# Introduction

https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/introduction-to-users-and-roles/introduction.md

Why – and how – to use custom roles to deliver effective workflows and tailored user experiences.

In content operations, being able to effectively handle users and roles is hugely important – this is even more apparent when you scale content operations across a large organization using a content operating system such as Sanity.

1. This course covers the **custom roles** features available exclusively on Sanity’s Enterprise plans. That said, some elements of this course like Studio Customizations could be applied on a per-user level on all plans.

In this course, we’ll introduce core concepts of the Sanity platform for setting up custom roles, as well as getting hands-on with some example scenarios and Studio customizations.

You will learn the following:

* The common reasons for setting up users and roles
* How to set up and configure custom roles and resources in Sanity to meet your unique requirements
* How you can customize your Studio with role-based customizations to give your editors a tailored experience, enabling them to work faster

1. For enterprise customers, this will typically be followed up with an onboarding workshop led by your Solution Architect to help with the practical application of concepts from this course.

## Recommended reading

This course makes an assumption you have a baseline knowledge of Sanity. If you’re new to Sanity, then the following courses are recommended before progressing:

1. [Day one content operations](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/day-one-with-sanity-studio)
2. [Studio excellence](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/studio-excellence)
3. [Between GROQ and a hard place](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/between-groq-and-a-hard-place)