# Administration

The Administration perspective allows users who have an assigned role that includes the Administer Security permission to perform system configuration and maintenance tasks.

Click **Home** > **Administration**.

If you see **Administration** in the left drop-down menu on the Home perspective, then you can click it to reveal menu items specific to administration of the Pentaho Server. If you do not have administration privileges, **Administration** is not shown.

The following options are available in the Administration perspective:

* **Users & Roles**
* **Authentication**
* **Mail Server**
* **Licenses**
* **VFS Connections**
* **Settings**
* **Email Groups**

See the **Pentaho Business Analytics** document for more information.

![Administration perspective](https://2644763545-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJoh7icY0spTuXsorFO9q%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b75ca2af8f796898af27294875a32732ef3a5331%2FPUC_Admininstration.png?alt=media)