# Managing the enterprise-related permissions

## About the enterprise-related permissions

An enterprise must have at least one administrator. The initial user who created the enterprise is automatically its administrator. 

<table><thead><tr><th width="197">Permission</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Administer Enterprise</strong></td><td><p>The enterprise administrator can:</p><ul><li>Change user permissions of an enterprise</li><li>Add an organization to the enterprise.</li><li>Remove or downgrade an organization.</li><li>Rename the organization</li><li>Manage portfolio permission templates</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Create Portfolios</strong></td><td>Can create portfolios.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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We recommend having two admins per enterprise.
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## Setting the permissions of users

1. Retrieve your enterprise. See [Retrieving and viewing your enterprise](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/retrieving-and-viewing-your-enterprise.md).
2. Go to **Administration** > **Enterprise permissions**.

## Related pages <a href="#related-pages" id="related-pages"></a>

* [Retrieving and viewing your enterprise](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/retrieving-and-viewing-your-enterprise.md)
* [Creating your enterprise](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/creating-your-enterprise.md)
* [Enterprise security](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/enterprise-security.md)
* [Adding organizations to your enterprise](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/adding-organizations-to-your-enterprise.md)
* [Managing the lines of code within your enterprise](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/managing-the-lines-of-code-within-your-enterprise.md)
* [Changing enterprise settings](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/changing-enterprise-settings.md)
* [Downgrading your enterprise](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/downgrading-your-enterprise.md)
* [Recovering enterprise admin access](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/managing-enterprise/recovering-enterprise-admin-access.md)
* [Permissions](/sonarqube-cloud/administering-sonarcloud/permissions.md)


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