> ## 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 these three steps:

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <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>
</CardGroup>

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>
