SoftwareCentral provides a simple and flexible security model, which limits the access for each user of SoftwareCentral. See the guide Security Roles for information on how to configure a security role.
Security roles are based on active directory group memberships, where each role gets specified which parts of SoftwareCentral it can use.
A security role can limit users to:
The shop and the software available in it, is not limited by Security Roles. It uses an active directory based model, so that shop users does not necessary need a security role for SoftwareCentral. See the Shop Setup Guide for information on how to configure the security model for the shop.