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title: Establishing the Connection and Selecting a Role and Disconnect
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/establishing-the-connection-and-selecting-a-role-and-disconnect
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:48.110Z
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Before an application can access a web service API, you must authenticate and authorize it for the tenant. You do this by invoking the **Connect** web method before performing any web service operations.

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Note that you must explicitly call the **Disconnect** web method in order to end the session established by the **Connect** web method.
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- [Using the Connect Web Method](docId\:pSxzbKz442Pct52ZulDQ4)
- [Handling Session Expirations](docId\:pSxzbKz442Pct52ZulDQ4)
- [Using the GetRolesForUser Web Method](docId\:j05Dx8pTXP99zWURz_lrJ)
- [Using the IntegrationScheduleNow Web Method](docId:-_9kFwgRW2XsfHiZHLWA2)
- [Using the Disconnect Web Method](docId\:WAUd0sIAkaRXGGNXLcumS)