groupware functionality Access restricted to Web GUI	Email				webmail
	Contacts				contacts
	Calendar				calendar
	Tasks				tasks
	Shared Folders			This defines the level All need to be set together	readcreatesharedfolders
	Public Folders				editpublicfolders
	Task Delegation				delegatetask
	Global Addressbook				globaladdressbookdisabled
	InfoStore				infostore
Groupware Premium Full Groupware functionality All external clients enabled (Mobility, Outlook, Mac)	Email				webmail
	Contacts				contacts
	Calendar				calendar
	Tasks				tasks
	Shared Folders			Technical Requirement	readcreatesharedfolders
	Public Folders			Technical Requirement	editpublicfolders
	Task Delegation				delegatetask
	Global Addressbook			Technical Requirement	globaladdressbookdisabled
	USM			Technical Requirement	usm
	OLOX2	and/or		This defines the level At least one of these needs to be set. Typically OLOX2 and Active Sync	olox20
	Active Sync	and/or			activesync
	Mobile App	and/or			tbd
	SyncML	and/or			syncml
	InfoStore				infostore

OX Permission Level Matrix - Additional Functions

The following functions can be added flexible to each permission level.

Additional Functions	Default	Requirements / Description	Permission (technical)
Minimum Webmail	Collect Emailaddresses	Email addresses typed into sent/reveived emails can be saved automatically in a dedicated folder	collectemailaddresses
	Edit Password	If a plugin to change the own password is installed on the system, it will be displayed in the settings area	editpassword
Minimum PIM	Multiple Mailaccounts	The user can use external IMAP/POP3 Mailaccounts within the OX WebGUI. Starting with 6.20 this can be configured per email service	multiplemailaccounts
	Subscriptions	The user can subscribe to external/social datasources, like LinkedIN, XING, Facebook, Gmail, .... Starting with 6.20 this can be configured per subscription service	subscriptions
	Publications	The user can publish his own data (contacts/documents) for other users in the internet	publication
Minimum PIM + InfoStore	WebDAV	Allows WebDAV access to InfoStore documents; Requires InfoStore	webdav
Minimum GW Standard	Manage Resources	The user is allowed to create and manage resources for the whole company	editresource
	Manage Groups	The user is allowed to create and manage groups for the whole company	editgroup
Minimum GW Premium	vCard	The user is allowed to create and manage resources for the whole company	vcard
	iCal	The user can download all his contacts via the iCal interface	ical