# 2026-05-13: CE - Custom Scopes

## Overview

We are pleased to announce the introduction of a streamlined, tenant-specific authorization model that empowers you to define and manage your own scopes across IAM, APIs, and custom entities - all from the Management Dashboard.

This gives you fine-grained control over who can access which data and APIs, without the usual role/permission complexity.

## New features

| Feature                                                                | Benefit                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Tenant-specific access controls based on scopes**                    | Mirror real business structures (brands, regions, partner types) without redesigning the platform. This reduces admin effort, improves audit clarity, and strengthens enterprise security posture.  |
| **Unified scopes in APIs and OAuth2 tokens**                           | Establish clean, predictable contracts for internal teams and partners. This accelerates integration projects and partner onboarding with a secure-by-design, API-first model.                      |
| **Auto-generated scopes (including "own" access) for custom entities** | Extend the data model safely while still enabling fine-grained self-service for customers and partners. This shortens time-to-market for new business concepts while keeping strict data isolation. |
| **Central scope management in Management Dashboard**                   | Use one control center for authorization to reduce complexity, speed up onboarding/offboarding, and provide security and compliance teams with a clear, auditable overview.                         |

## Fixes and improvements

None as this is a new feature.

## Known problems

No known problems at time of release.

## Documentation and links

User Guides:

* [Users and Groups](/ce/management-dashboard/administration/usersandgroups.md)
* [Access Controls](/ce/management-dashboard/administration/access-controls.md)
* [Scopes](/ce/management-dashboard/administration/scopes.md)


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