Title sounds very basic right? But after working for 3 years on CRM platform this was it that I had missed. But as it is never too late to learn anything here is what I searched and added in a consolidate list. It may not be that helpful for someone who is working from long on CRM but may be for someone who is new to it. J
Traditional definition of these two roles say:
System Administrator
System Administrator is the highest level role which encompasses all the privileges and has over-riding rights. The System Administrator has the authority to allow and remove access of other users and define the extent of their rights. For example, the System Administrator and the System Customizer are given access to custom entities by default while all other users need to be given access. This is the only role that cannot be edited.
System Customizer
The System Customizer role is similar to the System Administrator role which enables non-system administrators to customize Microsoft Dynamics CRM. A Customizer is a user who customizes entities, attributes and relationships.
Ok, so do that mean that the only difference between System Administrator and System Customizer is that System Customizer enables User non-system administrator to customize CRM? No there is more.
System Administrator has Organization level access to all system (Out Of Box) entities while System Customizer has only User level access to all system entities. While both System Administrator and System Customizer have Organization level access to all custom entities.
The next important difference is that User with System Administrator role can customize System Customizer security role but no user can customize System Administrator security role.
To conclude in tabular format:
|
System Administrator |
System Customizer |
| Organization level access to all system (Out Of Box) entities | User level access to all system entities |
| Cannot Customize | Can be customize |
| No restriction on any entity | Restricted access (Create/Delete) to Plugin assembly, SDK Message Processing Steps, Service endpoints, Web resource, System Job, Calendar, Business Closer, Business Unit, Currency, Security Role, Team, User Impersonation, Override Created On, Enable/Disable User, Audit Partition, Bulk Delete |
Do you have your version of the difference? Please share in comments below.
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