---
title: "Enable User Self Registration"
slug: "enable-user-self-registration"
description: "Set up and enable self user registration. Doing so will allow users the ability to create an account and log in to Decisions. Additional features, such as email confirmation, can be added to the process via Registration Settings. "
tags: ["admin topics", "account", "Self Registration", "user management ", "portal settings"]
updated: 2026-07-22T21:22:06Z
published: 2026-07-22T21:22:06Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/enable-user-self-registration"
---

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# Enable User Self Registration

## Overview

The [**Portal**](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/navigating-the-platform) provides options for self registration to optimize account organization and management. By enabling self registration, users are able to create their own account and log in to the environment without the aid of an Administrator.

After an Administrator enables the feature in the server, a new Register button is added to the Portal Login screen. Additionally, the Portal can be configured to require a self-registering user to confirm their email address before granting them access to the environment.

The following document demonstrates how to enable self registration as well as how to register a newly self registered account.

Centralized Account Management with Deployment Server

If your environment is connected to the Deployment Server, manage centralized user accounts from the Deployment Server. Administrators can create accounts on the Deployment Server and assign them to connected environments to keep access consistent across Development, QA, and other connected servers.

After an account is assigned to an environment, the account information synchronizes with that environment. Permissions specific to projects, folders, or other security settings must still be configured directly in the target environment where the user will work.

For more information, see: [Managing Accounts with the Deployment Server](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/managing-accounts-with-the-deployment-server)

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## Portal Settings

1. From the **Decisions Studio**, navigate to **System > Settings > Portal Settings**.
2. Under REGISTRATION SETTINGS, toggle the **Allow Self Registered Users** and **Registered Users Must Confirm** checkboxes.  
  
If desired, provide a **Custom Self Registration Url**.
3. Click SAVE. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1783015286865.png)

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## Self Registration

After enabling Self Registration, new users can be added by an individual through the following process.

1. From the **Portal** **Login** screen, select the **Register** link.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1783015384045.png)
2. From the **Register New Account** screen, provide the required EMAIL and PASSWORD fields; if desired provide optional contact information.
3. Check the **I agree with Terms Of Service** box, then click REGISTER. Self Registered User PermissionsUpon **Self** **Registration**, a new **Account** will be created under the **All Users** **Group** by default; this Group is the most restrictive default user Group and provides limited [**Permissions**](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/about-folder-portal-permissions) for **Portal** functionality and access to users within it.  

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1783015548186.png)
4. Navigate to the **Email** **Inbox** of the newly registered user and follow the confirmation link in the **Account** **Confirmation** **Email**, to the **Portal**.Change Default MessageTo modify the contents of the **Account Confirmation Email**, modify the **Send Email** step in the **Account Confirmation Email Flow** found under **System > Shared Designer Defaults**.  
  
Alternately, the **Flow** can be accessed via the REGISTRATION SETTINGS category of the **Portal** **Settings**. 

![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2021-03-01_13h09_09(1).png)