# Managing administrator accounts

To view existing administrator accounts, select the **Administration** category in the RAS Console. The **Accounts** tab lists existing accounts and their properties, including:

* **Group or user name**. Account name, which can be a user or group name.
* **Type**. Account type. Can be one of the following: **User**, **Group**, **Group User**. The User and Group are self-explanatory. The **Group User** is a user who receives Parallels RAS administrative permissions via a group membership. When you initially add a group to the list of Parallels RAS administrators, its members are not displayed on the **Accounts** tab. As soon as a member of the group logs in to Parallels RAS, the account name is added to the list of administrators as a **Group User** and remains there. Note that you cannot change Parallels RAS permissions for such an account individually outside the group permissions.
* **Permissions**. A security role assigned to an administrator.
* **Email**. Email address.
* **Mobile**. Mobile phone number.
* **Group**. Group name. This column has a value for Group Users only (see the **Type** column description above).
* **Last Modification By**. The name of the user who modified this account in Parallels RAS the last time.
* **Changed On**. The last account modification date.
* **Created By**. The name of the user who created this account in Parallels RAS.
* **Created On**. The date when this account was added to Parallels RAS.
* **ID**. Internal Parallels RAS ID.

## **Modifying an account**

To modify an account:

1. Right-click an account and choose **Properties** in the context menu.
2. Use the **Administrator Properties** dialog to modify the necessary information. For more info, see [**Adding an Administrator Account**](/landing/ras-admin-guide/v20-en-us/parallels-ras-20-administrators-guide/farm-and-sites/managing-administrator-accounts/adding-an-administrator-account.md).

## Moving an account to a different Active Directory group 

To move an account to a different Active Directory (AD) group:

1. In the RAS Console, navigate to **Administration > Accounts**.
2. Click the **Tasks** drop-down list and choose **Change account group**.  The **Change Account Group** dialog opens.
3. Do one of the following:
   * To assign the account to another group, select the group from the **Choose new group** list. The account will receive the permissions of the new group.
   * To remove the account from the group without assigning it to another one, select **None** from the **Choose new group** list. If you want the account to keep the permissions of the group, select the **Keep group permissions** option.
4. Click **OK**.

## **Handling locked objects**

When an administrator is working with an object (e.g. a tab in the RD Session Host properties dialog), the object is locked for all other administrators. Therefore, upon trying to access a locked object, an administrator will be alerted with an error that the object is locked and will be denied access to it.

A root administrator (but not power or custom administrator) can release a locked object as follows:

1. On the **Administration** > **Accounts** tab, click the **Tasks** drop-down list and choose **Show Sessions**.
2. In the **Sessions** dialog, select the administrator who is locking an object and then click the **Send Message** icon (at the top).
3. If the administrator doesn't reply and doesn't release the object, you have an option to click **Log Off**, which will log them off and will unlock the category.


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