Abstract: A process, which resides on a server, regulates the application functionality and network access of a user. An application permission configuration process assigns an application permission token to one or more application functionalities of an application running on the server. A user permission configuration process regulates the access of a user to the application permission tokens assigned by the application permission configuration process. This defines the application access rights of the user, such that a user who has access to an application permission token is granted access to its related application functionality. A database stores the application permission tokens of the application and the application access rights of the user.