> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.open-metadata.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Admin Guide | OpenMetadata Administration Documentation

> Browse all administrative how-to guides for onboarding, team management, and policy creation.

# Admin Guide

Administrators have full access to all data assets and can perform all create, edit, and delete operations across the platform.

Administrators can manage the following:

* **Roles and Policies** — define and enforce access controls across the organization.
* **Services and Notifications** — configure platform services and set up notification rules.
* **Custom Properties and Data Insights** — extend data models and monitor data health.
* **Users and Teams** — add individual users or create teams to streamline onboarding.

An organization can have multiple Administrators, allowing each to manage specific teams and departments independently.

Get started with OpenMetadata with just **three quick and easy steps**.

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  <Card ico="regular" title="Ingest your Data from Multiple Sources" href="/v1.12.x/how-to-guides/admin-guide/how-to-ingest-metadata">
    Integrate with third-party sources and ingest your metadata.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create Teams" href="/v1.12.x/how-to-guides/admin-guide/teams-and-users">
    Create hierarchical teams and manage access effectively.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Invite Users to Start Collaborating on Data" href="/v1.12.x/how-to-guides/admin-guide/teams-and-users/invite-users">
    Data is a team game. Start collaborating to get your data right.
  </Card>
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Refer to the advanced guide for Roles and Policies once you are ready to start with advanced access management.

<Card title="Admin Guide for Roles and Policies" href="/v1.12.x/how-to-guides/admin-guide/roles-policies">
  Know it all about Roles and Policies to get started.
</Card>

Set up fine-grained alerts and notifications for important data operations such as schema changes, pipeline failures, and data quality issues.

<Card title="Set up Data Observability Alerts and Notifications" href="/v1.12.x/how-to-guides/data-quality-observability/alerts-notifications">
  Send alerts to multiple destinations to keep the team informed.
</Card>
