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What are the differences between Power User View and Service Provider View in Plesk and how to switch between them?

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Daniel Yordanov
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Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux
  • Plesk for Windows

Question

  • What are the differences between Power User View and Service Provider View in Plesk and how to switch between them?
  • I don't see all domains on the server, which Plesk view would allow me to see all of them?

Answer

Warning: The following information is for the Administrator account of the server only. It is not applicable to Subscription owners or users or Customer accounts, because for those accounts Power User view is the only available option.

Note: Information also might be not applicable for servers that have the view locked on the license level. To check that, contact the Customer and Partner Success department. The Service Provider view is available for Web Pro and Web Host editions only.

If you are logged in as the Administrator and are using Web Pro and Web Host editions of Plesk, there are several user interface views available for you.

Depending on the view used, features and settings may be located in different places or even enabled or disabled.

Different views are better suited to different types of users. There are two general types of users of the Plesk control panel:

  • Power User view - this view is intended for enabling a single, simplified interface for web developers and web administrators to manage their own websites, e-mail accounts, and other services.
  • Service Provider view - this view offers interfaces for use by the server administrator, resellers, and web hosting service providers.

    Note: The Plesk Administrator user may not be able to see all domains on the Plesk server while he is logged in and using Power User view, because in that view, he will only be able to see Subscriptions that are owned by him

You may switch between the different views by using the following instructions:

Switch interface view while using the Plesk GUI

  • To change the UI in Plesk, click Change View at the bottom left of any page and select Service Provider view or Power User view

  • The interface view can also be switched in Plesk > Tools & Settings > Interface Management:

Note: Plesk administrator cannot change the view to Power User view if at least one reseller or customer exists in Plesk.

Switch interface view using CLI

For Linux:

  1. Log into the server as a root user over SSH.

  2. Execute the following command in order to change view to Service Provider view:

    # plesk bin poweruser --off

  3. Execute the following command to change view to Power User view:

    # plesk bin poweruser --on

For Windows:

  1. Connect to the server via RDP and open cmd.exe as administrator and execute the following to enable Service provider view:

  2. To enable Service provider view execute the following command:

    C:\> plesk bin poweruser --off

  3. To enable Power user view, execute the following:

    C:\> plesk bin poweruser --on

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