# Administration

In PUC, the Administration perspective can be used by logged-on users assigned a role that has permissions to administer security can perform system configuration and maintenance tasks.

If you see **Administration** in the left drop-down menu on the **Home** page, you can click it to reveal menu items specific to administration of the Pentaho Server. If you do not have administration privileges, **Administration** does not appear within the console.

![Administration perspective in PUC](/files/gBgPm1LwSu2I5aaPO9TC)

| Item | Control Name       | Function                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ---- | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1    | **Administration** | In PUC, open the **Administration** perspective. The **Administration** perspective enables you to set up users, configure the mail server, change authentication settings on the Pentaho Server, and install software licenses for Pentaho. |
| 2    | **Users & Roles**  | Manage the Pentaho users or roles for the Pentaho Server. [Learn more](/pba/9.3-analytics/pentaho-user-console/about-pentaho-user-console-perspectives/administration/manage-users-and-roles-in-puc.md)                                      |
| 3    | **Authentication** | Set the security provider for the Pentaho Server to either the default Pentaho Security or LDAP/Active Directory. See the **Administer Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics** document for details.                                        |
| 4    | **Mail Server**    | Set up the outgoing email server and the account used to send reports through email.                                                                                                                                                         |
| 5    | **Licenses**       | Manage Pentaho software licenses. See the **Administer Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics** document for details.                                                                                                                        |
| 6    | **Settings**       | Manage settings for deleting older generated files, either manually or by creating a schedule for deletion.                                                                                                                                  |


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