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Difference between Power User View and Service Provider View in Plesk

Description

Warning: The following information is for the administrator account of the server only. It is not applicable to subscription owners/users or customer accounts, because for those accounts it will be always Power User view.

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

There are several product User Interface views available for you. Depending on the view used, features and settings may be located in different places or even enabled/disabled.

Different views are better suited to different types of users. There are two types of them:

Power User view - this view is intended for enabling a single, simplified interface for server 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 hosting users.

Switch interface view using Plesk GUI

To change UI in Plesk click Change view at the bottom of the page and select Service Provider view/Power User view.
Interface view can be switched under Home > 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.

There is also Tools & Settings > Interface management > Interface control visibility tab where it is possible to hide predefined groups of buttons from the Plesk:

Switch interface view using CLI

For Linux:

Log into the server as a root user over SSH.
Execute the following command in order to change view to Service Provider view:

# plesk bin poweruser --off
Execute the following command to change view to Power User view:

# plesk bin poweruser --on

For Windows:

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

C:> plesk bin poweruser --off
To enable Power user view, execute the following:

C:> plesk bin poweruser --on